I recently bought a '66 Chevelle Malibu, but the VIN is strange... :confused:

It's produced by GM in Canada, that's what the VIN plate says...

VIN starts with a "6".. :

613617000752

6 = ??
1 = Chevrolet (Correct)
36 = Malibu, V8 (Correct)
17 = 2-door sport coupe (Correct)
0 = 1970 model (NOT correct)
00752 = ?

The car was originally sold and registered in Norway in 1966, so it can't be a 1970...???

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks in advance!

Originally posted by E34M5:
I recently bought a '66 Chevelle Malibu, but the VIN is strange... :confused:

It's produced by GM in Canada, that's what the VIN plate says...

VIN starts with a "6".. :

613617000752

6 = ??
1 = Chevrolet (Correct)
36 = Malibu, V8 (Correct)
17 = 2-door sport coupe (Correct)
0 = 1970 model (NOT correct)
00752 = ?

The car was originally sold and registered in Norway in 1966, so it can't be a 1970...???

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks in advance! The Canadian VINs are different in at least 66, maybe Mike Crown can pop in here and confirm.

6= I think it means the year of manu.

0= Would probably mean Oshawa assembly.

Could the second digit be a '7' instead of a '1'?

It appears you actually have a Beaumont as their VIN's began with 6. I would go to the website for Canadian Classic Chevelles and Beaumonts for some explanations. I'll try to post a link in a minute.

Unless comebody can jump in here with specifics you can go here (http://cdnclassics.chevelles.net/resources.html) and input your number for them to decipher. Good luck.

Thanks for the help!

I'm checking with the canadians, maybe they can help me...

BTW : The second digit is "1" NOT "7"

Thanks again :)

Originally posted by Don_lightfoot:
Could the second digit be a '7' instead of a '1'?

It appears you actually have a Beaumont as their VIN's began with 6. I would go to the website for Canadian Classic Chevelles and Beaumonts for some explanations. I'll try to post a link in a minute. I checked the registration certificate of the car, and it says "Chevelle / 13617".

On the canadian website I found that "13617" is the code for Malibu 8 cyl Two door hardtop

Check : http://cdnclassics.chevelles.net/canmodel.htm#66

You've got me totally confused now. Does the serial number start with 13617 or 613617?

I believe an Oshawa built 66 Malibu 2 door hardtop V8 would have a serial number of 136176-1-XXXXXX. The middle number '1' represents Oshawa Assembly Plant.

Any chance you can post a picture of the VIN tag from the car?

It starts with a "6".

I'm on my way out the door, going on a fishing trip for 10 days, I will take a picture an post it when I'm back.

Thanks!

The 65 and 66 VIN tags do start with the year. So your 613617000752 is correct with the leading '6' being for 1966, 13617 is a Malibu V8 2-dr sport coupe and 000752 being the sequence production number. See my ChevelleStuff site (http://www.chevellestuff.com/) for more.

http://www.chevellestuff.com/65velle/images/can_vin_tag.jpg

Thanks for clarifying Dale.

It is made in canada the 6 if the the model year. The vin tag shold say made in canada or the like on it. The 0 I belive is for the plant identification they used a 0 or a 1 for either of the 2 plants. The opening page here on team chevelle has how to decode a canadian car. I have a 66 396 malibu SS made in canada.