Im in the middle of a frame off and have conflicting info of a few Items and could uses a little feedback from anyone who knows what this all means.

VIN: 138176K206738 ((This I know))

This has me and others a little mixed up:

Cowl Tag: 06D 5755
ST 66-13817 KAW14963 BODY
763-3 M-2 PAINT
W 2LGSR 5Y


What has us puzzled the most is:

W 2LGSR
No idea of this one at all?

5y
No idea of this one at all?

M-2 for paint code
http://www.chevelles.com/years/66/66paint.html
does not list this one?

I have been told it's
Aztec Bronze Met. 3M

M=Aztec Bronze
2=Black Vinyl top?

W=Tinted windshield
2=row 2 options...
L-4-speed trans
G-center console
S&R-don't remember
5=row 5 options...
Y-Power antenna?? not sure on this one either

138176K206738 ((This I know))
1 - Chevrolet Division
38 - Malibu SS 396
17 - 2 dr sport coupe (hardtop)
6 - 1966
K - Leeds Assembly in Kansas City
206738 - Production sequence number, started at 100001 and went up at each plant making this the 106738 Chevelle model built at leeds, late in the model year
This has me and others a little mixed up:

Cowl Tag: 06D 5755
06D - built during the 4th week of June 1966
5755 - Internal plant sequence number

ST 66-13817 KAW14963 BODY
66 - 1966
13817 - Malibu SS 396 2 dr sport coupe (hardtop)
KAN - Kansas City Fisher Body plant code
14963 - Body serial number (not same as VIN)

763-3 M-2 PAINT
763-Z - Interior trim code for Black vinyl bucket seats trim. Z - Letter code for Bucket seats

W 2LGSR 5Y

Gr. 1
W - A02 Tinted Windshield (only glass tinted)

Gr. 2
L - M20 4sp ((M21, M22)
G - D55 Console
S - U73 Rear Antenna
R - U80 Rear seat speaker

Gr. 5
Y - A49 Deluxe seat belts

btw

Nothing odd, this it how it was......

Pretty good decoding! Apparently the decoding of the last line of the cowl tag is not available for 68-72 Chevelles. Where are the codes available the decoding of speedway67's car??

Just curious...

Here is one source........... (http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml#67Codes)

Originally posted by Super70:
Pretty good decoding! Apparently the decoding of the last line of the cowl tag is not available for 68-72 Chevelles. Where are the codes available the decoding of speedway67's car??

Just curious... Some of the codes for 68-72 are known - at least to the point of finding them in other documentation...depends on the year and the assembly plant. It seems almost every plant did coding on the body plate a different way even in the same model year. The link supplied by elcamino points to a Camaro site and while some of the options are the same, some make no sense at all in the Chevelle world.

At the very top of the forum page is a link for numerous decoding sites...mine included. Not to say that one is better than the other, but I've done quite a bit of research and body tag/vin/pop comparisons with build sheets and original owners and GM's own documentation, so I'm pretty confident of my information. I'm also putting together a CD on the 1967 Chevelle (all models) and welcome any contributions people might have.

elcamino - Thanks! Although information pertains to Camaros. Still enlightening though...

Dale - Thanks for the info. I have visited your website and it is very, very informative.