65 Trim code help
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3rd Gear
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65 Trim code help
Morning Guys! Newbie here. I'm extremely impressed with all the knowledge and info that gets shared thru these threads! I have a 65 red coupe and was wondering if someone could tell me what this means...trim 443A. Thanks
Le Mans Master
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my '65 JG book lists it as:
vinyl, white/red
that would be white vinyl seats with red carpet and dash
the "A" indicates a coupe model and should be an A.O Smith built body as all St. Louis built body interior trim codes contained a two-letter suffix.
vinyl, white/red
that would be white vinyl seats with red carpet and dash
the "A" indicates a coupe model and should be an A.O Smith built body as all St. Louis built body interior trim codes contained a two-letter suffix.
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3rd Gear
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Thanks guy's! That makes good sense to me. My seats are white, dash and carpet are red.
From all the threads I've read hopefully figured out the rest of my tag.
G18
19 437 A-1920
443A U-U
194375S110975
engiine #'s
F02Ib HF
Car built Feb. 18
coupe
a.o. Smith body #1920
white/red interior
rally red paint
10975th car built
Flint assembled engine on Feb 16 327/300hp
Please correct me if any of this is wrong.
Thank you
From all the threads I've read hopefully figured out the rest of my tag.
G18
19 437 A-1920
443A U-U
194375S110975
engiine #'s
F02Ib HF
Car built Feb. 18
coupe
a.o. Smith body #1920
white/red interior
rally red paint
10975th car built
Flint assembled engine on Feb 16 327/300hp
Please correct me if any of this is wrong.
Thank you
Le Mans Master
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From: Newark DE
only a slight correction. I believe (someone correct me if i'm wrong), the G18 indicates that the BODY was built on Feb 18th, not the CAR was built. The car's build date will be a little later as the body needed to be shipped from the A.O Smith plant to the Flint assembly plant.
as an example.
my '65 coupe has trim tag info of
G17 A- 1901
body was built by A.O Smith on Feb 17th and was body #1901
My car's birthday is Feb 26th.
As you can see, there is a nine day spread between the body build date and the car's assembly date.
Also notice, that where our bodies were produced only one day apart at A.O Smith, mine on the 17th, yours on the 18th, they are also only 19 body #'s apart on the A.O Smith numbers , mine is #1901 and yours is #1920 but on the VIN # our cars are 84 cars apart as my VIN # ends 111059 which happens to be the very last VIN# produced in Feb.
I don't know how many cars a day Flint could normally produce but I figure your car's birthday is sometime in the last week of Feb, probably within the last 2 or 3 days of the month or around the 23rd, 24th, or 25th.
hope this helps.
as an example.
my '65 coupe has trim tag info of
G17 A- 1901
body was built by A.O Smith on Feb 17th and was body #1901
My car's birthday is Feb 26th.
As you can see, there is a nine day spread between the body build date and the car's assembly date.
Also notice, that where our bodies were produced only one day apart at A.O Smith, mine on the 17th, yours on the 18th, they are also only 19 body #'s apart on the A.O Smith numbers , mine is #1901 and yours is #1920 but on the VIN # our cars are 84 cars apart as my VIN # ends 111059 which happens to be the very last VIN# produced in Feb.
I don't know how many cars a day Flint could normally produce but I figure your car's birthday is sometime in the last week of Feb, probably within the last 2 or 3 days of the month or around the 23rd, 24th, or 25th.
hope this helps.
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Originally Posted by Sled'r
Thanks, BarryK, that helps alot.
A couple questions if I may...you may LOL...(i'm still new here)
What is a '65 JG book?
Where did you find the last VIN # in Feb. from?
A couple questions if I may...you may LOL...(i'm still new here)
What is a '65 JG book?
Where did you find the last VIN # in Feb. from?
Le Mans Master
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From: Newark DE
JG is short for the Corvette Technical Information Manual & Judging Guide. (TIM&JG)
You should get a few reference books pertaining to your car and the basic list should start with the following:
the 1965 TIM&JG
1965 Corvette Assembly Manual
1965 Chevrolet Chassis Service Manual
The Noland Adams Corvette Restoration book Vol. II
You can get all of the above at the NCRS store on their website at NCRS.org
You should get a few reference books pertaining to your car and the basic list should start with the following:
the 1965 TIM&JG
1965 Corvette Assembly Manual
1965 Chevrolet Chassis Service Manual
The Noland Adams Corvette Restoration book Vol. II
You can get all of the above at the NCRS store on their website at NCRS.org
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Originally Posted by BarryK
only a slight correction. I believe (someone correct me if i'm wrong), the G18 indicates that the BODY was built on Feb 18th, not the CAR was built. The car's build date will be a little later as the body needed to be shipped from the A.O Smith plant to the Flint assembly plant.
as an example.
my '65 coupe has trim tag info of
G17 A- 1901
body was built by A.O Smith on Feb 17th and was body #1901
My car's birthday is Feb 26th.
As you can see, there is a nine day spread between the body build date and the car's assembly date.
Also notice, that where our bodies were produced only one day apart at A.O Smith, mine on the 17th, yours on the 18th, they are also only 19 body #'s apart on the A.O Smith numbers , mine is #1901 and yours is #1920 but on the VIN # our cars are 84 cars apart as my VIN # ends 111059 which happens to be the very last VIN# produced in Feb.
I don't know how many cars a day Flint could normally produce but I figure your car's birthday is sometime in the last week of Feb, probably within the last 2 or 3 days of the month or around the 23rd, 24th, or 25th.
hope this helps.
as an example.
my '65 coupe has trim tag info of
G17 A- 1901
body was built by A.O Smith on Feb 17th and was body #1901
My car's birthday is Feb 26th.
As you can see, there is a nine day spread between the body build date and the car's assembly date.
Also notice, that where our bodies were produced only one day apart at A.O Smith, mine on the 17th, yours on the 18th, they are also only 19 body #'s apart on the A.O Smith numbers , mine is #1901 and yours is #1920 but on the VIN # our cars are 84 cars apart as my VIN # ends 111059 which happens to be the very last VIN# produced in Feb.
I don't know how many cars a day Flint could normally produce but I figure your car's birthday is sometime in the last week of Feb, probably within the last 2 or 3 days of the month or around the 23rd, 24th, or 25th.
hope this helps.
Le Mans Master
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From: Newark DE
SMR, NCRS sells a birthday book that lits the dates that the VIN # were manufactured which is how most people can look up their cars birthday........
Mine was easier and I didn't need the book.
In the NCRS JG they have a chart listing the final VIN# of each month of production for that particular year. Mine is the listed number for Feb. as the final car made in Feb of '65.
All I had to do than was go to a calendar from 1965 and find out what the last normal working day in Feb was and that turned out to be Friday, Feb. 26th. I'm assuming the factory wasn't working on Sat or Sun which would have been the 27th and 28th. If they DID work on the weekend than I'm wrong and it would be the last day they actually worked that month but i'm figuring it's that Friday.
Mine was easier and I didn't need the book.
In the NCRS JG they have a chart listing the final VIN# of each month of production for that particular year. Mine is the listed number for Feb. as the final car made in Feb of '65.
All I had to do than was go to a calendar from 1965 and find out what the last normal working day in Feb was and that turned out to be Friday, Feb. 26th. I'm assuming the factory wasn't working on Sat or Sun which would have been the 27th and 28th. If they DID work on the weekend than I'm wrong and it would be the last day they actually worked that month but i'm figuring it's that Friday.
