Help me ID my Vette?
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Help me ID my Vette?
I have a 1976 Vette. I am trying to figure out which ID tag goes on my console L48 or L82. I am new to corvettes so I dont know a whole lot. I come from a Ford family so this is the first Chevy I have owned (and the only one).
It was my friends and he died last year and I bought it from his widow, last spring, because she was going to sell it and just couldnt see it going to someone else and she made me a hell of a deal on it. I will try to post some pictures on here to help.
It was my friends and he died last year and I bought it from his widow, last spring, because she was going to sell it and just couldnt see it going to someone else and she made me a hell of a deal on it. I will try to post some pictures on here to help.
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St. Jude Donor '13-'15, '17 thru '22
1972-1980 Corvette VINS are all consistent. You said
1Z37L6S431383
Breaks down as:
1st digit = Division, 1=Chevrolet
2nd Digit = Model, Z=Corvette
3rd & 4th Digit = body style, 37=2 door coupe
So far so good, but the 5th digit is the engine code which is how I would tell. You have written L, but I have two choices for '76s of J=L48 and X=L82, I don't know what an L in that position would mean.
In case you are curious:
6th digit = model year, 6=1976
7th digit = manufacturing location, S=St. Louis
8th digit is always a 4 for 1976s (for reasons I am ignorant of)
The last 5 digits are the serial number for your particular car, like yours was the 31,383rd 1976 Corvette made.
Are you sure that 5th digit is an L?
1Z37L6S431383
Breaks down as:
1st digit = Division, 1=Chevrolet
2nd Digit = Model, Z=Corvette
3rd & 4th Digit = body style, 37=2 door coupe
So far so good, but the 5th digit is the engine code which is how I would tell. You have written L, but I have two choices for '76s of J=L48 and X=L82, I don't know what an L in that position would mean.
In case you are curious:
6th digit = model year, 6=1976
7th digit = manufacturing location, S=St. Louis
8th digit is always a 4 for 1976s (for reasons I am ignorant of)
The last 5 digits are the serial number for your particular car, like yours was the 31,383rd 1976 Corvette made.
Are you sure that 5th digit is an L?
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Cruising
Joined: Jan 2009
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1972-1980 Corvette VINS are all consistent. You said
1Z37L6S431383
Breaks down as:
1st digit = Division, 1=Chevrolet
2nd Digit = Model, Z=Corvette
3rd & 4th Digit = body style, 37=2 door coupe
So far so good, but the 5th digit is the engine code which is how I would tell. You have written L, but I have two choices for '76s of J=L48 and X=L82, I don't know what an L in that position would mean.
In case you are curious:
6th digit = model year, 6=1976
7th digit = manufacturing location, S=St. Louis
8th digit is always a 4 for 1976s (for reasons I am ignorant of)
The last 5 digits are the serial number for your particular car, like yours was the 31,383rd 1976 Corvette made.
Are you sure that 5th digit is an L?
1Z37L6S431383
Breaks down as:
1st digit = Division, 1=Chevrolet
2nd Digit = Model, Z=Corvette
3rd & 4th Digit = body style, 37=2 door coupe
So far so good, but the 5th digit is the engine code which is how I would tell. You have written L, but I have two choices for '76s of J=L48 and X=L82, I don't know what an L in that position would mean.
In case you are curious:
6th digit = model year, 6=1976
7th digit = manufacturing location, S=St. Louis
8th digit is always a 4 for 1976s (for reasons I am ignorant of)
The last 5 digits are the serial number for your particular car, like yours was the 31,383rd 1976 Corvette made.
Are you sure that 5th digit is an L?
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St. Jude Donor '13-'15, '17 thru '22
I didn't cite a source for myself in my notes. Lesson=there is a lot of bad info available for free on the internet.
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