[eds66gto]

[Keith Seymore]

Ok - a couple things you should be aware of:

a) Cars were not (quite) built in VIN order. There were separate VIN sequences based on division (Chevrolet, Buick, Olds, Pontiac - for those plants that had all those going down the same line). Additionally, there were separate VIN sequences based on engine options; for example V8 cars would start at 100001 and six cylinder cars starting with 600001. They were (roughly) in sequence within these distinctions but not exactly. All that other "fodder" would have pushed your car farther back. So - while your car would not be #576 down the line (exactly) that seems to be a fairly early VIN number.

b) Your body number is 156, which would be counted by body style (in this case A body two door Hard top). So your car would have been the 156th A body hard top through the body shop.

c) I'm a little puzzled by the build timeframe: looks like 01B (or 01D) which would be January of 1966. Not sure why we are seeing such a low body number (and VIN) for that late in the model year. I don't recall if Framingham got off to a late start that year, perhaps because of a strike, or not.

I must confess I'm a little more familiar the '65 model year (in Pontiac) that I am '66 at the satellite plants.

K

[eds66gto]

thank you for the education, my PHS report shows the build date for the car as jan 27th 1966, trim tag has a B, then if you look at the top right you will see an E, there were 5 weeks in jan 1966, seems the car was a bit late getting built for some reason. Ed