I am working on a neglected & abused '66 coupe. Somewhere along the line, someone cut out the dash brace to replace the heater core & never replaced it. I am trying to figure out the body sequence for a St. Louis car built on june 20th. Can anybody help ?? Dean
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Re: Body sequence number
Dean,
Are you trying to find the body number or the V.I.N? If you don't have the trim tag with the build date, how do you know it's a 20 June build?
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The VIN & trim tag is missing. We verified the Vin on the frame to the title & the build date I figured by the VIN & how many cars were built that month. Can you help ??Comment
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How did you figure St.Louis body if no trim tag ?
I assume your aim is to get a repro trim tag that is very close to what the missing original would have been. This is complicated by approx 50% of each body style that was fabricated at Ionia Mich. Although St.Louis bodies (S-code on trim tag) were fed to the final assembly line in lock-step sequence [excepting a pull from the line for re-work], the A-bodies (from Ionia) may be installed on a chassis up to 2 weeks out-of-step with its A-number, due to shipping, storage at St.Louis, awaiting final assembly slot.
Have you run your VIN through the "birthday calculator" to check your manual estimation ?Comment
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Where does a person check the birthday at ??Comment
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Re: Body sequence number
RayRay Carney
1961 Sateen Silver 270-HP
1961 Fawn Beige 315-HPComment
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Re: NCRS Wisconsin site (link attached)
By the birthday calculator it says that the car was built on June 21st, it is a 427/390 coupe and the vin is 194376S124595. Does anybody have an idea of what the sequence number should be ??Comment
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Re: NCRS Wisconsin site (link attached)
Dean, as Wayne indicated there are St. Louis bodies and AO Smith Bodies. They each had the same sequence numbers. Also, they were the same for roadsters and coupes. I do not know how to tell the difference between a St. Louis body and an AO Smith body. If you could determine which body you had that would help. Next, I suggest you look at coupes with VIN numbers close to yours to get you closer to a number that is close. I believe you will never know what the real body sequence number is. If you have Nolan's book or the new Trim Tag book by Al Grenning and Roy Sinor they may help you determine what might be on your trim tag. Page 49 of Nolan's book may also be of help. I have a 63 so my numbers are of no help to you.
Harry
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Re: NCRS Wisconsin site (link attached)
Dean, This is as close as I can get on a 1966 coupe with your serial number. If an AOS body, build date K08 or possibly K09, approximate body number range A-4400 to 4450. If a St. Louis body, body build date J19 or possibly J20, approximate coupe body number range S-4350 to 4400. If anyone has a 1966 coupe in these body build ranges, it would narrow it down considerably, but not exactly. Also, FWIW, the engine pad should have TO609IL on the pad. Hope this helps. DaveComment
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Body Sequence Number
I think Dave is pretty close if its a AO Smith body. There was a 1966 Coupe advertised on E-bay last year with a vin# 24701. It had a TBC of K09 and a Body # A-4573. Another E-bay 1966 coupe vin # 24768 was advertised this year. It was a St. Louis car with a body #S4482. Don't know the TBC for this car.
Hope this helps
Page CampbellComment
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Page, Serial number 24768 with S4482 has a J22 body build date. The body numbers of AOS and St. Louis bodies ran pretty close in that time period. DaveComment
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Why would heater core replacement
call for cutting out the "dash brace"? I'm thinking you may WANT that to be the reason...........but......Comment
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Re: Why would heater core replacement
Thanks for the help guys !!Comment
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