1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

[Jaime G.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Bill, I tried your e-mail and it came back.
Could you e-mal me at jgesundheit@shapcoinc.com
and I will send them to you

[Thomas D.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Nolan Adams book states 748 coupes out of 2,157 396 cars

[Mike L.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Back in 1986 I was working at a Ford dealership in CT. when a when a trailer with cars we just purchased from down south pulled in. To my surprise there was a 1965 Corvette on it so I ran over to look at it, I wrote down all the information I could about this beautiful car. I kept this information all these years hoping to see it again, so here it is if any one knows were it is now I would like to know.The car was going to a place called Corvette City in Boston Ma. info: Vin #194675S119262, Trim tag K7, Style 65 467, Trim 430BA, Body S6266, Paint 900GG. I have some other info. that I'll pass to the owner.

[Bill W.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Hi Mike I do not have that one on my list . I hope it still alive & well . I will add it ....thanks Bill

[Charles C.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Here's some basic info on a late 396 convertible I "rescued' from my next door neighbor a number of years ago (sat in his garage for 20 years or so). It had flares and a small block with dual quads on it when I purchased the car. Soft top only. No special factory options on it that I recall but I believe it did have a stock radio. Not sure where the car is now - but I bet it was restored and now has a matching numbers engine in it.....
VIN 23367, AO Smith body (I don't have the body number), L16 body date code, U-U paint (Rally Red), 443BA interior (red and white vinyl).
Charlie

[Bill W.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Hi Charles , Good job on the information . The car is alive and well. It is living in Texas and was for sale on E Bay in June
. It now is a restored Red /White AOS car with a radio , 3.36 rear ,side exhaust ,Knock offs Gold walls a 396 with a T0709IF block .It seemed to have lots of modifications and looked like it had a painted floor pan

[Mike E.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Or is there some anecdotal knowledge around that tells us BB owners (early adopters, in the case of the first year '65 BB) preferrred open over closed cars or vice versa?

I'm pretty sure 1965 had the least Coupes built of all mid-years and '65 was the peak of convertible production industry wide.

Mike

[Wayne M.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Tom yours was #9 . Of the cars that I have that information on there were 133 coupes and 155 Conv. The two I have closest to yours are 16492 & 16538 . If you send me a email at pondpeoplel78@gmail.com with all your known original options and colors I will add you to my list . Please include the rear ratio and if its a St Louis or AOS car . Thanks Bill.

Bill -- here's a quiz / eye exam. Frame sat in boneyard of Howard's Corvettes, south of Sioux Falls SD. Pic taken in Sept 1988. VIN stamping on the top of rear frame rail. The bird cage was off (but close by). I took down data from VIN & Trim tags.

Story was that this local 396 was racing another car when he left the road and rolled/flipped. Howard (Goehring) knew the parties involved.

So take a guess at the VIN. The last digit is located at the pen. I'll email you the rest of the data (or post here) if you don't already have this one.

Hint: This car was 26 units before Clem's 396.



c

[Bill W.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

That was too easy with the Clem hint . It is 14245 . I did have it as a Blue / Blue V in SD. Howard has had a few 396 parts for sale over the years . Was it a coupe or a conv.? Could you tell any options ?. I have seen a couple of cowls for sale but never a birdcage . I wonder if he had any paperwork or pictures ?

[Wayne M.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Bill -- VIN shows a coupe # 14245. Trim tag: I5; S2597; 414AA; 900FF. Can't find a general picture (which I thought I took) of a row of bodies and frames that he had, but my recollection is front cowl on the birdcage, probably both A and B pillars; can't remember if any rear fiberglass. Didn't take note of any indicators for options.

A gang of us from Calgary Alberta used to stop in at Howard's Corvettes in Sioux Falls SD on our way to (mostly) Bloomington, but also Knoxville and Carlisle. I've lost touch with him since he moved to AZ. I don't think he was the type to take pictures .

[Patrick B.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Bill: I have owned two 65 396's over the years and observed just the engine block from another very interesting car.

One was VIN 17261; it was a white coupe with unusual maroon interior. It was a New York car with a rusted out frame that I thought I could fix until I discovered rust in the birdcage and sold it cheap. I saw it nicely restored at Carlisle in the 90's but it was now maroon exterior also. Unfortunately the restorer had altered some of the unique 396 features so it looked fake although it was the real deal.

Another was VIN 19583. I sold it to close friend and NCRS member who still owns it. It was an AO Smith body convertible, originally red with a black interior.


I have also had some 396 Corvette blocks and recorded others. The earliest is 5113961 T0313IF with the Tonawanda stamp on the right side rather than the left and the VIN stamped over the build date. I have had:
T0511IF 5117811 and
T0712IF 5122723 which has been reunited with the original car, a coupe.
T0423IF 5115374
T0428IF 5117195 and
T0707IF 5122137 are other blocks I have gotten rubbings from.

Are any of these cars on your list?

[Bill W.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Patrick thanks for the list . #17261 I had as a Maroon/maroon restored car in Penn for sale in 1991 I have no options . # 19583 I have Red /Black John H. .# 13961 I had the vin & engine # only..#17811 Bare block for sale 2005 by you .#22723 I dont have anything at all I do have 22732????...#15374 I have no information..#17195 Maroon Coupe needs restored Ron B in Pa. no other info..#22137 Blue Mike M. sold in 2014

[Mike T.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Bill - Just ran across this Milano Maroon 65 Bigblock Roadster for sale here in Prescott AZ. Not sure if you already have it on your list, the VIN is #17281. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1s-...-82-000-a.html

[Bill W.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Thanks Mike I didn't have that one I will add it .

[Mike E.]

Re: 1965 Corvette Coupe with 396 engine

Bill,
I see there are two '65 396's at BJ's this week both maroon a coupe and convertible. Do you have these on your list? Interestingly the coupe is only 11 cars later than the one posted above.

194675S117140

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1965-CHEVROLET-CORVETTE-CONVERTIBLE-181499

194375S117292

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1965-CHEVROLET-CORVETTE-181468

Mike