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The VIN, or Vehicle Identification Number is stamped into a stainless-steel tag. If you don’t know where to find your VIN tag, click\u00a0HERE<\/a>. From the VIN tag you can identify the year, model number, assembly plant and sequence number (the n-th vehicle to come from this assembly plant this model year). Unlike the cowl tag, the VIN tag is a reliable means to identify if a car was equipped with a V8 or a L6 engine since it was applied to the body after a chassis was configured and scheduled to be mated to the body. This VIN tag information applies for all passenger car models from 1960 to 1964.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nThe first digit represents the year. 0=1960, 1=1961, etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe second and third digits represent the series.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n11<\/td>\nBiscayne 6 cylinder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n12<\/td>\nBiscayne 8 cylinder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n13<\/td>\nBiscayne Fleetmaster L6 (1960-1961) or Impala SS L6 (1964)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n14<\/td>\nBiscayne Fleetmaster V8 (1960-1961) or Impala SS V8 (1964)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n15<\/td>\nBel Air L6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n16<\/td>\nBel Air V8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n17<\/td>\nImpala L6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n18<\/td>\nImpala V8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe fourth and fifth digits represent the body style.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n2 door sedan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n2 door station wagon, 2 seats<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n4 door sedan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n2 door utility sedan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n4 door station wagon, 2 seats – 6 passenger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n2 door sport coupe (bubble top)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n4 door sport sedan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n4 door station wagon, 3 seats<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n2 door sport coupe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n2 door convertible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n4 door sedan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n2 door sedan pickup (El Camino)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe sixth letter represents the manufacturing plant. See a detailed explanation<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe last six digits represent the production sequence number, starting at 100001.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The VIN, or Vehicle Identification Number is stamped into a stainless-steel tag. If you don’t know where to find your VIN tag, click\u00a0HERE. From the VIN tag you can identify the year, model number, assembly plant and sequence number (the n-th vehicle to come from this assembly plant this model year). 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