<VV> So this was how Pontiacs, Olds and Buicks were found to have Chevy engines back in the 80's ?

[Charlie]

What is the percentage of owners who would know what it was if they did open
the hood, and did GM rely on them knowing, or not knowing by "just looking"?

What is the percentage of owners who would even open the hood?

They probably would not know the code either, though.

CL


-----Original Message-----
From: don jennings [mailto:60vair at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 3:54 AM
To: Charlie
Subject: Re: <VV> So this was how Pontiacs, Olds and Buicks were found to
have Chevy engines back in the 80's ?

if you know anything about cars all you had to do was open hood.


On 9/3/12, Charlie <chaz at properproper.com> wrote:
> So, this is how owners of Pontiacs, Olds and Buicks found out they had
> Chevy
> engines back when GM started to "share" without telling anyone ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 8:21 PM
> To: 'Matt Nall'; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Decoding vehicle VIN numbers I give up!! gg
>
> Not entirely correct.
> 1 = car line (Chevrolet)
> 05 = model series
> 67= model style (convertible)
> 8= model year
> W= final assembly plant (Willow Run)
> 101706= serial number
>
> I don't remember the other numbers for the different car lines but I
> think
> that 4 was for Buick, 2 was for Pontiac, and 3 was for Oldsmobile.  I
> might
> have these mixed up.
>
> Jim V.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Matt Nall
> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 9:54 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Decoding vehicle VIN numbers I give up!! gg
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> 1968 Monza(as in "105678W101706"), right?
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> 1  is GM
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> 0  is chevrolet / place holder
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> 567    is the model
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> 8  is the year
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> W  is the plant
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>   Serials started with 100000
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> Matt Nall
> Charleston, Oregon
> http://tinyurl.com/The-Patio
> http://tinyurl.com/Matts-Tech-Pages
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