Just bought a project car with a salvage title. 1965 Corvair Corsa convertible with a turbo. Lots of rust but engine and transmission pretty solid. What I need help with is decoding the body tag and vin number.
CLA
65-10767 WRN 2630
713 J-2
2L3C4P50
107675W17052
Any help?
1965 Project Car
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flat6_musik
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Re: 1965 Project Car
From my amateur research, I'm seeing a cypress green/black interior '65 corsa convertible with 4-speed, padded dash, comfort and convenience group "A" and seat belt delete. Not a factory turbo car. Built at Willow Run.
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King
Re: 1965 Project Car
Thanks so much! It seems that they guy I bought it from put the turbo in it.
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Re: 1965 Project Car
107675W17052
Sample Body Tag
CLA (Not Valid - This is the body build date. First two digits are month numbers 01-12 and last digit is a letter A-E representing the first-fifth week. EXAMPLE: 01A = January, First Week.
65-10767 WRN 2630
65=1965 1=Chevrolet, 07= Corvair Corsa, 67=2-Door 4 Passenger Convertible, WRN=Willow Run, Michigan (Production Plant). The last digits are a production sequence number. (2630) The body number is specific and linked to the style number. So for example in 1965 there were 7 different styles (10137, 10139, 10537,10539,10567,10737,10767) and each style had its own series of body numbers for that plant.
713 = Interior Seat Style and Color. 713 applies to the Monza and Corsa Series (Front Bucket Seats) in BLACK
J-2 = Body Paint J (Cypress Green Poly.) Lucite No. 4634L, Rinshed-Mason No. A1717, Ditzler No. DDL 43390
1965-69: Code for top color found on PAINT line.
Top color codes:
1965: 1 = white 2 = black 3(WRN) or 6(LA) = beige
EXAMPLE
2L 3C 4P 5O
1965 Fisher body tags ACC line. (WRN and LOS)
The Letters are listed in groups. Letters following a number is in that group. The code letters are listed in the order they would appear. Some letters are in more than one group
First Group ( no numeric indicator)
E = RPO A01 Tinted Glass ( Soft Ray glass in all windows)
O = Two tone paint trim piece (sedans)/ Manual top (pre Jan 65 LA cars only)
D = RPO C06 Power Top
W = RPO A02 Tinted Windshield only
L = folding rear seat (500 series only)
2 = Second Group
M = RPO M35 Powerglide Automatic
L = RPO M20 4 Speed
E = RPO C60 Air Conditioning
P = (LOS cars only) 2 spd Wipers (LOS listed this separately from the CC group)
R = RPO U80 Rear speaker
S = RPO U73 Rear ant.
H = Heater delete (code carried over to 66)
3 = Third Group
C = Padded Dash
A = Rear armrest on 500 sedans
4 = Fourth Group
P = RPO Z01 convenience group ( 2 sp wipers, washers, day/night inside mirror).
O = RPO L87 Turbo engine
U = Spare tire lock
F = Outside Remote Drivers Mirror/ with CC group
5 = Fifth Group
W = RPO A49 Deluxe Seatbelts (Chrome Buckles)
O = Seatbelt delete
G = std rear seatbelt
Y = dlx rear seatbelts
Unknown if the dash at the end of the ACC line has any meaning. (On 50% of WRN tags)
NOTE. The engine serial number you provided indicated that the engine cases were originally assigned to a 180 hp turbocharged engine. If the Corsa was actually fitted with a 180 hp turbo engine at the factory, the Body Tag ACC line should have included a code "4O", referring to a turbocharged engine installation. The main body change for a car with a turbo engine would be an exhaust cutout for the turbo muffler, as shown below...
Late Model (1965-1966) Corvair Corsa Turbo Exhaust Cutout
T1125RL
T = Tonawanda, New York (GM Tonawanda Engine Plant)
http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/comp ... wanda.html
1125 = Engine manufacturing date (month and date). November 25th.
RL = 1965-66 180 hp Turbocharged Engine — 164 CID 8.0:1 Compression Ratio, with Manual Transmission — Corsa Only
I have attached a couple of Corvair reference guides below...
CLA (Not Valid - This is the body build date. First two digits are month numbers 01-12 and last digit is a letter A-E representing the first-fifth week. EXAMPLE: 01A = January, First Week.
65-10767 WRN 2630
65=1965 1=Chevrolet, 07= Corvair Corsa, 67=2-Door 4 Passenger Convertible, WRN=Willow Run, Michigan (Production Plant). The last digits are a production sequence number. (2630) The body number is specific and linked to the style number. So for example in 1965 there were 7 different styles (10137, 10139, 10537,10539,10567,10737,10767) and each style had its own series of body numbers for that plant.
713 = Interior Seat Style and Color. 713 applies to the Monza and Corsa Series (Front Bucket Seats) in BLACK
J-2 = Body Paint J (Cypress Green Poly.) Lucite No. 4634L, Rinshed-Mason No. A1717, Ditzler No. DDL 43390
1965-69: Code for top color found on PAINT line.
Top color codes:
1965: 1 = white 2 = black 3(WRN) or 6(LA) = beige
EXAMPLE
2L 3C 4P 5O
1965 Fisher body tags ACC line. (WRN and LOS)
The Letters are listed in groups. Letters following a number is in that group. The code letters are listed in the order they would appear. Some letters are in more than one group
First Group ( no numeric indicator)
E = RPO A01 Tinted Glass ( Soft Ray glass in all windows)
O = Two tone paint trim piece (sedans)/ Manual top (pre Jan 65 LA cars only)
D = RPO C06 Power Top
W = RPO A02 Tinted Windshield only
L = folding rear seat (500 series only)
2 = Second Group
M = RPO M35 Powerglide Automatic
L = RPO M20 4 Speed
E = RPO C60 Air Conditioning
P = (LOS cars only) 2 spd Wipers (LOS listed this separately from the CC group)
R = RPO U80 Rear speaker
S = RPO U73 Rear ant.
H = Heater delete (code carried over to 66)
3 = Third Group
C = Padded Dash
A = Rear armrest on 500 sedans
4 = Fourth Group
P = RPO Z01 convenience group ( 2 sp wipers, washers, day/night inside mirror).
O = RPO L87 Turbo engine
U = Spare tire lock
F = Outside Remote Drivers Mirror/ with CC group
5 = Fifth Group
W = RPO A49 Deluxe Seatbelts (Chrome Buckles)
O = Seatbelt delete
G = std rear seatbelt
Y = dlx rear seatbelts
Unknown if the dash at the end of the ACC line has any meaning. (On 50% of WRN tags)
NOTE. The engine serial number you provided indicated that the engine cases were originally assigned to a 180 hp turbocharged engine. If the Corsa was actually fitted with a 180 hp turbo engine at the factory, the Body Tag ACC line should have included a code "4O", referring to a turbocharged engine installation. The main body change for a car with a turbo engine would be an exhaust cutout for the turbo muffler, as shown below...
Late Model (1965-1966) Corvair Corsa Turbo Exhaust Cutout
This is the engine serial number, which is stamped to the right of the alternator on the engine cases, between the top sheet metal shroud and the oil filter adaptor...King wrote: » Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:30 am
does this number mean anything? Sorry just new to this
T1125RL
T1125RL
T = Tonawanda, New York (GM Tonawanda Engine Plant)
http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/comp ... wanda.html
1125 = Engine manufacturing date (month and date). November 25th.
RL = 1965-66 180 hp Turbocharged Engine — 164 CID 8.0:1 Compression Ratio, with Manual Transmission — Corsa Only
I have attached a couple of Corvair reference guides below...
Brad Bodie
Lake Chatuge, North Carolina
1966 Corvair Corsa Convertible
Lake Chatuge, North Carolina
1966 Corvair Corsa Convertible
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