Body tag decoding help needed

[corvairdog]

Thanks in advance - the patient is getting worse. Just purchased Corvair #3! In the body shop now for restoration.

1965 Corvair Monza Convertible

05A E
ST 65-10507 WRN 17617 BODY
TR 713- C-2 PAINT
D2M3C4PU5W-

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[bbodie52]

Here is a breakdown of the information on the body tag you provided...



BODY TAG INFO:

Body Build Date: 05A = May (05) First Week (A)

E (Interior paint codes – Interior paint codes do not appear on Los Angeles built cars) Black

ST = "Style" 65-10567 = 1965 (65) Chevrolet (1) Monza (05) Convertible (67) WRN = Willow Run, Michigan Plant, Production Sequence No: 17617
1965 Corvair Monza 2-Door Convertible, 4 Passenger

TR = "Trim" 713 = Black (Interior Color)

Exterior color code to go with the above interior color Black...

C-2 = Body color: White (Ermine White, AKA Ermine Ivory)
Lucite No. 4024L; Rinshed-Mason No. A1199; Ditzler No. DDL 8259
Top color code: 2 = Black

1965 Fisher body tags ACC line (WRN and LOS): D2M3C4PU5W

1st Group
D = RPO C06 – Top, Convertible, Electric Folding

2nd Group
M = RPO M35 – Powerglide Automatic Transmission

3rd Group
C = RPO B70 – Pad, Instrument Panel (Padded Dash)

4th Group
P = RPO Z01 – Convenience Group (Lamp, Glove box; Lamp, Back-up; Mirror, Inside and Outside, Rear View; Wiper and Washer, 2-speed)
U = RPO P19 – Lock, Spare Wheel

5th Group
W = RPO A49 – (Seat Belts, Custom Deluxe, Front, with Retractors)

[corvairdog]

Thanks Brad! I wasn't going to buy another one but this is the exact color and optioned car that my parents bought in 1965. It needs quite a bit of body work but it's solid and runs good. Any way to determine which wheel covers would have come on this car? It has wire wheels but I don't think those were common on 65 Monza convertibles back in the day.

[bbodie52]

The body tag codes only reflect accessories that would require body changes at the plant to accommodate them, so there would not be a code for wire wheel covers (which were quite popular in he 1960s, as reflected in the sample pictures above and in the picture of our 1965 Corsa convertible below, with me and my father taken in 1965 at Edwards AFB, California.

[corvairdog]

Good to know. Thanks for posting the pictures.