Technical 60 Chevy Rag ID issue. Advice

Have a Factory rag with a

Vin is N for Norwood OH

Cowl: LA for Lamsing

I understand one is assembly and one manufacture but it's very confusing being each side of the country

Any Rag experts out there




Vin xx867N1433zz

Cowl zz67BODYLA162zz

 

I'm not an expert....but have never seen a vin and body tag showing different build plants on the same car. One of those tags don't belong on that car I'm afraid...

 

If LA is for Lansing, Michigan, then Ohio & Michigan are near each other. There were body plants (where the cowl tag was affixed) and assembly plants where I think the VIN tag found it's way onto the car. I'm to understand that some of the bodies were rail car delivered to assembly plants, if I'm remembering my past reading well.

 

The assembly plant issued the vin. In other words the car got a vin when it was coming down the line to be mated with the body shell that would already have the cowl tag affixed to it. Lansing and Norwood were both assembly plants...don't see a reason why half the car was built one place and the other half another. Simpler answer is one of those tags isnt original to that car..

 

I can't find a vin letter listing for assembly in LA ( Lansing )

 

One is Michigan one is Ohio

 

Here's a thread from CT that is alot like your situation: http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/268510/post/2132335/#2132335

 

Does your car have airconditioning. If so, somebody swapped cowls. It`s the easiest way to do it to a car that didn`t have air.

 

looks like it's probably just fine.

http://www.348-409.com/plant.html

 

WOW! You learn something every day. Amazing! Never heard of this situation...but it seems to have happened before. Seems like Lansing and Cleveland were just building bodies and not whole cars ?! My first reaction especially in a convertible like the OP's is to assume shenanigans....could/might/probably be legit