Look up your vin and find out when your 57 was built https://www.trifive.com/d1/vin/57 Chev daily vins by plant.pdf Lets see a pic of your car and its birthday...
Assembly Date March 13 1957 Saint Louis assembly plant Model code 2402 Belair [2400 series] 2 door sedan. Paint code 818D Adobe Beige / Sierra Gold Trim code 667 the rare 3 colour Beige Vinyl, Copper Vinyl , & Black Cloth inserts Engine 283 V8 [185 hp] with 3 speed gearbox ,3.55 ratio diff
@Kerrynzl nice car and a twin (almost) to mine. This was same paint and trim as yours but was 6cyl originally. Built at Tonawanda, NY October 15th, 1956. On the 14th day of 57 production. Thank you @Moriarity
Pretty cool Moriarity, if I did it correctly L172162 translates to Thursday May 9 1957. I wish I never took it apart to make it better 33 years ago. Now that I have the money I don't have the ambition or health but we will keep on trying. Pat
55 Chevy production dates here https://www.trifive.com/d1/vin/55 Chev daily vins by plant.pdf 56 Chevy production dates here https://www.trifive.com/d1/vin/56 Chev daily vins by plant.pdf Thanks for starting this thread Moriarity [I though I was the only one that showed an interest in these sort of details]
Fifty years ago VIN's weren't part of the vocabulary, more concerned about finding a 4.11 posi or scraping together enough money for a new Hurst shifter.
Built August 22nd in Janesville as a coral 4 door sedan with a 235 and Powerglide. Some of the coral paint is showing but the rest of those things are long gone. Neat to know the build date, but what I'd really like to know is whose high school parking lot sticker is in the rear window, and are they the ones who painted it white with red pinstripes, orange fur door panels, and bondo'd shut back doors to try to give it a 2 door look (redone since then). That's the time period I'd really like to know more about as far as this car goes. I got it at an auction in '05 for $300 with no history attached.
My daughter/father project. 2 owner, last licensed in 1970. 30 years outdoor storage and then 20 years in a storage unit. December 18, 1956. Oakland CA
Mine started life in Baltimore, Friday April 19, 1957 as a Harbor Blue 6 cylinder 3 speed stick shift. Mark - thanks for the thread.
Born: Monday November 5th, 1956. Location: St Louis, Missouri Description: Origianlly Red and White, Two Door Hardtop, Sports Coup. 283 cu.in. 4 barrel carb., 3 speed close ratio with column shift. AC, green tint windows, manual idle adjustment and WonerBar radio. Current Description: Black on Black. All new or refurbished chrome and trim, New green tint glass all around, Vintage air, Bluetooth WonderBar radio, new wiring harness, front disc brakes, new front end with front stablizer bar, new gas tank, electric fuel pump, 1962 327 cu.in., Dual master cylinder with booster, cherry bomb mufflers, original hubcaps with spinners, dual rear radio antenna, new sound supression, new carpet and padding, dual rear speakers, front kick pad speakers.
It looks like my Nomad was built in LA on December 12th, 1956. The original trim tag is missing, though.
Janesville Wis. on Tuesday April 9, 1957. It was my daily driver for about 10 years, starting in 1985.
Friday, Mar 29, 1957, Janesville. I turn 57 this year so my ambition is to get her on the road this year.
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