should be 11837 not 13817. trim number 737 is correct... could be a mis stamped tag? who knows... i've seen/heard of a few 6cyl cars with v8 tags...my belair is one. beautiful car anyways, even with the '70s posi tag hanging off it.
If you read the above link you will understand it better. It is not a bad stamp, no question. The car is a fake, 99 out of a 100. You will see in the link above how easy that is to prove.
The only thing it could possibly be is that he wrote down the VIN wrong in the auction, but it still has a Chevelle cowl tag.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
And yes, Novas had V8 cowl tags (in the US) even though the VIN overrides it when it says 6 cyl car. There are no 6 cyl cowl tags on US novas for some reason.
However this L79 Nova is for sure NOT an SS396 Malibu!!!
-- Edited by Carl Stevenson at 22:14, 2009-02-19
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
If you read the above link you will understand it better. It is not a bad stamp, no question. The car is a fake, 99 out of a 100. You will see in the link above how easy that is to prove.
The only thing it could possibly be is that he wrote down the VIN wrong in the auction, but it still has a Chevelle cowl tag.
i see where you are carl, the vins and dates are out to lunch.
If Im not mistaken, maybe I should do somehomework. In the U.S. there were only 3- 67Nova 327-4sd cars. But more were available in Canada
Are you thinking of the "alleged" 6 L79 67 Novas in the States? Lots of rumours of that but not sure one has ever come up with bona fide documentation.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
If you read the above link you will understand it better. It is not a bad stamp, no question. The car is a fake, 99 out of a 100. You will see in the link above how easy that is to prove.
The only thing it could possibly be is that he wrote down the VIN wrong in the auction, but it still has a Chevelle cowl tag.
Thanks Carl, very good reading. It does look like a really nice car though.
I emailed the seller. We'll see what he says. I didn't tell him exactly what the problems were because he will just correct them and continue on with his sale if he's not an honest individual. If he is honest, he will pull his auction. This one will bite him if he sells it to an unsuspecting buyer who doesn't do his homework.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
who knows...
even with the '70s posi tag hanging off it.