Today is March 19, 2015 and 50 years ago on March 19, 1965 the first regular production "396" big block Corvette was produced at the St. Louis Corvette plant.
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Re: March 19, 1965 - The Birth of the Big Block Corvette!
Weather permitting Bill are you going to celebrate ownership in taking it for a drive today?Last edited by Jim T.; March 19, 2015, 12:35 PM. -
Re: March 19, 1965 - The Birth of the Big Block Corvette!
Bill , What do you mean by first "regular production "396. how many were built before yours that were not regular production ? I have 9 cars on my 396 list built before yours . One # 12201 was listed as a bowtie car. and one 12682 was a block . I dont know if any of the early ones are real . But I would like to know with out a doubt what the serial number of the first 396 is . If any one has a 396 built before Bills (12864) please let us know . Bill sorry to hijack your cars birthday. Happy birthday to all 396 cars . (I know # 46 was a prototype )Comment
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Re: March 19, 1965 - The Birth of the Big Block Corvette!
Happy 50th Birthday to all 65 big block Corvettes... What a great year and mile stone... Cheers and keep them original
Enzo Colosimo
Ncrs Ontario Chapter Chairman 🇨🇦
ENZ-Z06/67
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Re: March 19, 1965 - The Birth of the Big Block Corvette!
Thank you St joseph!Comment
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Re: March 19, 1965 - The Birth of the Big Block Corvette!
Jim --
The weather forecast up here in Calgary will probably be nice for (either) Thursday 30th July 2015 [to correspond with NCRS Shipping Data Report "GM Official Production Date" Friday 30th July 1965]; or, more likely, Monday 3rd August 2015; as another GM source (Chevrolet Central Office memo to Zone Service Managers titled -- 'Last 1965 Model Serial Numbers Built Each Month -- Restricted Information') lists two Corvettes, VINs 23563 and 23564 built in August 1965.
So I think I'll pour a BB (big bottle
) of champagne in ...564's tank on that Monday to celebrate two milestones; the last 396 and also the last '65.
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