Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

[Gary B.]

For the birdcage bracket research project that Don Harris and I are doing, we’re looking for one or more owners of 66s with a VIN below 5300, St Louis body, and underbody exhaust. Does anyone know of any such owners out there who could take a peak at their rocker panel brackets? We would like to know the number of metal brackets (one on side of the car) from the bird cage door sill that are used to attach the rocker panel.

Thanks,

Gary

[Tom D.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

I can look at 2999.
Tom D.

[Gary B.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

Tom,

Thanks. Also if you can report the Trim Tag date code and confirm it's a St Louis body.

Thanks,

Gary

[Patrick C.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

4070 vin, late oct 65 build, stl body

[Gary B.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

Patrick,

Does your car have 6 brackets per side from the bird cage door sill that the rocker panel attaches to? Or 3? And it a coupe? Or a roadster?

Gary

[Patrick C.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

Patrick,

Does your car have 6 brackets per side from the bird cage door sill that the rocker panel attaches to? Or 3? And it a coupe? Or a roadster?

Gary

Roadster

[Ronald M.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

#5139, left St. Louis with underbody exhaust, six metal brackets per side.

Ron
'66 convertible

[Donald H.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

#5139, left St. Louis with underbody exhaust, six metal brackets per side.

Ron
'66 convertible

Ron,

Couod you give us the body build date off your trim tag please?

[Ronald M.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

Ron,

Could you give us the body build date off your trim tag please?

Don, the body build date is C8, with a still visible, hand scrawled '30' on each door.

[Tom D.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

I can look at 2999.
Tom D.

Guys: Thanks for this effort. My 1966 Convertible was made two or three days before my 21st birthday. The well published photo of the shriner's Corvette delivery in St. Louis, with the unfinished arch in the background, was taken only two days after #2999 was finished.
B13 is the tag date, and the body is S968. It has a total of 12 brackets.

When I moved to WNY, I took note of this car and met the first owner. When I bought it ten years later, It had been modified so much that I didn't know (until I got it home) that it was the same car. Photo one shows a Cadillac color on the orig. Trophy Blue.

[Gary B.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

Tom,

Just to be clear, the B13 trim tag car is yours, not VIN 2999.

Gary

[Tom D.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

The B13 trim tag is on my car, which is number 2999.

[Tom B.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

Serial #4840 St Louis Coupe 6 brackets S867

[Gary B.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

Tom,

Thanks. Can you also tell me the alphanumeric Trim Tag date code? We'll eventually present the date using the Trim Tag code, rather than VIN.

Thanks,

Gary

[Tom D.]

Re: Help from 66 owners with VIN below 5300, St Louis body, underbody exhaust

B13, as stated above.
Thanks