Anyone heard of this type of VIN

bhp · Post by **bhp** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:15 pm

Hello,
I am interested in purchasing a '66 however the VIN starts with a 156. Its a convertible from Canada. All my literature and web searching says it should start with a 116 or 117. Any help you could offer?

Thanks in advance

elkluvadore · Post by **elkluvadore** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:50 pm

was it made in canada, aka canadian bug?(feature less)

bhp · Post by **bhp** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:11 pm

Not that I know of.

elkluvadore · Post by **elkluvadore** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:31 pm

Thats an odd situation you have, are you sure its a 66 not a pre with a 1300

bhp · Post by **bhp** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:51 pm

Says it a '66. I have a buddy who has a book and says 156 000 001 to 156 1021 300 are convertibles - is he right?

Post by **jmartini** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:27 am

a 117 would be a 1967 (production of the 67 started in August of 66). There were 9,712 convertibles made in 1966 and 1,080,165 sedans but in my books I can't find any mention of the VIN numbers being different, we probably need a vert guy to weigh in on the subject.

bhp · Post by **bhp** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:28 am

I received this from the seller - I think it checks out.

http://www.inerd.it/index.php?option=co ... &Itemid=32

scruffy · Post by **scruffy** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:12 am

Thanks Bhp, I like that I run mine and it came back feb 1966 cool,I bookmarked that page!

couion · Post by **couion** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:28 pm

I did mine and it came back as Oct. 65 but when I pulled the Insulation from the tunnel It had a white paint stamp that read 10/10/65 go figure!