Went and looked a 65 Skylark Convertible today VIN is 444675K104709, The car had a 300 2barrel with an ST300 trans. I noticed no electrical for the trans on the manifold or throttle linkage. I did notice it had the clutch pedal cut off. The shift indictor was blacked out and the bracket for the z-bar was on the frame. Is there any way from the VIN that I can tell what this car was originally equipt with. Jim C
Is there any leftover standard column shift stuff on the car like two levers at the bottom of the column tube?
VIN....no. It would tell you if it was a V6 or a V8. The cowl data plate might have some codes on it. 2L would be 4 speed, 2X would be st300 automatic. Not all plants put all the codes on there tho. There might be a build sheet stuck in the rear seat springs with the codes. Driveshaft for a manual car would be one piece. An automatic had the one with a rubber sleeve between the inner/outer tube at the rear. How about the steering column and the column plate at the firewall? does the plate have a hole for the clutch rod?
I will go check these things out tomorrow. Will the cowl plate give any engine data or is that only on the block? I have looked at the production #s for that year and they only state V6 1,186 built or V8 10,456, built in the convertibles not what size V8. I will go back tomorrow Thanks Jim C
The Skylark convertible VIN would be 44367xxxx for a V6, and 44467xxxx for a V8. The V8 was a 300, 2bbl or 4bbl. GS had the 401. If he has the warranty booklet with the protecto-plate, it would show the engine code and trans code. You could check the engine stampings and see if it matches the last 6 digits of the cars VIN.
