If your Corvair was made before 1968, the serial number will be on the door below the upper hinge. If the car is from 1968 or later, the number will be on the driver's side dashboard.

1960 Thru 1964 Corvairs

Year

Trim

Model

Plant

Vehicle Number

0 - 1960
1 - 1961
2 - 1962
3 - 1963
4 - 1964
05 - 500
07 - 700
09 - 900
06 - Spyder
27 - Coupe
32 - Station Wagon
67 - Convertible
69 - Sedan
W - Willow Run
K - Kansas City
O - Oakland
L - Los Angeles
Subtract 100,000 to obtain Vehicle Number

 

Example 10667W149431 VIN would mean a 1961Spyder Convertible assembled in the Willow Run, Michigan plant with the vehicle number of 49,431.

1965 Thru 1969 Corvairs

Make

Trim

Model

Year

Plant

Vehicle Number

1 - Chevrolet 01 - 500
05 - Monza
07 - Corsa
37 - Coupe
39 - Sedan
67 - Convertible
5 - 1965
6 - 1966
7 - 1967
8 - 1968
9 - 1969
W - Willow Run
K - Kansas City
O - Oakland
L - Los Angeles
 
Subtract 100000 to obtain sequence number(65-68).

Subtract 700000 to obtain sequence number(69)

 

Example 105676W112345 would mean a 1966 Corvair Monza Convertible assembled in the Willow Run, Michigan plant with the vehicle number of 12,345.

 

If you can't be bother to decode your vin number yourself you can use the following website which decode it for you: http://www.vinwiz.com/

 

Some information was taken from Scott and Tracey's Corvair Site: http://www.wileenet.com/Corvair/vin_calc.htm