1966 Chevelle build location

[BillD]

I am trying to research the history on a 1966 SS396 Chevelle. Would anyone know where a car originally delivered to a dealer in Connecticut would have been built? The car was built to order if that would make a difference. Also, the build date was 11D. Thanks you for your help

[VintageMusclecar]

The assembly plant is coded on the trim tag.

http://chevellestuff.net/1966/tags.htm

[BillD]

Eric, Thanks for the reply. I did not explain my question well enough. I am going to look at the car and will get the trim tag info. I am trying to determine where a car that was delivered new in Connecticut should have been built.....so I can figure out if the story I am getting on the car holds up. The question boils down to this, would the Connecticut dealer have received the car from the Baltimore or Framingham Mass plant? Or other location?

[Keith Seymore]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BillD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks for the reply. I did not explain my question well enough. I am going to look at the car and will get the trim tag info. I am trying to determine where a car that was delivered new in Connecticut should have been built.....so I can figure out if the story I am getting on the car holds up. </div></div>

There is no way to know.

Assembly plant assignment is determined roughly by geography, but adjusted depending on option content; meaning - some plants only build certain models within a specific platform (like El Camino) or specific options are only built at specific plants (like California emissions, etc). All else being equal the order would probably be assigned to the nearest assembly plant building that vehicle type.

Even today the assignment of a specific dealer order to an assembly plant can appear somewhat random to the outside observer, as a result of the above.

K

[Bill Pritchard]

BillD,

Keith is correct....no way to know for sure. Thinking in 'logical mode', your mind would assume that a car sold on the East Coast would be built on the East Coast, but that is not always so. As an example, over the years I have stumbled across a few 70 1/2 Camaros sold new in the Chicago area that were assembled in Los Angeles (as opposed to the much closer Norwood Ohio plant) and a 69 Chevelle that was sold new in Arizona that was built in Baltimore. Crazy but true.

[BillD]

Gentlemen,

Thank you for the help. My assumption was that the car would have been built at the closest plant to the dealer. I am glad that I asked the question and got the correct info. BillD

[BillD]

Thanks again. I looked at the car today. It was built in Framingham, Massachusetts and delivered to a dealer in Connecticut

[69PACE]

Bill who is/was the dealer?

[BillD]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 69PACE</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Bill who is/was the dealer? </div></div>

Page Motors Milford, CT. Page was a Chevrolet and Cadillac Dealer.

[PeteLeathersac]

Is it the Gold Rush '66 you're researching?
Love to hear more about it or whatever it is!

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- Pete

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Zone # <span style="font-weight: bold">02</span>
Dealer Code # <span style="font-weight: bold">363</span>
Page Motor Co. Inc.
734 Bridgeport Ave.
Milford CT

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[BillD]

[quote=PeteLeathersac]Is it the Gold Rush '66 you're researching?
Love to hear more about it or whatever it is!

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- Pete

Hi Pete, you are certainly a master of internet detective work. That is the car I was looking for. It is a 1966 SS396 Chevelle ordered new by my brother in 1965. Bringing the car &quot;home&quot; has certainly been a bittersweet event. My brother passed on 30 years ago.