1966 L72 Biscayne

[BJCHEV396]

I fixed my link...thanks Mark.

[L_e_e]

WOW, very nice!!

[ZAPPER68]

"believed to be 1 of 200 Biscaynes built" which if you believe it, it will be. Being a Canadian car and having GM of Canada documentation, it maybe could tell how many.

I bought my L72 Biscayne from a gentleman in MN 14 years ago that had 4 L72's at the same time! He advised me that GM built 183 of them in 1966...? My car was built in Janesville Wisconsin and I'm surprised to hear that the Legendary car has 'Canadian Roots'. The Canadian Documents are worth their weight in gold....

My car is also Aztec Bronze with the fawn interior and looks pretty good with Cragars...just sayin'

[fsc66]

US built totals unfortunately don't differentiate between Belairs and Biscaynes; For L72, there were a total of 269 Belair and Biscaynes produced. For 2 door models ending in "11" there was a total of 225 Biscaynes and Belairs built.
Another breakdown is that of the 269, 11 were wagons but the 11 is not broken down either between Belairs and Biscaynes

Paul

[kenbrogan]

I recently purchased a very nice 1966 Biscayne that is suspected to be an L72, The car has all of the date correct component's with matching casting numbers that would represent it to be a real L72. This includes the engine block, heads, bell housing, intake, carb, transmission, tail shaft housing, starter, alternator, rear end housing, along with radio delete, heater delete, 7k tach and more.

My only concerns are that the VIN plate in the driver door pilar and the protecto plate have 15311 yet the cowl tag uses the 15411. I have researched and found that this could happen if the vin plate and protecto plate was produced prior to changes made with options during the ordering timeline?

I appreciate any feedback, I want to fully understand this car.

[mprice]

It is my belief that by 1966 all Biscayne's received carpet.

[LT1vette]

Need some pictures of the car and the engine plate to help..

[Bill Pritchard]

Originally Posted by kenbrogan

My only concerns are that the VIN plate in the driver door pilar and the protecto plate have 15311 yet the cowl tag uses the 15411.

Per Alan Colvin's book, all 1965 thru 1971 Trim Tags (cowl tags) were stamped with a V8 model number, even if the car was originally equipped with a 6 cylinder. The VIN is the true indicator of what engine originally came in the car, and in the case of your car, it originally came with a 6 cylinder engine.

[mprice]

The trim tags all have V8 codes on them even earlier than 65. I can't say just how far back it goes but I can tell that true as early as 1962.

[Tarrytown SS427s]

The 3 on the vin tag means it was built as a 6 cylinder Biscayne originally.