Question about Z16 Chevelles

[RPOLS3]

Originally Posted by 70 Forest Green Zee

After looking at the Z16 Chevelle listed on Ebay I went back and looked at the one that sold in Jan from the Rick Treworgy collection. I always thought that the VIN #s would be sequential with only 201 cars being produced, but apparently that is not the case. The VIN from the Ebay car is 138375K175146 and the VIN from the Treworgy car is 138375K169577. That is a span of 5569 cars. If these two cars are both legit, is it possible that they made a certain amount of Z16's then went on to other cars, then went back to making Z16's again and finished up the run of 201 cars?

Here is a thread that discusses production window.

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=83983

It appears the Z16 registry is no longer available to view online...??

[Xplantdad]

Originally Posted by RPOLS3

Here is a thread that discusses production window.

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=83983

It appears the Z16 registry is no longer available to view online...??

I miss Dave (MRREC)



He was a wealth of knowledge and a great guy!

[300deluxe]

When is the convertible gonna be found??? I have been thinking about this for 30 plus years!

[EZ Nova]

I thought of doing a tribute Z16 convert.

[fsc66]

There was no convertible, we now have GM production records that show no convertibles were produced. Except perhaps as a prototype......

Paul

[dvss1]

If you have documentation stating that there were no convertible, do you have the vin numbers of all the 201 cars?

[firstgenaddict]

Originally Posted by fsc66

There was no convertible, we now have GM production records that show no convertibles were produced. Except perhaps as a prototype......

Paul

He is referring to the internal Chevrolet Production Trends documents which list MOST ECL's broken out by car lines- the docs were internal for Chevrolet and circulated throughout the higher ups in marketing, management, planning, and sales to study "production Trends" -
IIRC the 65 Malibu SS is not a separate model - it is a malibu V8- with added parts - if there were no additional parts or different parts required to build a Z16 conv there would not be a separate ECL.

additionally - There are a number of low production options which are not shown in the ECL production data - Including 1969 Camaro NK1.

[EZ Nova]

Originally Posted by fsc66

There was no convertible, we now have GM production records that show no convertibles were produced. Except perhaps as a prototype......

Paul

That's fine, still nice to make something even if GM didn't. Plus IF there were actually none made, no one can be upset about it.

BUT years ago, a friend restored the 1 of 6 GT350 coupes. EVERYONE said they never made one, except Carroll himself!! He saw it at a show they were at and HE'S the one that said "yes we did make 6 of them".

[flyingn]

Originally Posted by fsc66

There was no convertible, we now have GM production records that show no convertibles were produced. Except perhaps as a prototype......

Paul

I always thought this too. The convertible started out as a rumor and made its way to urban myth status. I was always under the impression that only 200 hardtops were made