1968. Pulled out of a shed. WI.

[penth2o]

Popped up on one of my garage sale sites. 

Not mine. No idea. He had it for offers and the site gave him hell for no price. Then $700. Good parts car for you Wisconsin folks for $500. 

[Mike Self]

From the picture, I'd guess it's a 1600, and probably a '67.  Silver center as well as side grilles, and note the mirror mount on the leading edge of the door.  Don't think they didn that on any of the '68s.  But the front bumper is a '73--at least the guards are, and it appears to have a long-side rear bumper too.  

 

Would love to get a peek a the VIN...bet it begins with 155 or a very early 156xxxx...

 

mike

[halboyles]

3 hours ago, penth2o said:

Popped up on one of my garage sale sites

 

Can you provide a link to the listing site or other contact info?

Thanks

[ray_]

5 minutes ago, halboyles said:

 

Can you provide a link to the listing site or other contact info?

Thanks

 

 

Googled some keywords ;-)

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/guystuffonlytomah/

[John_in_VA]

Posted yesterday at 9:47 PM:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/guystuffonlytomah/

 

Oops, too slow!

Edited April 16, 2018 by John_in_VA

[ray_]

That's ok. Hal needs to see it twice to make an impression!

 

[penth2o]

I asked for vin and pics. He knows absolutely nothing about it. He bought a storage shed and this was in it.

Said it was a manual and had hubcaps in the back seat. 

 

Come on...  that's not enough for ya??? ????

[halboyles]

57 minutes ago, penth2o said:

Said it was a manual and had hubcaps in the back seat. 

 

 

Okay, now I'm impressed!

[Lorin]

16 hours ago, mike said:

From the picture, I'd guess it's a 1600, and probably a '67.  Silver center as well as side grilles, and note the mirror mount on the leading edge of the door.  Don't think they didn that on any of the '68s.  But the front bumper is a '73--at least the guards are, and it appears to have a long-side rear bumper too.  

 

Would love to get a peek a the VIN...bet it begins with 155 or a very early 156xxxx...

 

mike

 

My '68 has the mirror at the leading edge of the door, i think you are probably correct with your VIN prediction.

[Mike Self]

3 hours ago, Lorin said:

My '68 has the mirror at the leading edge of the door, i think you are probably correct with your VIN prediction.

Lorin, I presume your '68 is a 1600--if so is it a 156xxxx VIN--and a low number (lower that 1561000)?  Those first US-only spec 1600s had a lot of carryover parts from the "all markets" '67 cars (155xxxx VINs) and we'd all be interested in determining how long it took the factory to use up those parts.  That outside mirror of yours was originally meant for NK sedans; they didn't work so well on the 2 door cars as they interfered with opening the vent window all the way.  And does your car have the embossed hood molding trim?  How about the chrome trim on the dashboard and all silver instrument cluster housing?  Those are all "1967" parts that the factory may have used up in producing the first US market '68s.  

 

mike

[Lorin]

5 hours ago, mike said:

Lorin, I presume your '68 is a 1600--if so is it a 156xxxx VIN--and a low number (lower that 1561000)?  Those first US-only spec 1600s had a lot of carryover parts from the "all markets" '67 cars (155xxxx VINs) and we'd all be interested in determining how long it took the factory to use up those parts.  That outside mirror of yours was originally meant for NK sedans; they didn't work so well on the 2 door cars as they interfered with opening the vent window all the way.  And does your car have the embossed hood molding trim?  How about the chrome trim on the dashboard and all silver instrument cluster housing?  Those are all "1967" parts that the factory may have used up in producing the first US market '68s.  

 

mike

 

Mike,

Yes, it is a 1600. 1560300. Embossed hood trim, 1600 badge in the upper corner of the rear, triangle holes in the front of the trunk. The interior had been replaced with later parts when i bought it 20+ years ago, only the silver instrument cluster remained.

[dbmw2002]

I got a 500$ bill to offer, wth I got 5 years to kill. I def need a hobby ?

[Conserv]

On 4/16/2018 at 7:00 PM, Lorin said:

 

Mike,

Yes, it is a 1600. 1560300. Embossed hood trim, 1600 badge in the upper corner of the rear, triangle holes in the front of the trunk. The interior had been replaced with later parts when i bought it 20+ years ago, only the silver instrument cluster remained.

 

And with a September 13, 1967 manufacturing date, so Lorin’s VIN 1530300 is technically a 1968 model, but still bears some of the distinctive 1967 model traits, as Mike and Lorin point out.

 

Lorin’s would have been a 12-volt car from new, however: VIN 1533868 (manufactured August 18, 1967) marked the first 12-volt 1600-2.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

Edited April 19, 2018 by Conserv

[penth2o]

On 4/15/2018 at 8:51 PM, mike said:

Would love to get a peek a the VIN...bet it begins with 155 or a very early 156xxxx...

 

mike

 

 

Yer right mike early 156. 

[Conserv]

1 hour ago, penth2o said:

 

 

Yer right mike early 156. 

 

And my best guess for VIN 1560890 would be a manufacturing date in late September 1967, perhaps early October 1967.

 

Are others here reading the VIN as something other than ...890?

 

This car has had lots of “re-paintings”, “touch-ups”, or whatever over its history. Is it an original Sahara car, with a “UPS Brown” interior? Too beige, insufficiently yellow, to be Manila?

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited April 19, 2018 by Conserv