1966 – 13 Digit V.I.N. Code breakdown


Digit 1 Digit 2 Digits 3-4 Digit 5 Digit 6 Digit 7 Digits 8-13
Car
Line
Price
Class
Body
Type
Engine Model
Year
Assembly
Plant
Sequence
No.

First Digit = Car Line

  • B = Plymouth Barracuda
  • C = Chrysler Newport / 300 / New Yorker
  • D = Dodge Polara / Monaco
  • L = Dodge Dart
  • P = Plymouth Fury
  • R = Plymouth Belvedere / Satellite
  • V = Plymouth Valiant
  • W = Dodge Coronet
  • X = Dodge Charger
  • Y = Imperial Crown / LeBaron

Second Digit = Price Class

  • E = Economy
  • L = Low
  • M = Medium
  • H = High
  • P = Premium
  • S = Special
  • K = Police
  • T = Taxi
  • O = Super Stock

Third & Fourth Digit = Body Style

  • 21 = 2 door sedan
  • 23 = 2 door hardtop
  • 27 = Convertible
  • 29 = 2 door sports hardtop
  • 41 = 4 door sedan
  • 43 = 4 door hardtop
  • 45 = 6 passenger station wagon
  • 46 = 9 passenger station wagon

Fifth Digit = Engine

  • A = 170 1-1BBL 6 Cylinder “G” engine
  • B = 225 1-1BBL 6 Cylinder “RG” engine
  • C = Special Order 6 Cylinder engine
  • D = 273 1-2BBL 8 Cylinder “LA” engine
  • E = 318 1-2BBL 8 Cylinder “LA” engine
  • F = 361 1-2BBL 8 Cylinder “B” engine
  • G = 383 1-2BBL 8 Cylinder “B” engine
  • H = 426 2-4BBL 8 Cylinder “RB” engine (Hemi)
  • J = 440 1-4BBL 8 Cylinder “RB” engine
  • K = Special Order 8 Cylinder engine

Sixth Digit = Model Year

  • 6 = 1966

Seventh Digit = Assembly Plant

  • 1 = Lynch Road, Michigan
  • 2 = Hamtramck, Michigan
  • 3 = Jefferson, Michigan
  • 4 = Belvedere, Illinois
  • 5 = Los Angeles, California
  • 6 = Newark, Delaware
  • 7 = St. Louis, Missouri
  • 8 = Export
  • 9 = Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Last six digits are the sequence number

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