Ditto to Bill's suggested links. I've been a member of Team Chevelle for over 7 yrs (http://www.chevelles.com/forums) and I own/manage the http://www.chevellestuff.com site with gobs of decoding information on 64-72 Chevelles.
As Bill said, the only thing the VIN tells you is a Chevrolet (1) V8 (36) Malibu 2-dr sport coupe (37), 1971 (1), Baltimore (B), with a sequence number of 202451 making it the 102,451st 71 Chevelle (all models) built at Baltimore that year. The Fisher Body plate on the top of the cowl should give you a body date, trim code and paint codes. If the engine is original to the car, my site also has the suffix codes. Dale McIntosh 67 El Camino 1967 Chevelle Reference CD now available! TC Gold #92 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Lessenberry Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 4:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions >Anyway, enough babbling from me. I'm very glad to have found this list. > >Last, can someone tell me something about my car from this VIN? >136371B202451 Welcome to the list. A huge amount of information about Chevelles will be found at www.chevelles.com/forums and www.chevellestuff.com Use the search function & you will find most of what you're looking for, and when you don't, post a question in the appropriate place. We help each other on this list too, but it's not as large as Team Chevelle. The cowl tag for your car, located on the driver's side under the hood will give a little more information than the VIN which is what you posted. All I know for sure from the VIN is it's a 1971 V-8 2 door sport coupe that was built in Baltimore. BillL
