Decoding a 1956 vin

[Guest jhartman]

I have a 56 olds with the vin 569M32674

its all original iright down to paint in fair condition was wondering what aprox. it would be worth to with a rebuilt trans that has about 200 miles on it

[starfireelvis]

I have a 56 olds with the vin 569M32674

The 56 would be the year (1956)

9 would be the model (Ninety-Eight)

M should be Lansing, Michigan

The rest of the number is the sequence of production, starting at 01001; that would mean the car was the 31,674th built off the Lansing line.

Your Fisher Body Plate would tell you more, about paint and trim codes, and options. If the FBP is like the one on my '62 Olds Starfire, in the upper left corner are two numbers and a letter, such as "07A", which is on my car. That means the car was built the first week of July, 1962.

B would be the 2nd 2 week, C the 3rd, D the 4th, and E the 5th (for those months with five weeks).

A 9 through 12 would mean the car was built the previous calendar year (i.e., '62 Oldsmobiles were being built starting in September of '61).

Using that as a guideline, you can see the month and week your car was built, in either late '55 or early '56.

Mike

Edited March 11, 2010 by starfireelvis
to correct mistake (see edit history)