Assembly Line question

[VFilms]

After 30+ years I finally have enough time and money (sort of) to rebuild my '66 Belvedere. Gone from yellow to turquoise. Solid Florida A/C car with the normal rust - quarters. Stroked the 318 (thanks to Gary Pavlovich) and found a cast iron 4 brl intake and WCFM carb.
Question is, behind the rear seat are assembly line markings 19-19-22.
Anybody know what these markings are and/or what the numbers represent.
Thanks

 

[Lefty71]

Sorry dont know the answer to your query, but gotta say, thats gonna be beautiful!! I assume you had dark green interior (plus Citron) originally?? What are you going with now? Black? Was there a Silver Special for '66? or did that start in '67?? Nice car!

 

[VFilms]

Sorry dont know the answer to your query, but gotta say, thats gonna be beautiful!! I assume you had dark green interior (plus Citron) originally?? What are you going with now? Black? Was there a Silver Special for '66? or did that start in '67?? Nice car!

Thanks. Original black interior going back in.

 

[dadsbee]

Guessing assembly employee / inspector #'s like my door.. or possibly just part # for assembly.

 

[69Coronetrt]

Was this car built at the St. Louis plant?

 

[VFilms]

Was this car built at the St. Louis plant?

According to the VIN the car was built in St. Louis. I also decoded the fender tag. Easy to remember when the car was built 6-6-66. Maybe that's why it's given me a devil of a time to restore.

 

[VFilms]

Guessing assembly employee / inspector #'s like my door.. or possibly just part # for assembly.
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Funny, no other numbers on the entire car. Fire wall, rear axle... nothing. Did find the broadcast sheet under the front seat and it's complete and pristine.

 

[Islandkent]

My 70 Charger has the same type of #'s there. St. Louis also.

 

[VFilms]

My 70 Charger has the same type of #'s there. St. Louis also.

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Now that's interesting. I also have a '66 Satellite. I'll pull the rear seat and take a look.
Thanks for sharing

 

[YY1]

Love that color.

I see the side trim is removed.

I generally don't like side trim but I do like the 66 trim on both Coronet 440's and Bel II's (as well as the awesome gas cap).

 

[VFilms]

Love that color.

I see the side trim is removed.

I generally don't like side trim but I do like the 66 trim on both Coronet 440's and Bel II's (as well as the awesome gas cap).

All the trim, including the side trim, has be de-anodized. I tapped out all the dings and polished everything. It will be going back on the car in the spring. I'm lucky enough to have 2 complete sets including 2 gas caps. Problem that I found is keeping the trim clean and shinny. I'll have to polish it a couple times a year.

 

[YY1]

I'd consider adding a tether to that gas cap.

Super high theft item.

 

[66383]

That's going to be nice. How did you de-anodize trim and polish? Thanks.

 

[VFilms]

I'd consider adding a tether to that gas cap.

Super high theft item.

I have a standard cap that will be used whenever the car is out of the garage. Tried a wire tether years ago and found a guy near the car with wire cutters. It never ends.

 

[VFilms]

That's going to be nice. How did you de-anodize trim and polish? Thanks.

I took some house rain gutter and separated it to fit the longer pieces. Made a bath of caustic acid, or Draino, and water and let them soak. Tapped out all the dings. Sanded down to 1000 grit then polished on a wheel. It was a lot of work but I think they turned out alright. (Grill repair before polishing)

 

[SgtSuperbird]

Great looking car! Not to steal your posting, but this is from my first Superbird, back in the 90's, while restoring it:

 

[66383]

I took some house rain gutter and separated it to fit the longer pieces. Made a bath of caustic acid, or Draino, and water and let them soak. Tapped out all the dings. Sanded down to 1000 grit then polished on a wheel. It was a lot of work but I think they turned out alright. (Grill repair before polishing)
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Nice job man! Thanks.

 

[VFilms]

Great looking car! Not to steal your posting, but this is from my first Superbird, back in the 90's, while restoring it:

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Happy to see the photos. Now if someone can tell us what these markings are. I’ve searched online and all I could find were the normal markings on the rear end, etc. just wondering if the line workers were screwing with us. “Honey, today at work I wrote some numbers on a car. They don’t mean a thing and they’ll probably drive some guy crazy 50 years from now.”

 

[Suregrip391]

Those markings had something to do with the paint from what I recall. I was reading a post on another site that had all the info.

 

[66 Sat]

Stroked the 318 (thanks to Gary Pavlovich) and found a cast iron 4 brl intake and WCFM carb.

I look forward to seeing this all together and how the stroker runs. Did you go 390 or 402 cu in? Gary is a great guy to deal with and supplied all the parts for my rebuild. I nearly went the stroker route but decided on standard stroke due to the complexities of getting the custom pistons and being overseas, but I wish I'd persevered with it.