November 25, 2024

Earlier, I referenced the fact that this car came with an automatic transmission and yellow paint. So how do I know that? 

She has a nametag (Technically it’s called a data plate):

That says:

65A 8 29 01T 72                           6 6

Broken down:

65A – 1965   Hardtop, Standard Interior, Bucket Seats
8 –  Springtime Yellow (65 only)

29 –  Palomino Vinyl Interior

01T – June 1, 1965 (Production Date)

72 – San Jose, CA (Production Factory)

6 –  2.80 Rear Axel Diff

6 – Automatic Transmission

The remaining numbers (5R07/C22 88) are a little harder to interpret:

5R – 1965 San Jose

07 – 2-Door Hardtop

C –  289 CID

(She has a 4 barrel carburetor now)

Not totally sure what 22 and 88 mean….

Our takeaway here is that almost nothing about this car is factory original! Yay!