1965 Pontiac VIN Identification

1965 Pontiac VIN Identification

The VIN number on the 1965 models appears on a plate on the inside cowl brace behind the driver's side door. The VIN should be 13 digits long and look something like the following 262375D110978. The VIN decodes as follows (for this I'll use my own VIN number as an example):

1st. Digit: Division This is always "2" for a Pontiac Vehicle.

2nd. and 3rd. Digits: Series (Car Line)

4th. and 5th. Digits: Body Style

6th. Digit: Year This is 5 for all 1965 models.

7th. Digit: Final Assembly Plant

8th. through 13th. Digit: Sequence Number

This is the actual production number of the car.
In 1965, the number for all plants started with 100001 instead of 0 for all vehicles other than 6 cylinder Tempests. For 6 cylinder Tempests, the number started with 600001. This means that number 110978 was the 10,978'th. Pontiac built in 1965.

Soon I will add Fisher Body Plade decoding information to this page.