1964 Rampside Registry

851 Rampsides were built in model year 1964, the final year of production. The '64 Rampside is the third-least-produced of all Corvair models. The trucks were built in both Flint, MI and St. Louis, MO through December of 1963. Production continued into July of 1964 but only at the St. Louis location. Chevy production information furnished by Dave Newell makes it possible to tell which month a given Rampside was built.

As of August 09, 2008, there are 93 1964 Rampsides in this registry: 12 built in Flint and 80 built in St. Louis. This represents just over 10% of the total production.

Decoding a Rampside VIN

Decoding a Rampside VIN is very straightforward. For example, in this sample VIN:

4R124S104789

The serial numbers were not unique until production in Flint was discontinued. Therefore, it is possible for vehicles in the 1000001 - 103344 range to differ by only the letter ("S" or "F"), although with three models being produced, the number of such near-duplicates is still likely to be fairly low.

Delivery Date

Some Rampsides have a delivery date stamped on the VIN tag by the dealer (just after the "DD"). Dave Newell describes the purpose and format of the stamp very clearly:

"The delivery date (DD) procedure (stamping the VIN plate) began with the 1963 model year. It was always stamped by the dealer. The purpose was to identify when the warranty coverage began. Since that coverage didn't start until the vehicle was in the hands of the new owner, the date stamped indicated when the vehicle was delivered to them, NOT when it was delivered to the dealer.

The only problem was that many (most!) dealers forgot or didn't bother to stamp on the DD. Since the day of the month wasn't necessary for warranty purposes, the code was only 3 digits, showing month and year. Thus "113" was November 1963. January 1964 would be "014".

The system really didn't work too well. The idea was to settle arguments with the customer about when the warranty began, and mostly make it easier for a dealer's service writers to determine when the warranty had started, at a glance. Especially if the vehicle had been sold somewhere else."

Using the Registry

In the tables below:

Flint, MI Production

There appear to be very few Flint-built Rampsides!

St. Louis, MO Production

If you're wondering about how Rampsides could be equipped, you can browse information on '64 FC standard equipment, tires, options, prices, and colors.

Canadian Imports

Thanks to Dave Newell, I now have a list of '64 Rampsides that were imported by GM Canada. Only seven '64 Rampsides went to Canada as official imports. Their VINs are listed below (minus the "4R124"):

it's no surprise that none of these vehicles are in the registry--Canada's legendary winters take a heavy toll on all vehicles, especially utility vehicles.

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