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 July 23, 2023, there are 118 1964 Rampsides in this registry: 13 built in Flint and 105 built in St. Louis. This represents 13.9% of the total production.

Decoding a Rampside VIN

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

4R124S104789

• 4 is the last digit of the model year (1964)
• R124 is the model (R124 = Rampside and Loadside; R125 = Corvan; R126 = Greenbrier)
• S is the production plant (St. Louis, MO; F = Flint, MI)
• 104789 is the vehicle serial number (starts at 100001)

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:

• Click on a serial number to see more information about a Rampside
• Click on the owner's name to send her/him email
• Subtract 100000 to get the each Rampside's number in the production sequence at that plant

Flint, MI Production

Month	Serial #	Owner	City	State/Country
September	100680	John Mavity	Indianapolis	IN
	100690	Allen Bristow	Clearwater	FL
	100778	Bob Brought	Pelzer	SC
October	101414	Joe & Helen Maurella	Nazareth	PA
	101482	Greg Shaw	Dearborn	MI
	101605	Wayne Troxell	Andreas	PA
	101793	Gerold Eckl	Vienna	Austria
November	102415	Dennis Bortz	Emmaus	PA
	102512	Harold Dexter	Fenton	MI
	102728	Andrew Sego	Indianapolis	IN
	102752	Sam Streiff	Rowley	MA
	102831	Noah Swanson	Chicago	IL
December	102867	Mark Donnally	Harrodsburg	KY

There appear to be very few Flint-built Rampsides!

St. Louis, MO Production

Month	Serial #	Owner	City	State
September	100035	Bryan Jaumot	Clarksburg	WV
	100130	David Hocking	Signal Hill	CA
	100203	Mark Coombs	Gresham	OR
	100294	Larry Palazzo	New Richmond	WI
	100440	Matt Wetzel	Hurricane	UT
	100590	Evelyn Jones	Little Rock	AR
	100713	Motorsport Whse.	Tucson	AZ
	100728	Eugene Churches	Clinton	AR
	100812	Marilyn and J.C. Ash	Sand Springs	OK
October	101035	Mark Ammerman	Whittier	CA
	101137	Duanne Luckow	Portland	OR
	101240	Mark Coombs	Portland	OR
	101335	James Jolly	Shelton	WA
	101424	Bob Becker	Madeira Beach	FL
	101486	Mike Tidwell	Pinehurst	TX
	101623	Jerry Brown	Manning	SC
	101629	Lowell Dalsoren	Madison	WI
	101686	John Howell	Lenoir City	TN
	101727	Arvin Ickler	Boring	OR
	101732	Martin Scarr	Eugene	OR
	101788	George Hicks	Canyon Lake	CA
	101986	Harold Dexter	Fenton	MI
	101939	Duanne Luckow	Portland	OR
November	102105	Mike Hicks	Virginia Beach	VA
	102181	Richard Gebhardt	Flower Mound	TX
	102219	Roger & Judith Becker	Coto de Caza	CA
	102254	Eric Vandeburgt	Napa	CA
	102258	Sid Roth	Jackson Center	OH
	102267	Steve Brown	Cornelius	OR
	102509	Dan Drommerhausen	Carson	CA
	102528	Sharon Lawson	Vancouver	WA
	102541	Stacy Milnes	Ridgefield	WA
	102585	Theo Main	Joliet	IL
	102636	Rudy Scheindt	Grantsville	UT
	102697	Jim Enfield	Felton	PA
	102795	John Bolender	Des Moines	WA
	102903	Greg Shaw	Dearborn	MI
	102930	Timothy Shortle	Durango	CO
	102958	Joe Bowen	Winona	TX
	102975	Ron Shank	Greensburg	KS
December	103091	Keith Martin	Galesburg	MI
	103171	Jerry Murray	Moncks Corner	SC
	103218	Richard Weidner	Whitehall	PA
	103258	Duane T. Baker	Urbana	OH
	103278	Billy Bruce	Tyrone	GA
	103360	Sherry Morrow	Kearney	NE
	103365	Chris Shade	Hastings	NE
	103685	Tom Jochem	Denver	CO
	103689	Dino Terrana	White Salmon	WA
January	104052	Geoff Johnson	Albuquerque	NM
	104156	John Wyss	Redding	CA
	104279	Don Proctor	Campbell River	BC
	104314	Herb Duplant	Dallas	TX
	104740	Ron Scott, Jr.	San Antonio	TX
	104762	John Downer	Cambridge	OH
February	105244	Kent Sullivan	Kirkland	WA
	105254	Callen Bohnert
	105536	Mark Monaghan	Titusville	FL
	105941	Harold Dexter	Fenton	MI
March	106445	Dave Beddome	Calgary	AB
	106679	Ralph Woessner	Calgary	AB
	106725	George Johnston	Bradenton	FL
	106935	Jerry Moyer	Jim Thorpe	PA
	106961	Bernie Frieden	Fairfax	IA
	106988	David Castiaux	Oklahoma City	OK
April	107691	Jim Bents	San Jose	CA
	107929	Jim Howell	Knoxville	TN
	108087	Jeff Irwin	Pataskala	OH
	108097	John Miller	Kelley	IA
	108104	Duane Baker	Kingwood	TX
	108350	Terry Dumerauf	Donahue	IA
	108358	Duanne Luckow	Portland	OR
	108372	Kevin Thompson	Hayward	CA
	108385	Eido Walny	Bayside	WI
May	108978	Gary O'Neal	San Lorenzo	CA
	108997	Norman Rogers	Albertville	AL
	109035	Bob O'Brien	Atascadero	CA
	109070	Tony Sica	Placerville	CA
	109091	John Scheurer	Mansfield	OH
	109093	Allen Amrine	Colorado Springs	CO
	109184	Jim Powers	Mesa	AZ
	109196	Gordon Hunter	Alpharetta	GA
	109251	Burl Faulk	Springfield	MO
	109280	Dave Nicholson	Ottawa	ON
	109491	Rich Little	Kirkland	WA
	109506	Bill Bremer	Shelton	WA
	109512	Lon Welch	Connell	WA
	109540	Dick Dean	Brantford	ON
	109578	Dick Casberg	Shelton	WA
	109650	Daniel <unknown>	Jackson	NJ
	109722	Mark Wilson	Cleburne	TX
	109895	Brad Hall	Brechin	ON
	109902	Mark Luther	Geelong West	Victoria, Australia
June	110401	Ron Hansen	Papillion	NE
	110427	Chris Schmit	Bainbridge Island	WA
	110043	Marilyn and J.C. Ash	Sand Springs	OK
	110503	Reinout van Beynum	Keyport	WA
July	111136	Kent Sullivan	Kirkland	WA
	111300	Scott Conklin	Philipsburg	PA
	111357	Lance Jordan	Coeur d'Alene	ID
	111369	John Downer	Cambridge	OH
	111489	Mel Peterson	Cambridge	OH
	111740	Patrick Porter	San Antonio	TX
	111819	Kent Sullivan	Kirkland	WA

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"):

• F102292
• S105772
• S106410
• S108020
• S108058
• S109339
• S111333
• S111341

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.

If you have any information about other '64 Rampsides, contact me via email. Thanks!

 

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