i just got my first olds its a 56 rocket 88 sedan cant wait for summer

 

Welcome need to post some pics please.

 

i will post some pics when she comes out of storage first 3 numbers in the vin are 636 can anyone say what ive got here

 

Pick, welcome to CO.

Love to see some pic of your ride, tell us your Olds story, how did you find her, is she a two door sedan, four door, color, problems that need attention, plans on restoration, stock or custom. You know the drill. Ops got little pushey....See you in the fifties....Tedd

 

Always nice to see a 50's Olds added to the site. I am with Tedd also lost in the 50's (have a 48 too)

 

You might check those VIN #'s. The first two numbers of a 56 would be 56.

 

Welcome, and yes pi's are always appreciated!

 

im trying to find out anything i can from my vin number it 563669803 thanks

 

First, Welcome aboard.

56 is a great year! I know that for sure. I was built in 56 too!

That's style....


Understand about your car being tucked away for the winter. Ont has a lot of classic car clubs that you should look into. They might be able to point you in the right direction for vintage parts or aftermarket. I do know that USA Parts Supply has a ton of vintage parts. check it out: (make take a while to load - just save it to your hard drive for future ref) http://www.usapartssupply.com/upload...75_catalog.pdf


Here's a link to info about classic car database. http://www.classiccardatabase.com/sp...56&model=27834 I just picked the Super 88 4 door sedan. There are others in the list. Just I don't know what your specific car is. You should also have a body data tag on the firewall with more info.

From what I've found out, your VIN should have a letter in it to indicate the manufacturing plant. VIN should be 9 characters long and be on the drivers door post.
56 - Model Year
3 - Series (your body tag will indicate if its a 36XX where XX will identify the 88 model type)
6 - (should be a letter, unless GM used Canadian factories for production too) to indicate the assembly plant. No idea what plant '6' is.
69803 - production number

 

i was told it was built in oshawa that would be cool because i live beside the plant thanks for the links

 

Welcome to our site!

 

Your VIN # is still wrong. The first two would be 56, the third would be either a 7(88) 8(Super 88) or 9(98), and the fourth would be a letter (assembly plant) followed by a production #.

 

I saw that on the classic database. Your explanation makes perfect sense to me. On a related note, when I was looking up info one of the websites I looked at a question was asked about VIN on a 56 Olds 88. The answer indicated much the same as you. Another post referred to identifying the type of car by using the body plate under the hood. That's where I cross fired on the VIN

 

Welcome to the forum!!