Vehicle Description
One of less than 200 Chevy II L79s produced, and only one of two
known Red/Red 1966 Bench seat, 4 Speed, heater and radio delete
cars produced. (The other being Grumpy Jenkins Race Car)
Vin: 116376N158622
Trim Tag:
- 04E = Fifth Week Of April - D = Red Sheetmetal Color - 66 - 11637
= 1966 Chevrolet Chevy II 400, Nova, V8 2 door coupe - NOR 117111 =
Assembled in Norwood, Ohio, Sequence Number - TR 754-A = Red
Standard Interior - Paint R-R = Regal Red - W 2L = A02 Tinted
Windshield , 4 Speed Transmission - 5Y = A49 Deluxe Seat Belts
Exterior:
-Original R-R code Regal Red Exterior - Repainted in 2003 to show
condition - All original rust free sheetmetal Interior:
-Original 754-A Red Standard Interior -All Original Interior that
has never been out of car. -Original Bench seat -Original Door
Panels -Original Carpets -Original Headliner Drivetrain:
- Original Numbers Matching ZI coded 327/350 hp L79 - Original
Muncie M21 4 Speed Transmission - Original Rear End with 3.31 gears
- Original 585 cfm Carburetor just rebuilt Options:
- Bench seat - Heater Delete - Radio Delete - L79 327/350hp motor -
M21 Transmission - 3.31 Read End - A02 Tinted Windshield - A49
Deluxe Seat Belts Documentation:
- Owners Manual - Protecto Plate - Copy of Original Transfer of
Warranty from Schwalm to Ostlund - NCRS Shipping Data Report -
Sales Brochures ( 1966 Nova & 1966 Chevy Sales Brochure for all
models) - Ditzier Automotive Paint Finished 1966 Chevrolet (1966
Chevrolet Paint Colors) - Don Steves Chevrolet Licenses Plate Frame
- Owner History from New History:
-Produced in Norwood, Ohio on 4/28/1966 - Sold New By Sherwood
Chevrolet INC in Johnson City, Tennessee - Purchased New By Raymond
L. Schwalm a pig farmer from Pennsylvania who was driving through
Tennessee during his move out to Whittier, California - Purchased
on 5/20/1966 - Shipped Car from Johnson City, Tennessee to his new
home in Whittier, California - Traded Car in 5.5 months later to
Don Steves Chevrolet with 196 mile on 10/5/1966 - Second Owner
Gregory P. Ostlund of Fullerton, California -Purchased Car
11/21/1966 from Don Steves Chevrolet -(Parents purchased this car
for Greg as a gift/second car) -Drove car very little and put into
storage a couple years later as he got married -Divorced 1972 car
continued to sit in his parents garage -Sold in the late 1980s
during his parents estate sale -When Sold the car had 1,860 miles
on the odometer -Third Owner: Rob S.
-Purchased the car from estate sale and used the car for shows.
-In 2003 Rob had the car repainted in a fresh coat of Regal Red
before showing at the Chevy Nationals
-Won the Chevy Nationals in 2003 Scoring 958/1000
-Car sat in collection
-Sold to his good friend and car collector just after the Chevy
Nationals with 1,906 miles
-Fourth Owner: Tom M.
-Purchased car, and parked in his Chevrolet Collection
-Pulled off original 585cfm carburetor in 2013 as it needed rebuilt
and put on a corvette 650cfm but kept the original 585cfm
carburetor in box in trunk
-Sold car to me in 2013 with 1,926 miles
- Current Owner: Me
-Car has sat in my climate controlled warehouse since being
purchased
-The day it arrived I took it for a test drive and it currently has
1,958 original miles
-Rebuilt and reinstalled original 585cfm carburetor
-Fully detailed and ready to go to a new home.
