Differences between 65 & 66 cars

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Originally Posted by DougD

On the subject of what "year" a particular car was, I wonder if the sale and subsequent registration date determined what "year" the car was titled vs. a particular car's production date. Let's remember, these cars were expensive and not all that popular sales-wise when they were new. Many sat on dealers' lots for months if not years before they were sold. I'll go out on a limb and state for the sake of argument that when a car was sold and the MSO was presented to the owner's local DMV, the year on the title was the current year when the title was applied for. The concept of Cobras changing by model year just doesn't add up. They were produced with running production changes without regard for a particular model year. It would be interesting to see if there is a corellation between the car's VIN and the model year in which it was registered. The SAAC Registry lists the cars by sequential VIN, not "model year".

Yes, that is exactly what I was referring to. Obviously S/Cs were "built" way before street cars, yet some S/Cs are titled as 67s because they were sold late.

I recall reading that no publicly sold big block car was sold as a 65 (maybe comp cars since they were first) especially since most of the S/Cs were built in late 65, they were mostly sold as 66 models, with a few leftovers carrying over as 67s.