1965 Greenbrier Registry

1528 Greenbriers were built in model year 1965, the final year of production. The '65 Greenbrier is the fifth-least-produced of all Corvair models. The vans were built in St. Louis, MO through December of 1964. Chevy production information furnished by Dave Newell makes it possible to tell which month a given Greenbrier was built.

As of August 25, 2024, there are 86 1965 Greenbriers in this registry, or 5.6% of production. I have leads on 11 other vans at this time.

Decoding a Greenbrier VIN

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

R1265S100789

• R126 is the model (Greenbrier)
• 5 is the last digit of the model year (1965)
• S is the production plant (St. Louis, MO)
• 100789 is the vehicle serial number (starts at 100001)

For some reason, the VIN tag format for 1965 is different from all other FC production years. In previous years, the model year digit was the in the first position instead of the fifth.

Delivery Date

Some Greenbriers 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 "114" was November 1964. January 1965 would be "015".

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 table below:

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

Note: No Greenbriers were produced in October due to the GM / United Auto Workers strike.

Month	Serial #	Owner	City	State/Country
August	100015	Travis Guthrie	Eustace	TX
	100040	Darrin Hartzler	Bethesda	MD
	100042	Allen Bristow	Stafford	VA
	100073	John Habegger	Lakeland	FL
	100124	Aaron Dobbs	Clarksville	TN
	100153	Ruben Marquina	Whittier	CA
	100171	Seppo Saario	Ylojarvi	Finland
	100176	Gary Gatts	Fredericktown	PA
	100178	Richard Weidner	Whitehall	PA
	100184	Vance Piper	Novato	CA
	100191	J.C. Salazar	Sylmar	CA
September	100213	John DeGraaf	Visalia	CA
	100247	Mike Stanley	Medford	OR
	100251	Don Proctor	Campbell River	BC
	100267	Jesse Peel	Seattle	WA
	100268	Ray Langley	Sedro Woolley	WA
	100292	Thomas Pedigo	Oregon City	OR
	100302	Lewis Malucci	Whittier	CA
	100353	Steve Simon	Upland	CA
	100360	Bill Jabs	Eagle Creek	OR
	100378	Bruce & Betty Gwyther	Clinton	UT
	100386	Stacy Milnes	Richfield	WA
	100393	Charlie O'Hare	Pittsburgh	PA
	100423	Greg Clemens	Marion	OH
	100474	Thomas Gwyther	West Jordan	UT
	100505	Ed Murphy	Spring	TX
	100535	Martin Kealer	Pensacola	FL
	100540	Helmut Gossy	Brunn am Gebirge	Austria
	100560	Mike McKeel	Gaston	IN
	100603	Will Elliott	Wewahitchka	FL
	100604	Mel Herwald	McDowell	VA
	100622	Jeff Tinsley	Sellersburg	IN
	100642	Doug Dunlap	Baldwinsville	NY
	100691	Lee Cramp	McLean	VA
	100704	Lon Anderson	Crittenden	KY
	100732	Ryan Wood	Gibsonville	NC
	100734	Bruce & Betty Gwyther	Clinton	UT
	100735	Sterling Knight	Dayton	OH
November	100761	Norm King	Clio	MI
	100766	Ray Langley	Sedro Woolley	WA
	100825	Daniel Earnshaw	Edgewood	MD
	100829	E.D. Stephens	Mossyrock	WA
	100844	Fred Bagnall	Oak Island	NC
	100847	Bill West & Mary West	Mooresburg	TN
	100849	Mike McKeel	Gaston	IN
	100852	Mike Gassmann	Peachtree City	GA
	100854	Phillip Trella	South Lake Tahoe	CA
	100873	Mike McKeel	Gaston	IN
	100880	Richard Ledford	San Diego	CA
	100908	J. R. Protteau	Montgomery	TX
	100909	Mike McKeel	Gaston	IN
	100962	John Oostdyk	Thornhill	ON
	100968	Rad Davis	Pittsburgh	PA
	101000	Dale Dewald	Hancock	MI
	101011	Daniel Earnshaw	Edgewood	MD
	101023	Milt Simon	Santa Monica	CA
	101041	Jeff Stonesifer	Gettysburg	PA
	101052	Derek Bergthold	Reedley	CA
	101059	Bill Wells	Dallas	TX
	101129	Lee & Jan Hunt	Carmel	IN
	101147	Dorothy Hansen	West Chicago	IL
	101155	Jim Butler	Phoenix	AZ
	101173	Greg & Jo Carlton	Dubbo, NSW	Australia
	101184	David Iwanicki	London	KY
	101188	Mike Moyer	Navarre	FL
	101202	Jim White	Philadelphia	PA
	101203	Al Kidd	Caledon	ON
	101204	Herb Martin	Crabtree	OR
	101206	Jeff Stonesifer	Gettysburg	PA
	101221	Steve Kirkton	Copper Canyon	TX
	101224	Vance Piper	Novato	CA
	101242	Spencer Duffey	Hamilton	OH
	101254	Jeff Tinsley	Sellersburg	IN
December	101284	Kenneth Sundström	Stockholm	Sweden
	101287	Lee Milazzo	Nantucket	MA
	101289	Ken Boulan	Sterling Heights	MI
	101310	Vance Piper	Novato	CA
	101315	Mike McKeel	Gaston	IN
	101318	Ed Piglia	Kenner	LA
	101334	Roderik Kennen	Indian Trail	NC
	101335	Charlie Doerge	Jackson	NJ
	101341	Terry Kalp	El Dorado	KS
	101406	Shaun McGarvey	Port Coquitlam	BC
	101408	Douglas Musselman	Martinsburg	PA
	101443	Joey Messina	Metairie	LA
	101473	E. D. Stephens	Mossyrock	WA

If you're wondering about how Greenbriers could be equipped, you can browse information on '65 GB standard equipment, tires, options, prices, and colors.

If you have any information about other '65 Greenbriers, contact me via email. Thanks!

 

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