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1955 CHEVROLET CORVETTE
VIN DECODER
UNDERSTANDING AND DECODING THE VIN:
The VIN plate could be located on the drivers side door post area from 1953 to early 1960. You could find it on the 1955 on left door hinge below courtesy lamp switch and from 1956 to 1959 on the Left door hinge pillar below upper hinge.
The early Corvette's that had 6 Cylinder engines did not have the Letter "V" as the first Sequence Number. The Letter "V" stands for V8. The VIN of 6 cylinder cars will always start with the Letter "E". This is why the VIN will be 10 digits for 1953-54 cars. For the 1955 model they added the letter V to get 11. After 1955 they went back to a 10 digit sequence.
How to Decode a VIN Plate:
First Character: Manufacturer/Model
E - General Motors Identification Code for the Corvette
VE - GM/Chevy Corvette with a V8 (1955 only, the V was dropped for 6 cylinder cars)
Second & Third Characters: Model Year
53 - 1953
54 - 1954
55 - 1955
56 - 1956
57 - 1957
58 - 1958
59 - 1959
Fourth Character: Assembly Plant
F - Flint (only the 300 1953 vettes were produced here)
S - St. Louis
Fifth through tenth Characters: Production Sequence Number
In 1955, the VIN sequence used for the vehicles produced was VE55S001001 through VE55S001700.
EXAMPLE - To the left is an example of how a 1955 Corvette VIN might read. A VIN of VE55S001250 would indicate the following:
A Chevrolet Corvette V8 that is a 1955 model that was build at the St. Louis Assembly Plant with Sequence Number 001250.
VE55S001250
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