Decode door vin#, and fender tags

[rsh1966vip]

I just completed a 1966 F100 short wheel base (frame off...won't do that again). For my next project I wanted a Mopar. So, a 1966 Plymouth came up on Craig's list about 30 miles from me and I bought it. I know zero about Mopar's and it turns out this is a "C" body and very hard to find parts for this model (but I like a challenge). That is the back story.
Now, the reason for the post. I would like some help decoding the tags.
thanks
rsh1966

 

[detmatt]

2 door Sport Fury or VIP, 383, charcoal over black bench seat interior. How about some pics of the whole car?

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

Sequence (order/build date) December 6, 1965.

 

[rsh1966vip]

Thanks for the very fast replies. I was told it was a 383 by the seller, but he (like me) didn't know a 383 for a 400. It turns to be a 400. My mechanic only took one look and it is a 400. So here is what we are doing:it is a 4 barrel, rework heads/valve seats, a more agressive cam and duals. I think headers are too much money for a few hp.

 

[jollyjoker]

Man, I just LOVE that 8-track deck! Just shove a matchbook into it, to keep it from cross-tracking . . . I wouldn't change a thing!

 

[HWYCRZR]

Pictures of the engine compartment?

Someone must have gone through some trouble to swap out the 383.

 

[rsh1966vip]

Right now the engine pic would just be the open block showing the pistons.
The 390 FE big block pistons looked big, but the 400 pistons are bigger.
rsh1966vip

 

[CBODY67]

A 400 is basically a bored-out 383, but with a different block casting to support such. Both are "B"/low-deck blocks (413-440-426 are "tall deck"/RB blocks).

I suspect that most Plymouth VIPs were 4-drs, with very few 2-dr hardtops built?

Keep us posted on your progress,
CBODY67