1966 B body order form from GM with options and prices

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

1966 B body order form from GM with options and prices

davepl · Poncho Master!

Great stuff! Hope we can find the 1969 info one day. Thanks for posting!

1966-Grande-paris · Addicted!

Thanks for posting Carl.

norontcan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Great info.
Now if we just had the other years.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Isn't that great? I hope whoever sent it to me will speak up and remind me who it is that has put a smile on my face every time I "build" a new 66 Pontiac! I've never built an L72 Strato Chief wagon yet though. How cool would that be?

luppy · Addicted!

Hi Carl

I have a sheet that lists these but it is a very basic list. Yours is in such detail even down to the tax for each item. Thanks for the post.

Luppy

hawkeye5766 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Had these 66. Sold to a member. There were about 15 more pages of option lists and pricing that I never took pics of! furious Wish I'd kept them! Just in case there r some items that Carls don't show. http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t57746012/are-these-worth-anything-64-67-price-list-and-option-list/

-- Edited by hawkeye5766 on Monday 5th of December 2016 01:44:37 AM

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

No problem, glad to do it, someone else deserves the credit for saving these all the years.

Oh, and the way the form reads, I could have an L72 Strato Chief wagon with a 3 speed manual too! That would be one of one...

hawkeye5766 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Boy L72 was only a 525.00 option! Doesn't seem like much now adays. Back then a hefty amount of $$$

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Close to another 20% of the price of a Strato Chief. But can you imagine? Oh, if only.

forespeed · Poncho Master!

Carl, I have a couple questions now that I own a 66 Chevy Biscayne. My 2 dr post is the least expensive model sold. It has what appears to be an origianl style interior but with carpet on the floor. I was surprised because I assumed the floor would be black rubber mat. I had not been able to verify that until I saw these docs for the 66 strato chief. It would appear from these pages, my Biscayne probably did have a black rubber mat on the floor. I have contacted a number of parts suppliers in the U.S. and no one has the rubber mat available. Does your car have rubber on the floor or carpet. I under stand someone buying the repro carpet over the years and installing it in the car. That carpet fits all Chevy full size in 66 and sells cheap.

My car has aftermarket wheels so I wasn't sure about the tire and wheel sizes. I find it interesting the station wagon, normally considered the heavy duty model came with 14" wheels. I'm thinking of using my Biscayne to tow some and I have located a set of original 15x6 wheels that I think I will buy and put big rubber on for use towing. The missing link in terms of towing for me would be a 12 bolt rearend. With the PG trans in my car, I'm sure the rear is a 2 series and I plan to use a turbo 400 w/cooler to tow, so I need that 12 bolt with a high 3 series gear.

Have you upgraded any of the drivetrain in your 66? Ever seen a replacement rubber mat for the 66?

Norm

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Hi Norm

I'm a bit busy at work right now but I'll try to get back to you tonight.

58 poncho fan · Addicted!

Carl it was me. When I had my 66 I remembered that way back in 1966 when I was in Fleet Leasing the GM rep gave me a 1966 fleet book on all the vehicles. I kept it all that time so dug it out and sent you the info. Bob Crocker.

North · Guru

I have the 1963 version of the same type sheets that Hawkeye posted. My dad bought a new 63 Parisienne ragtop and I remember seeing them a few years ago, unfortunately I have dozens of boxes of old family papers to clean up, when I find them I'll post them.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

58 poncho fan wrote:

Carl it was me. When I had my 66 I remembered that way back in 1966 when I was in Fleet Leasing the GM rep gave me a 1966 fleet book on all the vehicles. I kept it all that time so dug it out and sent you the info. Bob Crocker.

Cool, thanks for stepping up and reminding me. I'm sorry I forgot who it was. I want you to know I am very grateful for you sharing a piece of history that is pretty close to unobtanium I would think!

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

forespeed wrote:

Carl, I have a couple questions now that I own a 66 Chevy Biscayne. My 2 dr post is the least expensive model sold. It has what appears to be an origianl style interior but with carpet on the floor. I was surprised because I assumed the floor would be black rubber mat. I had not been able to verify that until I saw these docs for the 66 strato chief. It would appear from these pages, my Biscayne probably did have a black rubber mat on the floor. I have contacted a number of parts suppliers in the U.S. and no one has the rubber mat available. Does your car have rubber on the floor or carpet. I under stand someone buying the repro carpet over the years and installing it in the car. That carpet fits all Chevy full size in 66 and sells cheap.
My car has aftermarket wheels so I wasn't sure about the tire and wheel sizes. I find it interesting the station wagon, normally considered the heavy duty model came with 14" wheels. I'm thinking of using my Biscayne to tow some and I have located a set of original 15x6 wheels that I think I will buy and put big rubber on for use towing. The missing link in terms of towing for me would be a 12 bolt rearend. With the PG trans in my car, I'm sure the rear is a 2 series and I plan to use a turbo 400 w/cooler to tow, so I need that 12 bolt with a high 3 series gear.
Have you upgraded any of the drivetrain in your 66? Ever seen a replacement rubber mat for the 66?
Norm

Norm, I don't know my Chevies too well but I think Biscayne had rubber floor with carpet optional. From what I can find, all Strato Chiefs had carpet, no rubber floor option. Mine is a very basic car, looks like probably radio, block heater and F40 for options but it does have carpet. I have never seen a repro mat for the Biscayne.

14" wheels is correct, that's all there is. Wagons came with bigger rims and tires, still 14" though. A mandatory option for big block cars was bigger rubber.

As far as the 12 bolt goes, my car has one. It's quite common to see them on 283 Pontiacs in 66 for some reason, and there were even some 12 bolt 6 cylinder cars in 65, maybe 66 as well. If you are changing your's to a 12 bolt, are you aware of the 2 choices of housing, either one or two upper control arms? I am betting your ratio now will be 3.08, and a slight chance it's 3.36. I am quite sure there is no 2 series 10 bolt gear set in 66.

The eventual plan for my car is a stock 4 speed conversion, keeping it looking original, and most likely a 390hp 427 conversion, again, keeping it looking original.

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

forespeed wrote:
Carl, I have a couple questions now that I own a 66 Chevy Biscayne. My 2 dr post is the least expensive model sold. It has what appears to be an origianl style interior but with carpet on the floor. I was surprised because I assumed the floor would be black rubber mat. I had not been able to verify that until I saw these docs for the 66 strato chief. It would appear from these pages, my Biscayne probably did have a black rubber mat on the floor. I have contacted a number of parts suppliers in the U.S. and no one has the rubber mat available. Does your car have rubber on the floor or carpet. I under stand someone buying the repro carpet over the years and installing it in the car. That carpet fits all Chevy full size in 66 and sells cheap.
My car has aftermarket wheels so I wasn't sure about the tire and wheel sizes. I find it interesting the station wagon, normally considered the heavy duty model came with 14" wheels. I'm thinking of using my Biscayne to tow some and I have located a set of original 15x6 wheels that I think I will buy and put big rubber on for use towing. The missing link in terms of towing for me would be a 12 bolt rearend. With the PG trans in my car, I'm sure the rear is a 2 series and I plan to use a turbo 400 w/cooler to tow, so I need that 12 bolt with a high 3 series gear.
Have you upgraded any of the drivetrain in your 66? Ever seen a replacement rubber mat for the 66?
Norm

Hey Norm, the Biscayne came standard with rubber flooring only through 1963. For 1964 carpet was made standard, plus they even had rear armrests with ashtrays. Rubber flooring was only for B02 Taxi & B07 Police options.

All of the above applies to the Strato Chief.

1966 wheel sizes were basically 14x5 standard, 14x6 standard on wagons, 14x6 optional as RPO P12 or possibly included with any 427 (8.25-14 tires base). 15s were kind of unusual and might have been the skinny 15x5 taxi specials with 8.15-15 tires, I can't say for certain. Probably somebody over at http://impalass427.com/ could shed some light on the Chevy side of the 15" wheel usage.

-- Edited by CdnGMfan on Tuesday 6th of December 2016 07:28:12 AM