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Hi,

sounds like a nice car.
Can you show us a pic of the fender tag, please?

Carsten




I don't have a pic of the tag handy, but here's a decode...

Fender Tag
V6Y V8W 26 END
J25 L31 M21 M85 R22 V21
FC7 A01 A36 C16 C55 G33
FC7 P6XW EW1 408 117317
E63 D21 RM23 N0G 217XXX

Fender tag is read left to right, bottom to top

E63 – 383 cubic inch orange 8 cylinder single four barrel carburetor 335 horse power
D21 – 4 speed manual transmission floor shift A833 with pistol grip shifter
R – Plymouth B body based on Belvedere/Satellite platform
M - Roadrunner
23 – 2 door hard top
N - 383 cubic inch 8 cylinder single four barrel carburetor (engine family B)
0 - 1970
G – St Louis Missouri assembly plant
217XXX – VIN sequence number
FC7 – body paint color In-Violet (same as Dodge Plum Crazy)
P6XW –premium white and black interior with white vinyl bucket seats
EW1 – white upper door frame paint
408 – Scheduled production date April 8, 1970
117317 – vehicle order number
FC7 – roof paint color In-Violet (same as Dodge Plum Crazy)
A01 – light package (glove box lamp, ash tray lamp, trunk lamp, etc.)
A36 – performance axle package 8.75 heavy duty rear axle with 3.55 ratio sure grip differential,
maximum cooling 7 bade torque drive fan and hemi suspension
C16 - center console with wood grain panel
C55 - bucket seats
G33 – left hand outside remote control chrome mirror
J25 - 3 speed windshield wipers
L31 – hood mounted turn signal lights
M21 – drip rail mouldings over windows (all cars had this)
M85 – bumper guards
R22 – 10 watt AM radio with stereo 8 track player
V21 – black performance hood stripe
V6Y – longitudinal tape sport stripe (roadrunner on fender with dust trail going into side scoop)
V8W – white transverse tape sport stripes (horizontal white stripe on tail panel above lights)
26 – 26 inch radiator
END – end of code list, built on plant’s only assembly line








The fender tag only includes some of the options that a car came with (engine transmission paint trim and anything that required drilling extra holes on the assembly line). The car has other options that are indicated on the broadcast sheet. Most cars no longer have their broadcast sheet as it was supposed to be thrown away on the assembly line. Sometimes you can find it inside a seat above a headliner or behind the glove box.

Options this car had that would have been on the broadcast sheet are:
All tinted windows (this was normal for cars with AC, but this is not an air conditioned car)
Rallye dash (all roadrunners, GTXs and Superbirds had this)
Wood grain steering wheel
Day/Night rearview mirror

Options the car did NOT have that have been added by previous owner:
N96 Air grabber hood (this came off of a 1970 440 GTX, we tracked down the correct air cleaner to mate with the 383 engine)
J81 rear spoiler (this is a 1970 only Go-Wing spoiler, different from the 1971 Gull-Wing)

The original engine and transmission have been replaced with a 400 cubic inch engine and big block 727 automatic transmission. I have a replacement freshly built 383 engine and the correct four speed manual transmission with 1970 only aluminum bellhousing. Still need to find a pistol grip shifter handle and center console.

There were 7,993 1970 Roadrunner hard tops with a 383 and a manual 4 speed transmission sold.