Not really as it shows the FMVSS Federal safety label did not get issued or applied until all of the mandatory safety items were installed, whether they were installed after the main assembly line by a contracted company or safety components were delayed by a vendor or function failure/quality issue.

If the dated coded FMVSS label would have been a 1969 required label and my '69 GTX with a C16 - Dec 16th 1968 SPD would have been built on schedule C13 but the head restraints ("headrests") were delayed, the car would have put off to the side until the arrival of the head restraints. If they arrived before the end of December 1968 it would not have been an issues and they could have shipped the car maybe even without them and sent them to the dealer. But as of January 1, 1969 is was a mandatory Federal law that they had to leave Chrysler's manufacturing facility and control with ALL of the mandatory safety items in place or be fined for non-compliance. That dated FMVSS label was an admission and legal statement by the manufacture of compliance with the Federal Law and not to be taken lightly. Any deaths or injuries with any missing safety components that were not installed are big problems even then as today. That label still exists to this day and ECS makes good money supplying legal reproduction FMVSS labels with the CORRECT DATE OF MANUFACTURE. It's as important as a VIN plate or Emission VECI label, (DAMHIK)

MikeR