odd vin or not?
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I've spent the day with an old friend and was curious about how His car would decode... it doesn't on any decoder website. Someone at one time stamped 8 and 4 on the tag. With that on there it decodes as a'63 Chrysler 300J. His dad gave him the car before passing and was always under the impression that it was an original maxwedge. I never thought it was, just a v8 Sport Fury.
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Re: odd vin or not?
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Those are hand stamped and don't match the other stampings. Is that how C-bodys were done? The car is a '63 b-body!
The sequential numbers match other info on the car though.
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Re: odd vin or not?
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Those are hand stamped and don't match the other stampings. Is that how C-bodys were done? The car is a '63 b-body! Say what???
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Re: odd vin or not?
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the 8 and 4 are recessed numbers as opposed to the raised numbers following. The 8 and 4 appear to be made by a chisel or a scribe of some sort.
A '63 Sport Fury would decode as 343XXXXXX......
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but it's a Sport Fury and should decode as... 3= Plymouth V8, 4=Sport Fury, 3= year
This car has been a drag car for at least 45 years....the time I've been around the car.
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I don't know what to think. The title has the vin as 3431150314!... oh...GREAT!
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Re: odd vin or not?
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This is a picture of my 65 Fury cop car vin tag - the first 2 letters are different than the rest.
67 Coronet 500 9.610 @ 139.20 mph 67 Coronet 500 (street car) 14.82 @ 94 mph 69 GTX (clone) - build in progress......
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Re: odd vin or not?
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If you go to MyMopar.com, you can do a free download of a 63 parts book. The VIN tag is broken down on page 4 (INF-5).
67 Coronet 500 9.610 @ 139.20 mph 67 Coronet 500 (street car) 14.82 @ 94 mph 69 GTX (clone) - build in progress......
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the last 8 digits 31150314 were pre-stamped (from the back) on the VIN tags, the first 2 digits were added (from the front) when the car line and model were finalized.
3 = 1963 1 = Lynch Rd. Detroit, MI assembly plant 150314 = VIN sequence number (started at 100001)
50,314th assigned VIN at Lynch Rd. for 1963
Lynch rd? Parts book calls it Plymouth plant - Detroit. Same place? But for it to be a correct VIN for the car it needs to start with a 3 not an 8.
67 Coronet 500 9.610 @ 139.20 mph 67 Coronet 500 (street car) 14.82 @ 94 mph 69 GTX (clone) - build in progress......
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