Does anyone know what the last day of production for '70 E-bodies was? Just been doing some looking and couldn't find any concrete answers... From what I gather the '71s started on August 1st 1970? Were there any '70s built on July 31, I can only find SPDs for July 30? Anybody know what the VIN was on the last '70? Educate me!

The last SPD used (that I have seen so far) was 730 for Hamtramck.

Without complete records & with the cars being built out of VIN order, there is no way to know which car was built last at this point.

If you have a broadcast sheet for it, what is the sheet sequence number & time stamp?

My 7/30 built fk5 cuda has a vin ending 438707. It has several anomalies,71 hood hinges,71 style round black vent knobs and the door jamb sticker reads H1B, apparently the keypunch operator was asleep at the job. The citron mist cuda with the mod top also had a date of 7/30.

Thanks for the response, and for being a record keeper of these cars!

Reason I ask is I've found a '70 Challenger in a barn that has a seemingly late VIN, and a SPD of 730. It is a Hamtramck built car. I looked in some of the easier accessed areas and no broadcast sheet. Since it's not my car I'd rather not post the VIN out of respect to the current owner. Just knew it was really late for a '70 and got to wondering what info existed. Once again thanks for the reply!

How many could they put out in a day back then?

Interesting, I can't say on the hood hinges of the car in question right now, but it does have '70 vent knobs. The VIN is also a bit higher, though that doesn't necessarily mean much. I do know the passenger fender has the notch cut in it, I do not know if it's original to the car.

Approximately 1300 or so a day at Hamtramck.

The highest VIN I have heard of from there so far is in the 4435xx range, but as stated above it would take a whole lot of information to try to determine which car was last off the line.

(Number edited due to dyslexic moment.)

My Cuda has 71 style hood hinges on it. I took them to Carlilse last year and SMS told me that they were not 70 hinges? Could my Cuda have 71 hinges on it by chance? It been off the road since 79 so I don't think they were ever changed out. My vin is in my profile.

yes, the changeover to the "1971" style hinge would've been a running change during the 1970 model year - they were necessary with the introduction of "crush zone" hoods. IIRC the STANDARD 'Cuda "RALLYE HOOD" started changeover in April of '70.

"1970" hoods w/NO "crush zone" with 5/16" bolts (1/2" head) VS. "1971" hoods w/"crush zone" with 3/8" (9/16" head) with related slots in the hood hinges.

FWIW 'Cuda SHAKER hoods didn't "changeover" 'til mid-1971 model year

I might be missing something, but I'm not sure I follow? That seems like a pretty low number?

What was different on the 1971 hood hinges, besides I gather they used a 3/8th bolt to mount the hood?

What other '71 features might be present on a very late '70 car?

I think that's a typo should be something in the 0B445xxx range?

Edited above, I typed the 3 in the wrong spot.

I have a 70 Cuda with a build date of 4 01 and it has a rally hood with the crush zones and 5/16" hood hinge bolts.

Are you saying that 71 hood hinges won't work on a 70 no crush zone hood? The reson I am asking is I need to get a set ready for my Cuda and will be using a no crush zone hood. Like to use the hinges that came off my car

As stated above, the bolt size might be different (and thus you might have the smaller slots in the hinge for the smaller bolt size).

Easy check by trying the correct bolt size for the hood and see if it fits in the corresponding slot of the hood hinge. If too small, you should be able to open up the slots slightly to fit the larger diameter bolts.

Late production cars can be a mix-mash of both year parts. I have a 6/30 built 71 Barracuda with the 72-up style driver's side inner fender (has the later style battery hold-down).

730 is the highest SPDI have seen on a 70 model