On a 66 car do the body numbers tell when the car was built?
111902165 body and shipping order number

Anybody??

DELETED -doesn’t apply to 62-66

111902165

this example
1119 = Friday 11/19/1965 Scheduled Production Date

1 = Lynch Rd. assembly plant
119 = Wednesday 1/19/66 Scheduled Production Date
&
02165 = Shipping Order #

Is that for 1965 Mopars? Or certain range of years?

My 1968 Body stamping SO number is not that long. Mine in B8B085218

Thanks no fender tag it was stolen, delivery date was 1/25/66
So with that and what I’ve been told, one of the earliest 66 Hemi cars built

How do you know the delivery date? Is that when the dealer got it or when customer bought it?

Wouldn’t there be Hemi cars built in August and September and the beginning of the model year?

it's that way for ~'62-'66, then they added the year & plant for '67, then eliminated the SPD and added a body code for '68 & went to the last 8-digits of the VIN for '69

so your B8B085216:
B = Barracuda
8 = 1968
B = Hamtramck, MI assembly plant
085216 = Shipping Order #

cudaman1969 do you have a copy of the IBM card? is it a St. Louis assembled Plymouth?

the first 1966 HEMI cars were built around Thanksgiving 1965 (11/25/65)

Thank for that info.

...the fender tags seem to get weirder as the Mopars get older.

Yes I have the IBM card, got that from the historical place, it had the delivery date, dealer. Lynch road plant, expedited, tinted glass, polished paint(silver) engine trans and no other options

The guy I talked to at length (4 hours on the phone) worked at the St Louis plant then, he said the Hemi cars were not built till Nov.

the IBM "build record" has the "scheduled date" & the "shipped date" from the factory (delivery date usually refers to customer delivery)

do you have the full decode from Chrysler? can you share the IBM image, here or via email? dhead68@hotmail.com

I have decoded the card (Chrysler will not do it anymore) but it’s not like a ‘build’ sheet. Just didn’t dawn on me that that first series of punch’s were the build date witch matches the chassis numbers. I can send you a copy of the card.
Just noticed the card only shows two ones then the nine but the body shows three ones. The card only has one box for the month built I guess Nov Dec would be hard to show.

Would be interesting to see when the difference in when they Scheduled to build it versus when it was actually Shipped.

With the delayed Hemi production start, I’d imagine this difference might not be typical. ???

I’m under the impression this car was just put out there early in a ‘sales bank’, a stripped version till someone ordered one with that combo. IMO Radio and tinted glass was added then sent out . Long short story, radio was NOT installed on the assembly line but like I said, added later. Fender hole was a hack job in the wrong spot and ant. cable ran thru a hole that was made with a long 5/8 punch right next to top hinge, no rubber grommet or dum dum to close the hole around it or in the correct spot down in the kick panel. Windshield and back glass was black glued in, had to cut the gasket in multiple pieces to get them out intact. Never in all my years seen that in such a low mile car. Another thing about the radio, the chrome strip along the bottom of the dash is sized for the delete plate, if a radio is there the chrome has a smaller opening. I have both types and it is the bigger one on the original dash. It’s going back with no radio but I’ll keep the glass.

he's already stated that it was Scheduled 1/19/66 & Shipped 1/25/66 - a total span of 6 days

the month column on the IBM card used the 1-9 (January-September) and A-C (October-December) same as later fender tags

email the IBM image my way & I'll compare it to others I have copies of - but the earliest I have info on from Lynch Rd. are around 61177xxx, but they are not Scheduled until December (one HEMI IBM I have a copy of SPD C10 12/10/65 & Shipped 12/21/65 * 11 days)

lots can happen to a car between a dealer making the sale & the 55 years since it was built - how long have you had it?

I remember a prior thread where you mentioned the added radio & tinted glass

20,000 some odd miles sat in barn and a shed since the 70s, just speculating on things and getting as much info as I can with no paperwork. I’ll send the card.

I'll have to check other 1966 Lynch Rd. body stampings, but

SPD = 1/19/66
Shipped Date = 1/25/66

I went back & fixed some of the prior posts with incorrect info