gary ,
i am trying to find out if this is a dealer installed max wedge motor
. i purchased this 62 belvedere 4 door in idaho (was going to be a
parts car for my 62 fury convertible. when i talked to the owner of it
he told me that the owner before him kept the crossram and heads off
the car but he still had the orig 413 with the car . i headed out for
idaho as soon as i could. Tuns out that the car was a special order
black and white car ordered from the St. louis plant through Elledge
motors at 19th & grand in granite city, il. order by Lt. a.w.farrar.
car has window sticker special order sheet from chrysler ,car
specification schedule, and data plate but i could not find the
proctecto-plate and he did not have the bill of sale from dealer .
i have seen the 92B on one other car owned by the original owner
in colo.springs ,co. it was a 4 door max wedge car ,but the owner
had ordered a two door . they offered him a discount of several
hundred dollars if he would take delivery of it . He did.
Back to my car , it was factory built with as per special order
sheet, 361 hi-perf ,3 spd , heater, no radio , full tinted windows , 8
3/4 ,323 gears and back-up lights and also called for a "vehicle
must" of (5 ) 14 x 5.5 h.d. 'k' wheels
with a " special equiptment availability number P62-724" and a
"material procurement referance no. p1636 " I have no idea what either
of these later 2 items are . there is also a list of things with
part? numbers on special order sheet i can not find any of these any
where
engine 2268168
trans 2400236
rr.axle 2070767
pinion 1949402
prop shaft 2401350
radiator 2099897
wheel (bc3) 2266840
so not knowing what this car is of course i bought it . so i get it
home and the orange over green paint 413 i got with the car is stamped
on the pad "A.W.F. T41 2-11" the awf are the original owners initials
. no hp ,no mp but is an AAQA block cast date 1-12-62
The hood braces appear to have been mangled to make room for something
not cut out like they should have been .
Any way i believe this car to be a non-existant dealer installed max
wedge (according to davis) . that they did not even use a max wedge
engine in . or i guess the orig. owner blew it up and had this one
installed. this is what i would like to find out.
at the least i have a special order 361 hp ,stick shift ,4 door, maybe
cop car,maybe dealer installed max wedge
so if anyone has any info on any of these numbers i would love to
here from you.
thanks again for your help!!
tony
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Gary H. <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Decoding mid to late '60s Mopar fender tags is relatively easy.
But my understanding is that Chrysler Corporation's record keeping
was haphazard and archives discarded or destroyed back in the
'62-'65 years. Moreover, I was told various Chrysler manufacturing
plants used different fender tag codes for the same option. For
example, Govier's '62-'65 decode book only covers the Lynch Road
and Hamtramck manufacturing plants last time I looked at his
booklet. If your '62 was built elsewhere that Govier book can't
help you. So decoding fender tags is tricky to impossible in some
cases for our favorite cars.
What option are you trying to document?
Thanks,
Gary H.
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From: tony amsden
yes , i have . i got a i have no idea from darrell davis
and i have asked for the help of galen govier and thus far no word
thank-you
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 6:45 PM, <Dodger7998 wrote:
#2 here,,,,,,,have you checked any of the tag decode sites ?
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Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person
-- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and
negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the
intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This
practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail
and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks!
'62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.
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