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57windycoupe |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 468 Location: Cushing, Wisconsin | Neil, here is my tag from the 57 windsor in my garage, any clues as to what this stuff means? (fender&doors 003.JPG) (fender&doors 006.JPG) Attachments ---------------- fender&doors 003.JPG (195KB - 241 downloads) fender&doors 006.JPG (236KB - 247 downloads) | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Sorry, Justin, but, if you get your car's IBM card-copy from Chrysler's Historical Society, you can make educated guesses about the P/T plates coding (e.g.: there might be several instances of number-repeats on the P/T plate and/or on the IBM copy, and the three small-big numbers on the P/T plate will not correlate to the three-number option codings on the IBM card. The best thing is to have both the Broadcast Sheet and the IBM card-copy, and the P/T plate from one car, as well as a listing/break-down of the factory's Option-Groups, and a paint-chip card, and a Ross Roy Data Book, and all the factory brochures, and announcements, and Press Kits, and a service manual, ......man! It (your education) never ends. | ||
57windycoupe |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 468 Location: Cushing, Wisconsin | Wow! Thanks for the insight | ||
StillOutThere |
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Location: Under the X in Texas | I have all the 57 Chrysler codes. No time at the moment. PM me. Wayne | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Hey, Wayne; let us know how this car decodes...looks to be well optioned,. | ||
StillOutThere |
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Location: Under the X in Texas | 146 '57 Windsor 2dr hardtop Paint XPX White /Gauguin Red /White Trim 56 - I'd have to find my interior book! Schedule Date 0121 - built Jan 21 of '57 and the shipping date leaving the factory should be marked on the bottom of the glove box This is body number 15008 built 361 Antenna - Manual right 353 Stone Shields 349 Dual headlights (4 bulbs total 335 Mirror - left outside rear view 311 Light package - Windsor only 323 Heater - Custom Conditionaire 265 is a totally unknown code A9 is the axle ratio which you will find stamped on the right side of the carrier on a flat 337 Torque-Flite in Windsor 341 Undercoating for Windsor & Saratoga 333 Safety Cushion Dash for Windsor 332 Solex Glass 325 Power Brakes | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | Funny, my '57 New Yorker also has a code 265. Strange that two cars on the site have that code and no one is sure what it is. I'm sending in for my Chysler Historical Society decoding so if I find anything out I'll let everyone know. | ||
StillOutThere |
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Location: Under the X in Texas | That is the problem: EVERY '57 Chrysler seems to have the 265 code so it is meaningless. | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | Maybe it decodes as "1957." | ||
My57Saratoga |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 612 Location: Kingston Springs , TN | When I sent for my build sheet from Mother MOPAR a couple of years ago, the cover letter indicated that "256" stood for a Saratoga 2DR HT. The IBM card copy which accompanied the letter shows "256" as the "MODEL". Oops, this thread is about "265" ....sorry! Edited by My57Saratoga 2008-03-06 9:35 PM (chryco1_cr.jpg) Attachments ---------------- chryco1_cr.jpg (45KB - 252 downloads) | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | S'funny that CHRY would only need three digits to I.D a "1957 Windsor 2-dr HT" (e.g.) , whereas good ol Dodge used four digits, so, if someone were just to give me those four digits --let's say : " 2147" , I could say, de-FIN-itively, that those numbers pertained to a 1957, Dodge, Coronet, 4-dr hardtop (with the standard engine--maybe the 4th-extra digit, confirming the engine type/style is the differrence between the cars: no engine-platform confirmation on the CHRY's. | ||
StillOutThere |
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Location: Under the X in Texas | Funny is as funny does. Seems 'funny' to me that Dodge needed four digits to nail down the model and body when Chrysler could "name that car" in only three!
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d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | ...Because, my dear Watson, Dodge gave you MORE information, than the lowly Chrysler models. Dodge told you which engine-platform/configuration the particular car should be 'wearing'.... | ||
brdtee |
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Veteran Posts: 264 Location: Pieksamaki, Finland, Europe | My Windsor has totally different looking tag. Wonder where the option codes should be on LA built cars? (tagjpg.jpg) Attachments ---------------- tagjpg.jpg (90KB - 202 downloads) | ||
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