Just Got My Fender Tag Info....

[Magnum Matt]

Ok just went outside and got the information off the fender tag.  There are 2 fender tags but the one in the front is REALLY rusted and a little bent up.  So I can't read anything on it besides an H in the lower left corner.  I did get everything off the rear tag though.  Here are the numbers so yall can decipher what I have.  I'll do my best to keep them in format.


30113      228338      056     988808

28          G11                                            6    but its sideways
G35   U   V21                    V6X
GB5        H6L3           HL2         409      262814
E68        D21             WH23      P.3A    219812

That is the best I can do tonight.  I will check all the numbers tomorrow when there is still light out.  But I am pretty sure that is all correct.  I checked the numbers 2 times.  I will do my best to get the first one coppied but it looks pretty rough.

[TruckDriver]

Body Type:   W  =  Dodge Coronet / Charger
Price Class:   H  =  High
Body Type:   23  =  2 Door Hardtop
Engine:   P  =  400 260HP(net) 1-4BBL 8 CYL
Year:   3  =  1973
Assembly Plant: A = Lynch Road, MI., USA
Sequence Number: 219812  =  119812th Vehical Built

I can't get the fender tag decoder to work

[Magnum Matt]

Why am I lucky if I have 2 tags? 

[69CoronetRT]

Why am I lucky if I have 2 tags? 

Some plants coded more options on the tag than others. For earlier years, a second tag usually meant the car had a lot of options. Lynch Road, coded by the letter A on your tag, didn't put many options on the tag in '73. The second tag is an inspection tag.

[Drache]

Let me try...

28 - 28" Rad
G11 - Tinted Glass all windows
G35 - Left hand outside mirror - remote/chrome
V21 - Hood performance treatment
V6X - longitudinal tape sport stripes - black
E68 - 400 CID, 8cyl, 1-4BBL
D21 - Floor shift 4-spd - A833
409 - production date 09/04/1973
GB5 - paint code - bright blue metallic
HL2 - Upper Door Frame (?)
H6L3 - Trim Grade High, Vinyl bucket seats, trim color parchment


Is that right?

[Magnum Matt]

Spot on!  Now how the hell do I decode everything? 

[69CoronetRT]

30113=gate and base numbers     
228338=sequence number     
056=engine assembly number=400-4bbl with manual tranny     
988=rear axle assembly 3.23 gears; no sure grip
808=tranny assembly=B body four speed

sideways 6 = inspection stamp

[Drache]

30113=gate and base numbers     
228338=sequence number     
056=engine assembly number=400-4bbl with manual tranny     
988=rear axle assembly 3.23 gears; no sure grip
808=tranny assembly=B body four speed

sideways 6 = inspection stamp

Thanks for updating that! I didn't know those ones!

[TruckDriver]

This is where I go to decode tags, but for some reason, the fender tag decoder isn't working for me tonight

http://www.stockmopar.com/mopar-fender-tag-decoder.php

[hemigeno]

409 - production date 09/04/1973

I think that would be April 9...  If it was an early September car, the VIN sequence number would be way lower. 

Lynch Road wasn't as high a volume plant as Hamtramck, so the VIN sequence numbers ramped up fairly slowly compared to Hamtramck or even St. Louis.  Depending on the year, a 228xxx VIN sequence number might be an Nov/Dec car at Hamtramck, a February/March car at St. Louis, or a March/April car at Lynch Road.

[Drache]

409 - production date 09/04/1973

I think that would be April 9...  If it was an early September car, the VIN sequence number would be way lower. 

Lynch Road wasn't as high a volume plant as Hamtramck, so the VIN sequence numbers ramped up fairly slowly compared to Hamtramck or even St. Louis.  Depending on the year, a 228xxx VIN sequence number might be an Nov/Dec car at Hamtramck, a February/March car at St. Louis, or a March/April car at Lynch Road.

Geno that DOES say April 9th... Canadians go Day/Month/Year not Month/Day/Year like you Americans! 

[hemigeno]

409 - production date 09/04/1973

I think that would be April 9...  If it was an early September car, the VIN sequence number would be way lower. 

Lynch Road wasn't as high a volume plant as Hamtramck, so the VIN sequence numbers ramped up fairly slowly compared to Hamtramck or even St. Louis.  Depending on the year, a 228xxx VIN sequence number might be an Nov/Dec car at Hamtramck, a February/March car at St. Louis, or a March/April car at Lynch Road.

Geno that DOES say April 9th... Canadians go Day/Month/Year not Month/Day/Year like you Americans! 

Sorry Drache, I didn't have my Canadian-to-American translator turned on... 

My bad...