Sold car on broadcast sheet

[66FBCharger]

When the broadcast sheet indicates the car being built as a "sold car", what does that mean? Does that mean it was sold to a dealer, special ordered by a customer? Can anyone explain to me what it means?

[jobbless]

 I an just guessing. But I think it means it was special ordered for a customer. A deposit or payment had been made?

[Alaskan_TA]

Y14 (sold car) indicates that a deposit was sent in with the order.

It could have been a dealership ordering lot stock or a customer at a dealership. Nothing special, in either case, it was just an order.

Unless.......

.....something 'special' like a 999 paint or a 9999 interior was indicated, or special equipment with police cars as an example. In these cases you should also see Y39 (special order).

(some of this depends on the model year)

[maxwellwedge]

After looking at the Mr. Norm's dealer jackets for a day I noticed most were "Sold Car".

I asked Norm about this - Did that many people pre-order their cars?

He chuckled and said, "Nah, Chrysler would send the cars quicker" (when they checked it off the Chrysler order form).

He had a lot of files with consecutive VIN's. He had one of his managers order cars. Example - Monday he would order Chargers, Tuesday - Challengers, Wednesday - Bee's and R/T's, Thursday Darts etc.

He ordered most in cool colors because he knew they would be easier to sell both as new and as a used trade-in.

[Alaskan_TA]

I have had a few days to study some of Norm's records.

As an example, Al Smith (one of his salesmen) ordered the T/As I saw records for, not customers off the street.

Depending on the paperwork, some are noted both Y14 & Y16, showing that they were ordered for lot sales.

Some do not show either code, but the original dealership copies do show they were ordered, so these may be cases of Y16 cancelling out Y14 on paperwork like broadcast sheets since there is not a way on them to note both codes.

[maxwellwedge]

Good old Al ordered 3 of my cars.

Man - those were the days huh?   

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

After looking at the Mr. Norm's dealer jackets for a day I noticed most were "Sold Car".

I asked Norm about this - Did that many people pre-order their cars?

He chuckled and said, "Nah, Chrysler would send the cars quicker" (when they checked it off the Chrysler order form).

He had a lot of files with consecutive VIN's. He had one of his managers order cars. Example - Monday he would order Chargers, Tuesday - Challengers, Wednesday - Bee's and R/T's, Thursday Darts etc.

He ordered most in cool colors because he knew they would be easier to sell both as new and as a used trade-in.

This is still the case today - at least it is with General *gasp* Motors... Sold Orders, or orders with a name attached to them, always get preferenced.