superbird fender tag question?

[DoubleDlover]

ok. Some of you nice folk in here might be able to help me figure out the missing digits on my tag. The gate number. The very upper left corner of my tag is rotted off. The last 3 numbers are there. But the first 2 you cant make out. Its to damaged.  So its ??110.. That second digit I can see the top of the number. Its either a 2,3,8,9, or zero.. Because the top of what ever number it was is round like those number. So How would we figure this out? thanks r

[69CoronetRT]

ok. Some of you nice folk in here might be able to help me figure out the missing digits on my tag. The gate number. The very upper left corner of my tag is rotted off. The last 3 numbers are there. But the first 2 you cant make out. Its to damaged.  So its ??110.. That second digit I can see the top of the number. Its either a 2,3,8,9, or zero.. Because the top of what ever number it was is round like those number. So How would we figure this out? thanks r

It might be easier if you post a picture of the tag. that accomplishes a couple of things.

[4cruzin]

I agree . . . . a good picture!   

[62 Max]

Should look like this,

[Redbird]

Ron,

First off I would suggest reading David Patik's article on building a Superbird. I believe it is available on the WW web site or at Performance car Graphics.

So the Gate was a big machine for assembling the main body panels together while they were aligned and welded together. I have not seen every Superbird, but I have seen a few hundred tags. Most Superbirds that I have seen have a gate of 05, 15, or 29. I have also seen other numbers. So without the whole tag I believe you are guessing. My guess is that your car was a 29 if it is as you describe. The gate number designated for the C/P factory which machine was used, a kind of internal accounting for them to keep track of the machine.

So can one just make up the gate number, the sequence number, or J number?

Best to put the partial tag you have back on the fender.

[FJ5WING]

Should look like this,

minus the orange?

[62 Max]

Should look like this,

minus the orange?

original paint,that is the way it came off the car.

[Dave Kanofsky]

Does looking at it from the backside help any?

[DoubleDlover]

not really. Its completely rusted out. So theres nothing there.

[Redbird]

There is a good description of "Gate" and "Sequence" numbers in the archives of maxwedge.com. There is also a picture of a "sidegate".

I have several DVD's of old mopar TV commercials. There is a 1972 Plymouth Cricket commercial with Arthur Godfrey (sic) showing the Plymouth Cricket being welded together, yes I know the Cricket was not made in Detroit. Interesting items on the commercial, if one slows it down, show the car being welded together, the roof being put on, and finally the "sidegates" moving away from the completed body shell. I don't know if the commercial is on utube, but it really shows how the car's structure was framed.