How To Find Original Dealer...

[csx4590]

I have the broadcast sheet for my car. Is there any info on there that can determine what dealer the car was originally sold at? Just curious. Thanks...

[Simonic]

Would the build record show this info?

[hemigeno]

The short answer is unfortunately no.

Unless it's a Mr. Norm's car or a Daytona (or maybe a '67 & earlier model), I doubt you'll be able to cross-reference anything from the VIN, Broadcast Sheet or Fender Tag to confirm the original selling dealership.  Even the Special Order Number (a/k/a Vehicle Order Number) isn't likely to yield any information. 

Compared to the overall production run of Chrysler vehicles (and Chargers in particular), we have an extremely small amount of information that would point us to selling dealership connections... far less than we would need to offer even an educated guess.

[A383Wing]

Won't the Chrysler Historical Society have this dealer info? It will cost to get this info, and you will get a punch card also I beleive

[69bfan]

Chrysler Historical only has partial information up to 1966 and possibly some 1967.  Even then it might be hit or miss.  The best bet would be trying to get information on previous owners.  You may get lucky and find a wealth of information or strike out completely.  Some DMV's will have a list of previous owners, but unfortunately, if the car goes untitled for a period of time, many states are dropping that information and it is basically lost for ever.

[68X426]

Didn't Fiat close the Chrysler Museum, and the Historical section go non-op?

[John_Kunkel]

Historical still has the IBM punch cards available for pre-'68 but they no longer translate the info on them. For a fee, they'll send you a photocopy of the card for your car but you have to decipher the info.

[Simonic]

http://www.71superbee.com/Historical_Foundation/

Using the info I found above I've recently written to both these sources of information. When they get back to me i'll share my experience.

[hemihead]

Back in the Mid 70's , the warehouse that Chrysler used to to store all it's info on production caught fire and was destroyed . Most of the Musclecar era info was burnt up .

[Simonic]

An update on this subject.
My car is last titled in MI so I wrote to the dept of licensing there.
I received a letter saying I had to download a form and fill it in.
I downloaded the form and needing some assistance to fill it in I gave them a call.
After explaining my purpose I was informed that the relevant information could not be made available to me as I did not have 'legitimate purpose' for asking for the information.
I'm really disapointed

[68X426]

Bureaucrats.  They don't have a "legitimate purpose" either.

[Simonic]

Yep.
So i'm banging my head against the wall a bit.I'm so frustrated that there are previous owners of my car out there somewhere and I can't get in touch. I'd love to trace the history of the car. I'll keep trying 

[Alaskan_TA]

There is a dedicated B-body thread for this type of request at http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1401/1/broadcast-sheets-l-f-b-body.html

It has over 700,000 views so far, but stay in the stickied topic area or your post will eventually fade away.

You can list your VIN there with what you are hoping to find.

That way, if anyone ever Googles your VIN they will find you.

[Simonic]

Thank You Sir.
I'll have a look at the Moparts thread

[Simonic]

Today I received a response from the Chrysler Historical Archive.
I quote.

'Unfortunatley we do not have build records after 1967 in our files.These records were never transferred to the archives and do not exist within the company'

I'm wondering what to try next. I am looking thru the moparts thread that was mentioned above .
Interestingly I did a google search for my Vin number yesterday.
Only pictures that I had taken and websites I had contributed to were returned in the search.
I'm beginning to wonder if the martians mentioned in one of the other posts on here have dropped my car on the planet just prior to my purchase..........

[68X426]

Nearly everyone has gone thru this.  Your case is routine, got to move on now.

[ACUDANUT]

imo, who cares who sold it.

[alfaitalia]

I tend to agree...but it might be just jealousy! I know nothing of the history of mine...not even the original VIN. Mine has a UK issued VIN.