HAPPY 44th

[Fred]

so when was the 68 production stopped & 69 started?

not sure when it stopped but it started Aug 1st.

[Fred]

Well maybe I got the date wrong. It says 909 on the fender tag.

Sept 9th 1967

[Bob T]

Well maybe I got the date wrong. It says 909 on the fender tag.

Sept 9th 1967

Cool, two days after mine 110853 
I found out a mate of mines GL's build date is 7 april 69, the day I was born, pretty cool, he only lives half hour drive away  , that'll be a double celebration next year 

[Fred]

Just checked the calendar and mine rolled off the assembly line on a Monday.
They must have had a good break over the weekend and were eager to get on with the job as it rolled off perfect.

[1BAD68]

Cool, two days after mine 110853  

Thats interesting, mine is 095481. Seems backwards

[cdr]

Cool, two days after mine 110853  

Thats interesting, mine is 095481. Seems backwards

yes a little confusing mine is 171033

[1BAD68]

Apparently on the 1967 Julian calender September 9th was a Friday. On the regular calendar it was a Saturday.
Why? Whats the purpose of a Julian calendar?

[nvrbdn]

happy b-day freds charger. hope you got to drink heavily and hope it had a little extra octane to celebrate the great day.

[cdr]

then mine is monday

[cdr]

the order of the von is not making since to me ?

[XS29J8]

Well my baby's 44 years old today (sun 27th May) and she's never looked better
I"m as crazy about her today as the day she was born.
So far she's given me 12,000 miles of good times.
Here's to the next 44.    Long may she live!

Definitely worth celebrating!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Fred's Charger!
My Charger was born Today 5/28/68.............

[lloyd3]

August 1st started the new model year?  Thanks for that!  Any sense of how long Dodge Main was down to switch over from one year to the next?

[lloyd3]

Folks have probably already looked this up, but the Julian Calender was a Roman calender revision set up under Julius Caesar in what, like 45BC? We now operate on a Gregorian Calender that was set up (by Gregorian Monks) much later to better deal with leap-year and other astronomical events that were out of wack with the older design.  Just why Corporate America (and in this case Chrysler Corporation) tracked operatons on a Julian calender in the 1960s is anyone's guess. I'm not aware of anyone operating under the Julian calender at present (business or otherwise).

So...Julian Calender or otherwise, when did the Model Year officially end at Dodge Main in the 1960s?  If the "New Year" began on August first (which makes sense to me, as I would start to see the "new" models on the Dealer lots in mid-August), when did production on the previous year cease?  Figuring on the time it would take to revise operations to change over for different model production, I'd guess about ten days to two weeks before August 1st?  So...somewhere around July 15th?

[Fred]

the order of the von is not making since to me ?

I think you guys are getting it wrong. It's the 3 digits before the last 6 digits you've been posting.
Bottom line, right hand side of fender tag.

[Fred]

Well my baby's 44 years old today (sun 27th May) and she's never looked better
I"m as crazy about her today as the day she was born.
So far she's given me 12,000 miles of good times.
Here's to the next 44.    Long may she live!

Definitely worth celebrating!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Fred's Charger!
My Charger was born Today 5/28/68.............

My charger thanks you.  Happy Birthday to your's too.
They're almost twins. (not identical twins though as your's is red and mine is black) 

[Fred]

A big thankyou to you all for the birthday wishes. 

[cdr]

the order of the von is not making since to me ?

I think you guys are getting it wrong. It's the 3 digits before the last 6 digits you've been posting.
Bottom line, right hand side of fender tag.

yea mine is 618,so is that june 18 julian, is on monday,so that would make my cars bday on the 17th of a regular calender ?

[Fred]

the order of the von is not making since to me ?

I think you guys are getting it wrong. It's the 3 digits before the last 6 digits you've been posting.
Bottom line, right hand side of fender tag.

yea mine is 618,so is that june 18 julian, is on monday,so that would make my cars bday on the 17th of a regular calender ?

No it's still June 18th (date stays the same) only the day is different. In your case that would make it Sunday but unless they were turning them out around the clock 24/7.............something is very wrong. 

[cdr]

june 18 1968 is on a tues,thank you fred for your help

[Fred]

june 18 1968 is on a tues,thank you fred for your help

No worries mate but tell me which calendar did you use? the 2 below show the 18th being either sat and sun.

[cdr]

june 18 1968 is on a tues,thank you fred for your help

No worries mate but tell me which calendar did you use? the 2 below show the 18th being either sat and sun.

thats a 1967 calander,mine was a late 68,so built june 18 1968,almost the last 68's

[Fred]

june 18 1968 is on a tues,thank you fred for your help

No worries mate but tell me which calendar did you use? the 2 below show the 18th being either sat and sun.

thats a 1967 calander,mine was a late 68,so built june 18 1968,almost the last 68's

Oh yeah, I'm with you now. 

[AirborneSilva]

44 and she still has a sexy body 

[lloyd3]

Who has the latest "born on date" for 1968 here?

[HeavyFuel]

Folks have probably already looked this up, but the Julian Calender was a Roman calender revision set up under Julius Caesar in what, like 45BC? We now operate on a Gregorian Calender that was set up (by Gregorian Monks) much later to better deal with leap-year and other astronomical events that were out of wack with the older design.  Just why Corporate America (and in this case Chrysler Corporation) tracked operatons on a Julian calender in the 1960s is anyone's guess. I'm not aware of anyone operating under the Julian calender at present (business or otherwise).

So...Julian Calender or otherwise, when did the Model Year officially end at Dodge Main in the 1960s?  If the "New Year" began on August first (which makes sense to me, as I would start to see the "new" models on the Dealer lots in mid-August), when did production on the previous year cease?  Figuring on the time it would take to revise operations to change over for different model production, I'd guess about ten days to two weeks before August 1st?  So...somewhere around July 15th?

I doubt that Chrysler used a true Julian calendar, but rather used a day of the year calendar code. 

http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/julian_calendar.shtml