Re: IML: Imperial production date decode??

["Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

For your 1963 :

You are correct that 0906 is the scheduled build date, but it is September
06, 1962, not 1963.  The 1963 cars went into production in August 1962 and
were built through July, 1963.

The 1963 Imperial was built at Jefferson Avenue along with Chrysler and
Dodge 880 vehicles.   Thus the Shipping Order Number, 0906 6141, would
include Chryslers, Imperials and Dodges.

> S0        Number  BDY  TRM  PNT
> 0906       6141     924  924  HH1

The BDY is the car line, series and body style :
9 - Imperial
2 - Crown
4 - 4-door hardtop

The TRM is the interior trim :
92 - Cloth & leather bench seat
4 - Grey

The PNT is the exterior paint -
H - Roof colour - Forest Green Metallic
H - Body Colour - Forest Green Metallic
1 - Style - Monotone
Forest Green Metallic (H), a very dark green, was used only on Imperials,
Chryslers and Dodge 880s - which is to say only cars built at Jefferson
Avenue.  The 1962 Sage Green (G) is much lighter.  Any signs of a repaint
oin your car?

Being a Crown, and given your belief that it is car 4641, your serial number
should be 9233 104641, which is rather low for September.  The first car off
the line would have been 100001 and gone up.  The sequence numbers would
have included Imperials, Chryslers and Dodges.  Thus, if '104641' is
correct, it was the 4,641st car off the line, and not the 4,641st Crown.

There is no relation between the Shipping Order Number and the Sequential
Production Number.

> 2234  5 5  61  23

What are the letters above these numbers?  Without the related letters, the
numbers are meaningless.  What options do you have on the car?

On your 1956 Imperial, look for "SCHED".  The numbers under that heading
form the Scheduled Build Date.

Bill
Vancouver, BC




----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 9:00 PM
Subject: IML: Imperial production date decode??


> Imperialists: Gents and Ladies:
>
> My 56 Dodge is soon to be 50 (but exactly when is its ''birthdate?), and
so I am trying to find out if there is something on the data plates of the
56 and the 63 Crown to identify --at least the month/year--- in which they
became 'an official vehicle'.   The VIN #'s-stamped on plates on the drivers
A pillar don't have any of the same #'s as the respective data plates.
>
> On my Imperial's data plate, below the Numbers 1---0 appear
> 0906   6141   924    and A BIG 47 (maybe the inspector?)
> then below these is the alphabet a---z
> below the alphabet is
>
> 2234  5 5  61  23
> then below that:
>
> S0        Number  BDY  TRM  PNT   (and the corresponding #'s below
> 0906       6141     924  924  HH1
>
> >From the data book it is clear that the BDY TRM 924 is Madison Grey
>
> The paint code HH1 does not correlate to any of the paint samples in the
data book for 62 or 63, but the closest is 62 Irridescent Sage Green.
>
> Would 0906 = Sept 6th
> Based on the official VIN #, it is car # 4641    yet under NUMBER on the
data plate it says 6141  (and the 6141 appears at the top and bottom of the
data plate)
>
> Could someone have mixed up the #'s?? when stamping--two digits were
reversed on the data plate on another car I own.
>
> Does anyone have a clue about 2234    5  5  61   23
>
> Data says that 6960 Crown 4drs were built, so #4641  would be  about 2/3
thru the production of CROWNS yet-- is 0906 Sept 6th?/ But by Sept 1963, one
would think that the all new 1964 models would have been in production.
>
> So does anyone know if there is any way to tell from the data plate(s),
the month of production of any Imperial (or Chrysler Corp vehicle)?
>
> Sherman D. Taffel
> 63 Crown 4dr
> Columbia MD
>
>
>



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