To decode the tag, left to right, bottom to top - SO NUMBER (Shipping Order Number) 0712 0544 The `0712`is the Scheduled Build Date - July 12, 1963 - almost at the end of the model year. BDY - 342 - Car Line-Series-Body Style 3 - Plymouth V8 4 - Sport Fury 2 - 2 door hardtop TRM - 459 - Interior Trim 45 - Vinyl bucket seats 9 - Copper & black PNT - RR - Exterior paint R - Roof colour - Coppertone Metallic R - Bocy colour - Coppertone Metallic First line of data (letters) B - Transmission - 7 - 347 - 4-speed manual F - Radio - 1 - 361 - AM radio H - Heater - 5 - 385 - Heater defroster K - Electrical - 3 - 423 - Back up lights The 12 and 567 are internal Lynch Road codes, as well as the 22 stamped on the right, They concern the assembly of the car, body itself, I believe, and does not refer to any options. To decode the first four digits on the VIN - 1st digit - car line 2 - Plymouth 6 3 - Plymouth V8 2nd digit - series 1 - Low - Savoy 2 - Medium - Belvedere 3 - High - Fury 4 - Premium - Sport Fury 5 - Low Wagon - Suburban 6 - Medium Wagon - Custom Suburban 7 - High Wagon - Sport Suburban 4th digit - assembly plant 1 - Lynch Road (Detroit) 5 - Los Angeles, CA 6 - Newark, DE 7 - St.Louis, MO The six remaining digits form the sequential production number, which started at 100001 and went up. So, if your car is 213213, for example, it would be the 113,213rd 1963 car off the Lynch Road line. Bill Toronto, ON On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:33 PM, jball1105 <jball1105@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I'm new to the group and looking for some info on my 1963 Plymouth Sport > Fury 318 Poly 4 speed. Gary Pavolovich over at the yahoo poly group > recommended I come over here. I've attached a picture of the Tag that was > in the engine compartment. Anything you guys can tell me would be great. > > Thanks! > > Jesse > > -- -- -- Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine-tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en.