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Veteran Posts: 161 Location: Melbourne, Australia | Can anyone please decode this tag on my 57 Plymouth.? I think I'm right with the paint code being Jet Black but the other numbers are a mystery.. Thanks, Frank (20220125_150302.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20220125_150302.jpg (132KB - 137 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1049 Location: PL / EU | LA - built car 0626 - scheduled build date june 26 3200 - daily production number for all cars P313 - Belvedere series 6866 - body type ? BBB - all black 344 - trim like on the pic (344.JPG) Attachments ---------------- 344.JPG (72KB - 136 downloads) | ||
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Veteran Posts: 161 Location: Melbourne, Australia | Thanks for your help.. | ||
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Expert Posts: 1898 | . Hello Frank. Does your car have some (or all) of next items? Solex Tinted Glass Rear Quarter Stone Shields Inside Prismatic Mirror Cigar Lighter Glove Box Lock Back-Up Lights Windshield Washer Windshield Wipers with Variable Speed I’ll try to figure out (and to help you) what the SG4 code on your cowl tag is mean… | ||
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Expert Posts: 1898 | . BT 6866 is Belvedere 2 Door Hardtop body type with V8 engine (same model with L6 would be numbered 6666) | ||
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Expert Posts: 1898 | frwl - 2022-01-26 3:21 AM . BT 6866 is Belvedere 2 Door Hardtop body type with V8 engine (same model with L6 would be numbered 6666) Correction: 6636, not 6666 | ||
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Veteran Posts: 161 Location: Melbourne, Australia | Hi Igor, The car does have a tinted band on the windscreen ( is that Solex glass ? ) as well as the prismatic mirror, cigar lighter, glove box lock but only single speed wipers with no washer. No stone shields were fitted when we got the car but I have fitted some. Also no backup lights. | ||
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Expert Posts: 1898 | . Hello Frank thanks for response. The SG4 code can be deciphered as Solex Tinted Glass. You definitely don't have these; the band on the windshield doesn't count. Code 124 (SG4) supposed the installation of ALL tinted windows (see attacment). So it's either all glass or nothing. Could the windshield have been replaced by the previous owner? Also, the SG4 code can be decoded as a Special (Accessory) Group 174. As of 1957, Plymouth had three groups (see attachment). In our case the Group 174 (SG4) included Group 178 and Group 172 both: Accessory Group 178: Wheel Covers Rear Quarter Stone Shields Inside Prismatic Mirror Cigar Lighter Glove Box Lock Accessory Group 172: Back-Up Lights Windshield Washer Windshield Wipers with Variable Speed – Dual Electric It looks like your car has a group of 178, but does not have 172. I don't think the previous owner replaced the one-speed windshield wipers with two-speed ones and removed the buck-up lights. The obscurity is also added by the fact that group 178 was used on all series except Belvedere, like yours… it might be standard equipment on the Belvedere series… I'm confused… (1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 1.jpg (94KB - 146 downloads) | ||
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Veteran Posts: 161 Location: Melbourne, Australia | Interesting info there.. It's possible the screen was replaced at some time , the current one does look aged though. There were no stone guards on the car but it has been painted so perhaps never replaced.. | ||
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