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Location: Northen Virginia | This is the build sheet of my 1961 Chrysler export. Unfortunately it is not any information of the dealer number (1800) or the region (18) according to the FCA, this is also a KM/H speedometer car, and what it seems as bumper guards model. if someone can tell me something about it, it will be more than appreciated.
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Location: Vancouver, BC | The IBM card is not too bad for a microfilm print.
Across the top the first row is straight forward -
Serial Number -
8 - Car Line - Chrysler
1 - Price Class - Newport
1 - Model Year - 1961
3 - Assembly Plant - East Jefferson, Detroit
115506 - 15,506th 1961 model car off the East Jefferson line
Region - 18 - Unknown
Dealer - 18000 - Probably no dealer - the '18' is the same as the region
813 - Body Type
8 - Car Line - Chrysler
1 - Price Class - Newport
3 - Body Style - 4 door Sedan
703 - Trim
Cloth & Vinyl - Brown
Paint - ZY2
Z - Roof colour - Bahamas Bronze
Y - Body colour - Tahitian Tan
2 - Paint style - Two tone
10/04 - Shipping Date - October 4, 1960
09279399 - Shipping Order Number
0927 - Scheduled Build Date - September 27, 1960
9399 - the "399" usually means 399th car to be built that date.
Second row - Numbers above the pre-printed boxes for the equipment installed -
A/C Heater - 5 = 315 = Custom Conditionaire Heater & Defroster
Radio - 2 = 422 = Golden Tone radio
Taxi (?) - 9
Tires - 42 = 8.00x14, whitewall, rayon
Trans - 3 = 283 = Torqueflite
Axle - 1 = 531 = 2.93:1
Steering - 1 = 291 = Power steering
Brakes - 2 = 292 = Power brakes
Will go through the columns next
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The columns - numbers are printed along the bottom of the card with the specific information entered with punch holes in the columns.
Shipping Order Numbers
Scheduled Build Date -
01 - 0
02 - 9
03 - 2
04 - 7
Schedule Production -
05 - 9
06 - 3
07 - 9
08 - 9
Region Number -
09 - 1
10 - 8
Dealer Number -
11 - 1
12 - 8
13 - 0
14 - 0
15 - 0
16 - blank - Type of Sale -
17 - blank
18 - blank
Body Type -
19 - 8 - Chrysler
20 - 1 - Newport
21 - 3 - 4 door sedan
Trim - Cloth & Vinyl - Brown
22 - 7
23 - 0
24 - 3
Paint - Colour -
25 - 9 (with shift) - Z - Bahamas Beige
26 - 8 (with shift) - Y - Tahitian Tan
Paint - Style -
27 - 2 - Two Tone
28 - 3 - Transmission - Torqueflite
29 - 1 - Power Steering
29 - 2 - Power Brakes
29 - 9 - Electric Clock (?)
30 - 1 - Accessory Group - Basic - Heater, Prismatic Mirror, Windshield Washer, Light Package
30 - 2 - Accessory Group - Deluxe - Electric clock, Golden Tone radio, Mirror - Outside left, remote
31 - 5 - Conditionaire Heater & Defroster
32 - - - (Antennas)
33 - - - (Convertible Tops)
34 - 5 - Bumper Guards - Rear
35 - - - (Engine & Power Packages)
36 - - - (License plate frames)
37 - 1 - Light Package - Parking brake light, glove box light, rear door dome light switches
38 - - - (Mirrors)
39 - - - (Mouldings)
40 - - - (Mouldings)
41 - 4 - Mouldings - Sill & stone shields
42 - 2 - Radio - Golden Tone
43 - - - (Padded Dash)
44 - - - (Tinted Glass)
45 - 1 - Floor Covering - Carpets - Passenger compartment
46 - - - (Sun visors)
47 - - - (Seat Packages)
48 - 9 - Taxi packages & equipment
49 - 1 - Shock Absorbers - Heavy Duty
50 - 1 - Wheel covers
51 - 3 - Windshield washers & Variable speed windshield wipers
52 - 1 - Axle ratio - 2.93:1
53 - - - (Alternators)
54 - 2 - Batteries - ???
55 - 4 - Tires - 8.00x14"
56 - 2 - Tires - Whitewall, rayon
57 - - - (Arm rests & Export)
58 - 8 - Undercoat & hood pad
59 - - - (Blank)
60 - 7 - Drive & Instruction ???
61 - - - (New Car Service & Sold Car)
62 to 66 - Blank
Serial Number :
67 - 8 - Make - Chrysler
68 - 1 - Price Class / Series - Windsor
69 - 1 - Model Year - 1961
70 - 3 - Assembly Plant - East Jefferson, Detroit
Sequential Production Number : 115506
71- 1
72 - 1
73 - 5
74 - 5
75 - 0
76 - 6
Shipping Date - 1004
77 - 1
78 - 0
79 - 0
80 - 4
Hope this makes sense. Any options missing on the list? Or on your car?
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Location: Northen Virginia | Thanks a lot Bill, who know one day maybe another Newport in Argentina with the same dealer code and region. |
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Location: Northen Virginia | I can't find any missing option in the car not listed by you. However I don't know where the km/h speedometer will be detailed. Also the front bumpers came with bumper guards but that was probably an Argentinean addition.
Has clock 229 and wonder what the Taxi option are too. Drive & Instruction??
these car are always a mystery.
I also managed to find the VIN buried deep in my archives and the original upholstery sample.
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Sounds like 18 and 18000 may be generic numbers for export. |
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Location: Northen Virginia | Hi Robert thanks for the link, yes seems like 1800 dealer code and 18 zone were for overseas sales. |
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Location: Lower Mainland BC | hemidenis - 2017-08-19 6:13 AM I can't find any missing option in the car not listed by you. However I don't know where the km/h speedometer will be detailed. Also the front bumpers came with bumper guards but that was probably an Argentinean addition. Has clock 229 and wonder what the Taxi option are too. Drive & Instruction??.
48 - 9 - Taxi packages & equipment
Since Chryslers were not typically used as taxis per se (maybe limos), I would guess that the taxi package was ticked during the ordering because it meant heavier suspension and goodies like bumper guards.
But that is just a guess.
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Location: Vancouver, BC | 56D500boy - 2017-08-19 9:56 AM
hemidenis - 2017-08-19 6:13 AM I can't find any missing option in the car not listed by you. However I don't know where the km/h speedometer will be detailed. Also the front bumpers came with bumper guards but that was probably an Argentinean addition. Has clock 229 and wonder what the Taxi option are too. Drive & Instruction??.
48 - 9 - Taxi packages & equipment
Since Chryslers were not typically used as taxis per se (maybe limos ), I would guess that the taxi package was ticked during the ordering because it meant heavier suspension and goodies like bumper guards.
But that is just a guess.
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That's what I was thinking, too. I know the roads in Argentina were noted for their roughness back then so a heavy-duty suspension was in order.
Got that bit of news through te experience of Kaiser-Willys in the 1955-56 when they shipped the tooling of the 1955 Kaiser to Argentina. One of the upgrades they had to do was using a heavy-duty suspension or their new Kaiser Arabella model would have fallen apart from the pounding.
Need to find out exactly what code 489 was all about.
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Location: Lower Mainland BC | Chrycoman - 2017-08-19 1:16 PM
Need to find out exactly what code 489 was all about.
Bill: I am shocked. 489 has you stumped?? You have previously listed a lot of taxi codes:
"What was in a taxi package?
by Bill Watson
The 1958 Plymouth order code list (USA) that lists the various items in the Heavy Duty Packages - Taxicab and Police :
399 - Non-Slip Differential - 350-cid V8 only
451 - Heavy Duty Package for 3-speed manual and overdrive transmissions
452 - Heavy Duty Package for automatics
437 - Universal Key Package (Taxicab)
455 - Heavy-Duty Springs and Shock Absorbers
394 - Automatic Dome Light Switch - All Doors (Taxicab)
400 - Fuel Tank - 23 gallons
225 - Vinyl Trim - Seat and Door Panels
609 - City Traffic Carburetor (Taxicab)
359 - Heavy Duty Crankcase Ventilation Package
585 - Battery - 70 Ampere Hour
571 - 30-Ampere generator - city police
572 - 40-Ampere generator - city police (N/A 6 with PS)
574 - 50-Ampere generator - Leece Neville (N/A 6 with PS)
573 - 50-Ampere generator - Bosch (N/A 6 with PS)
378 - Governor (35 to 60 miles) - 6-cylinder only
309 - Handle - Door Pull-To - Taxicab - right rear door
Packages 451 and 452 included such heavy duty equipment as springs, shocks, clutch, battery, seat cushion springs, and wheels (14x5*). Taxis also included an economy carburetor and head on the straight-six.
Taxi and police cars in this era were fairly unique (at Chrysler) in having optional 15” rims and tires in those days, using a variation on the ’50s Plymouth “poverty cap” that looked like the original but did not have the ship logo. This practice continued until 1969, when civilian C-bodies became available with 15” wheels once again. Bigger wheels were much more common on police models than taxis, but some cabs had these too."
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Location: Atlanta, GA | Bill and others,
I too have a 61 Newport that many of you have helped answer questions I have had. Regarding the Shipping Order Number. The second set of numbers in this case is 9399. What does the first 9 designate? Is this a code for the Newport? What codes did the other models have like the Windsor, New Yorker, 300 etc.? Did that carry over to the other C bodies made at Jefferson? If so what were the codes for them? |
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Location: Vancouver, BC | 56D500boy - 2017-08-19 1:36 PM
Chrycoman - 2017-08-19 1:16 PM
Need to find out exactly what code 489 was all about.
Bill: I am shocked. 489 has you stumped?? You have previously listed a lot of taxi codes:
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REF: http://www.allpar.com/squads/taxis.html
The problem is the codes change from year to year with new codes added for new options and removed when options are dropped. And more options were added than dropped so the list grew. During 1956-1958 the various assembly plants were transferred from the Divisions to the Automotive Manufacturing Group. AMG began working on getting all car lines to use the same basic list of sales codes that could be used in all assembly plants. The 1959 model year was the first of the corporate sales code lists. The only differences between the car lines were the options unique to that car line. The other big change was having all assembly plants build their own bodies, part of the changes being done for the new unibody models.
Also, blocks of codes were shuffled around - Batteries 580 in 1958 moved to 540 in 1961 and Rear Axle Ratios from 550 to 520. The next big shuffles occurred in 1962, 1965, 1966 and the biggie in 1969 when the sales codes switched from NNN layout to ANN. All items were grouped by letter - Engines went from codes in 370 and 380 to codes beginning with the letter E. 21 letters were used - I, K, O, Q, Z were not used. So, the three digit code system had 999 numbers that could be used while the ANN system had 21 times 99, or 2,079 codes. The next overhaul came in 1983 - using all letters - AAA. Or 9,261 codes.
So, it is not possible to assume that code 345 in 1958, for example, became 654 in 1961. Just need lists of codes used for fleet, taxi and police sales. Those codes were not generally included in the lists prepared for the regular car buyer.
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Location: Vancouver, BC | 61Newport413 - 2017-08-23 11:32 AM
Bill and others,
I too have a 61 Newport that many of you have helped answer questions I have had. Regarding the Shipping Order Number. The second set of numbers in this case is 9399. What does the first 9 designate? Is this a code for the Newport? What codes did the other models have like the Windsor, New Yorker, 300 etc.? Did that carry over to the other C bodies made at Jefferson? If so what were the codes for them?
Yes, the first digit designates the car line / series being built. "9", though, generally meant "Special". This car being an export model may have been given the "9" code as a result.
In 1961, Chryslers (Newport, Windsor, New Yorker, 300-G), DeSoto and Dodge Polara were built at East Jefferson. Going to have to start digging through the body tags to sort out the SON by the Body Type.
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Location: Atlanta, GA | Thanks Bill,
As you dig, my 61 SON is 0501 8888. We know this is a special code. Interesting to see what you come up with.
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IBM 1961 Chrysler Build sheet w/ unknown dealer code.
