My Imperials from that period have the plates attached the same way. Paul W. In an email dated 8/7/2005 11:09:22 am GMT Daylight time, "Pete Engel" <peter.engel@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >Bill, > >The photo you linked to shows exactly how Chrysler VIN plates were stamped >and attached through the 1965 model year. ?I don't know when this method was >first used though. > >I don't understand why they did it, but the plate and the a-pillar were >drilled for rivets without rivets being installed (until 1966). ?The factory >spot welding is often sloppy (position-wise) and, being done after the >bodies were painted, not very good (longevity-wise). ?I have seen several >pre-66 Mopars that were missing VIN plates and many more with one bad weld >(allowing one end of the plate to lift from the a-pillar). > >The format of the pre-66 plates is another story. ?Notice that a pre-65 >plate has only 10 characters and makes no mention of the engine size and the >body style/trim level info is kind of lame. ?The pre-66 plates were stamped >in advance with only model year, assembly plant, and sequence number >embossed clearly on the plate. ?When it was time for the plate to be >installed on a vehicle the first two characters were hand stamped onto the >plate. ?These two characters defined the carline and the trim level. ?I'm >more familiar with C-bodies and a Dodge Polara would be hand stamped D1 >while the Custom 880 would be D2 and the top-level Monaco D4. ?There was no >VIN plate distinction for coupe, sedan, hardtop, or convertible but Polara >wagons were D5 and Cutom 880 wagons D7. ?A similar arrangement existed for >Chryslers, Plymouths, and Imperials. > >For 66 the VIN plate changed a lot. ?Three additional characters were used >bringing the total to 13 and the plate WAS riveted to the a-pillar. ?The >carline, series, AND body style were designated in addition to the engine >displacement. ?Also, the entire VIN was embossed clearly onto the plate. ?As >an example, my 70 LeBaron 4DHT with the VIN YM43T0C105293 decodes as >Imperial (Y); medium price class LeBaron (M); four doors (4); hardtop body >(3); 440 cid engine (T); 1970 model year (0); assembly plant Jefferson >Avenue (C); sequence number (105293). > >So the 62 Imperial you saw has an entirely normal VIN plate. > >Pete in PA > > > >Subject: IML: 1962 VIN plate question (factory or modified) >From: "" <billwhite55@xxxxxxxxxx> >Date: Mon, ?4 Jul 2005 19:36:37 -0400 (EDT) >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >I photographed a VIN plate attached to a '62 Imperial Lebaron. ?The plate >placement was in the correct location, but it was spot welded and first two >numbers were over stamped (93). ?Is this how the VIN plates were made in >'62. ?The photo can be found at > > ?http://www.geocities.com/imperial19551955/ > >Bill White '55 & '59 (and someday a '62) Imperial. > > > > > >----------------- ?http://www.imperialclub.com ?----------------- >This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please >reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be >shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the >Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm