2 questions about a '74

[Christopher Hoffman <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Zack,

Your car should have a metal "fender tag" under the hood, usually on the
radiator crossmember near the battery. It's a metal plate, about 2x1" and
painted body color, with a bunch of letter and number codes stamped in it,
like an army dogtag.

It's read left to right, but bottom to top. The first row should read
something like: E85 D32 YM43 T4C nnnnnn (with "YM...nnnnnn" being your car's
VIN).

Now, on the second line from the bottom, right above "T4C" should be a
three-digit code, such as "831" or "B01" or some such combo. This is the
"scheduled production date." The first character is the month of production,
with 1-9 being Jan-Sep, and A-C being Oct-Dec. The remaining two digits are
the day of that month. A number like "831" means August 31st. "B01" would be
November 1.

This is your scheduled production date.

I think your car should also have a silver label on the back edge of the
driver's door, also stamped with the build date (month/year).

Finally, as others have mentioned, the build sheet is usually tucked into
the springs of the rear seat cushion (or a front-seat cushion, or under the
carpets. I don't think it's likely on the glovebox due to the design of the
centrally mounted glovebox door in these cars. If you find the build sheet,
the production date (using the same coding as above) is on the first full
line of the build sheet (numbered "1" at the left end) and it's the first
three digits under "vehicle order number."

Let us know what you find, please!

Chris in LA
78 NYB Salon
62 Charger
67 Crown
63 Dart


On 9/8/04 3:33 pm, Zack Morton (zmorty74@xxxxxxx) wrote:

> I am wondering two things, is there any free way to find out
> the Date of Manufacture for my car?  I've looked on the door panel, and
> there's nothing there.