Decoding production date for 69 Headlight Door Relay

[Christopher Hoffman <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: IML: Decoding production date for 69 Headlight Door Relay

That's a good clue, but it might not help him. Head restraints were required as of Jan 1, 1969 production.

If you car never had them, it was built no later than Dec 31, 1968. If it has them, they were optional all model-year and could have been on a car built any time. If it doesn't have them, you car could still have been built after 12/9/68 but before 1/1/69.

The build date can be found on your fender tag, but two styles were apparently used in 1969.

If your car's serial number (the last 8 digits of the VIN, starting with 9C) is listed at the TOP RIGHT of your fender tag, look for the 6-digit "order number" at the bottom right of the tag. The 3-digit code immediately to the left of this order number is your "scheduled production date." Skip down one paragraph for info on decoding it.

If your car's serial number is at the bottom (note how the last 6 digits are listed after a space on this tag), the 6-digit "order number" is directly above those last 6 VIN digits. And the 3-digit production date is immediately to the left of the order number.

The 3-digit schedule production date decodes as follows:

 - First digit = month. 8=Aug68, 9=Sep68, A=Oct68, B=Nov68, C=Dec68, 1=Jan69, 2=Feb68, etc.

 - Second and third digits are the day of that month. So C09 would be the changeover date for your relay, and I don't know what to do if it's built on that exact day!

Let us know what you find, or write back for more help.
Chris in LA
67 Crown
78 NYB Salon

jsadowski (jsadowski@xxxxxxx) wrote:

Someone that knows how to read the build date should be able to tell you when your car was built One thing I under stand is that the early cars didn't have front headrests available, so if your car has them, it would be a later build car.