1970 Plymouth Fury III Pursuit

Pete Kaczmarski · Apr 13, 2013

Today I was able to take a couple of pics of the radiator support build tags as requested a couple of months ago. This is a ex-Washington State Patrol car with the individaul police build items added onto a Fury III car. The car is not a "K" code vin car.

polara71 · Apr 13, 2013

is that a K at the beginning of the VON? What does that tell us?

fc7_plumcrazy · Apr 13, 2013

yes, it is.
A "k" in the VON means "special order"

polara71 · Apr 13, 2013

so a car with the K in the VON will always have a Y39 code?

fc7_plumcrazy · Apr 13, 2013

yes, but the Y39 will not always be on the tag. But on the broadcastsheet

polara71 · Apr 13, 2013

I have never seen a "list" of letters for the start of the VON's and their meaning. Is there some basics?

fc7_plumcrazy · Apr 13, 2013

I do not have a complete list but over the years you learn a lot of stuff. Some of the are ie

B=canada
C=canada
E=export
K=special order
M0=show car
M9=sunroof car
Q=public relations
T=chrysler release
W=dealership rental car
G=sunroof car (in 1971)
J=first letter of all Super Bird VONs
M=all VONs of AAR Cudas

There are also various special order paint jobs which have a a VON starting with "9" in example

polarus · Apr 13, 2013

You can try stockmopar.com, they have a list of fender tag codes.

Pete Kaczmarski · Apr 13, 2013

I also have a purchase document from Chrysler noting it being sold to the WSP and a build sheet that was decoded by Galen Govier. Inside the drivers door jamb it has a WSP ID (I think it was car number 689) I tried to connect with any person or agency from the WSP and ran into nothing for information or drivers.

polarus · Apr 15, 2013

I'm currently restoring a 1972 WSP Polara Custom, cloth/vinyl interior,woodgrain trim,carpet,and rimblow horn. I hope to have some photo's posted soon.

Pete Kaczmarski · Apr 16, 2013

polarus said:
I'm currently restoring a 1972 WSP Polara Custom, cloth/vinyl interior,woodgrain trim,carpet,and rimblow horn. I hope to have some photo's posted soon.

What color is your car? I was told in your years (1972 era) that they had two color of cars. The white ones were front line Troopers and Sergeants and above drove gold colored cars.

superB · Apr 17, 2013

polara71 said:
I have never seen a "list" of letters for the start of the VON's and their meaning. Is there some basics?

there is a reason why some of those who knows the meanings will not publish the lists.

a really good reason !

polarus · Apr 18, 2013

Pete Kaczmarski said:
What color is your car? I was told in your years (1972 era) that they had two color of cars. The white ones were front line Troopers and Sergeants and above drove gold colored cars.

My car is white with blue interior. I've seen a gold Polara on you tube.