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"1808" is written on one sheet for one car. The broadcast sheet for "1808" is blank on both sides. As well, both sheets have M6W for trim and 27 for body type. Instead of "1808" on the other blank sheet, "2344" is hand written. Along with the blank forms for the seat backs, one completed...

Chrysler's key system of doors/ignition (pentastar - Y-152) key and round head key (glove box / trunk / wagon door) lasted from 1963 through 1989, at least Prior to the pentastar the ignition/door key was multisided. CY9 was another number for the round head trunk key. The trunk key in the...

The 2,353 figure is for the total number of Fury I 2dr sedans built for 1970. Police and Taxi models were not included with civilian models, USA and Canada. Production of Fury I 2dr sedans (not included with Police and Taxi) for U.S. market - 6 cylinder - 599 8 cylinder - 1,280 USA Market -...

For the VIN on your 1987 Horizon : 1 - Manufactured in - United States of America 2 - Make/Car Line - Plymouth 3 - Type of Vehicle - Passenger Car B - Seat Restraints - Manual Seat Belts M - Car Line / Body - M-body (Horizon / Turismo / Omni / Charger 1 - Series - Ecnomy 8 - Body Style - 4dr...

If this is a Canadian market 1970 Dodge Monaco the side trim would be the same as the US Polara Custom, which had trim around the windows on the doors, body side sill mouldings and colour-keyed vinyl side trim. Except on the Monaco wagon. The interior would be the same as the Fury III...

Going by years : 1965-1966 - In the U.S. no C body Dodge offered a slant six prior to 1970. The 318 was optional on the Polara 318 sedan while the 383 was standard on the rest of the Polara, Polara 500, Monaco and Monaco 500 models. In Canada the base engine on all C body Dodges was the...

This one is interesting. The colour started out as Fiesta Red, code N, in 1961 (Ditlzer DQE-71006, CIL 2333-2224, DuPont Canada DU-684-H). Same colours and codes through the 1963 model year. Ditzler code DQE-71006 is an American code used by Chrysler Corp. For 1964 code N changed to Flame...

For 1958 Chrysler of Canada two tones - X - Dover White - Roof J - Spruce Turquoise Metallic - Lower X - Dover White - Insert The Big Three (GM, Ford, Chrysler) used US company colours, but also came up with Canada-only colours. Also, all colours for Chrysler of Canada, for example, were...

Definitely from an American Dodge Custom Royal. The highest engine number for a Canadian Custom Royal D63-3 would be around 8000-C All Canadian-built engines had "-C" at the end from 1938 into the 1960's.

1956 Dodge Custom Royal, D63-3, 4dr Sedan - Canadian built Engine - 303-cid V8, 2-bbl carb std. 4-bbl carb optional VIN - 99,022,514 (99,021,501 to 99,028,500) 7,000 model D63-3 built in total in Canada. This car was the 1,014th D63-3 built in Canada Going to your body...

Rear Seat Measurements: Rear - Leg Room Head Room Hip Room 2dr hardtop : 2dr Hardtop Chrysler - 63.4" Fury - 36.2" Fury - 38.0" Fury - 63.3" Hope this makes sense.

Rear seat legroom in the two door hardtop is listed as 38.8", compared to 40.8" for the four door. Hip room was 63.8" for two door and 63.4" for the four door . Headroom was 38.5" for both.

Concerning those two photos of assembly plants, they were taken in 1980, in Detroit, while on vacation. The one picture with cars stopped at an intersection (rush hour) shows the Wyoming (Export) Plant on the left and the McGraw (Glass) Plant on the right. If you look closely you can see the...

The "I" means the car is built to international specifications, not American or Canadian. Not all cars exported were CKD units. Many were shipped complete, just as they rolled off the assembly line. The Wyoming plant was closed in 1980 and torn down in 1992. For CKD units, what was...

This is the CIL sheet for 1965