C body made in Canada?
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ceebuddy
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Maybe it only refers to where the sticker is made? 
That was my thinking.Maybe it only refers to where the sticker is made?
The windows of my '87 RamCharger had "Hencho en Mexico" on them; I assumed it meant the glass. However, I did learn that all RCs were assembled in Mexico, Interesting.
Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
Only after 1981... In 1979-80, they were built at Jefferson Assembly Plant. They were the first non-C built there since the inception of Chrysler C's. Prior to that, on a spur line at the regular truck plant (Warren Assembly).
My 66 wagon was sold new in Canada but manufactured at Jefferson
Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
An early beneficiary of:
Canada–United States Automotive Products Agreement - Wikipedia
Which later became a model for NAFTA, except Canada didn't bribe or shoot labor leaders and dump them in the desert to keep production costs down.
But everybody is equal and does things the same way, right?
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All compliance stickers will say MFG by the "Corporation" responsible for the compliance with Federal Laws of the destination Country. In other words this vehicle was built in the USA to standards set by the Canadian Govt. We are Bilingual here so I am surprised it is not in both "Official" languages....
It becomes a big problem when moving vehicles built to non "USA" standards into the USA because they do not accept any other standard but their own (Which in the case of Mexico is quite reasonable considering their lack of airbags and abs brake legislation) however the Canadian market vehicles actually exceed many US standards so they shouldn't have the problems they do crossing the longest undefended border in the world....IMHO
It becomes a big problem when moving vehicles built to non "USA" standards into the USA because they do not accept any other standard but their own (Which in the case of Mexico is quite reasonable considering their lack of airbags and abs brake legislation) however the Canadian market vehicles actually exceed many US standards so they shouldn't have the problems they do crossing the longest undefended border in the world....IMHO
Two possibilities:
Many Chrysler vehicles sold new in the USA and built to current USA standards of the day were built at the assembly plant in Windsor Ontario. Perhaps that's the reason for the Canadian connection on the sticker.
OR...
There are some Chrysler Canada cars sold in the USA (and built in Canada) that were considered "Export Vehicles" even if they were simply going to the USA for some reason.
Many Chrysler vehicles sold new in the USA and built to current USA standards of the day were built at the assembly plant in Windsor Ontario. Perhaps that's the reason for the Canadian connection on the sticker.
OR...
There are some Chrysler Canada cars sold in the USA (and built in Canada) that were considered "Export Vehicles" even if they were simply going to the USA for some reason.
All compliance stickers will say MFG by the "Corporation" responsible for the compliance with Federal Laws of the destination Country. In other words this vehicle was built in the USA to standards set by the Canadian Govt. We are Bilingual here so I am surprised it is not in both "Official" languages....
The car we are talking about was sold new in North Carolina in 1974 and imported in Ontario in 1984. Could the sticker have been updated/substituted at that point?
Could be - I don't recall stickers like that being on cars much before the mid 80s, so this could well be about importation.
It is very likely that when it was imported that compliance sticker was added
I doubt that. It's a very official Chrysler sticker, and it wouldn't have been added by some Canadian governmental agency a decade later. I don't think that counts at "imported". If I sell my 300 to someone in Canada next week.....it's not imported.
There's a part number on that sticker. Therefore, that sticker--PN 3759157--was manufactured in Canada, not unlike a zillion other parts (both tiny and large) used by the Big Three over the years. How many times have we seen and generally ignored "Made In Canada" (and Mexico) on some NOS part?
FK3 Sport Fury
Hoser in a toque
I agree with the first part,that sticker was applied when that car left the factory and zero chance it was added later,especially by a government agency.
Second part I just can't see.That's an important identification sticker for the car stating it's date and country of origin and it's weight ratings and when it says in the top line "MFG by Chrysler Canada" then that would have to apply to the car.Where the sticker itself was made isn't important and putting that info onto the sticker could easily cause confusion.
I wonder if the car was built in Windsor Ont but someone messed up the plant code and typed in "F" instead of "R".Easy to do since the letters are next to each other on a standard keypad.Big question is if they built C-bodies in the Windsor plant in 73/74? I don't recall ever seeing one.
Another possibility is Newark ran out of stickers and all they could get on short notice were ones destined for Windsor.Probably less likely than my other theory but weird things like that did happen.
Reading about present-day rules on importing cars in Canada, I found this:
"You will eventually get Canadian Statement of Compliance stickers in the mail that you are required to affix to your vehicle, usually on the door jamb. There will be instructions provided with the stickers regarding where you need to put them."
Possibly similar rules were in effect already in 1984.
"You will eventually get Canadian Statement of Compliance stickers in the mail that you are required to affix to your vehicle, usually on the door jamb. There will be instructions provided with the stickers regarding where you need to put them."
Possibly similar rules were in effect already in 1984.
I agree with the above - while I could be wrong, I don't believe those stickers were in use in 1974. Instead, they used metal tags rivetted to the door jamb or dashboard.
I know they were in 1989 and are still in use today.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
ceebuddy
Well-Known Member
While VIN tags riveted to the dashboard (and visible through the windshield) were intorduced with the 1968 model year in the U.S., door jamb stickers were in use in the U.S. since the 1970 model year.
I strongly doubt that cars made in or imported into Canada after 1969 would still get old type metal tags riveted into the door jamb.
That`s quite late as my dad`s 79 LeBaron (an M-body) has a sticker of that kind.
LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
It's Canada, they're so nice they'd comply and be proud of how they afixxed the sticker!
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