In need of a professional Fender Tag reader

any chance you can give direction on my fender tag and vin tag as well or gimme direction on finding it? Everything I keep finding online can't seem to help decode my 66
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Here you go:

L31 L81 M15 V5X
V1X U C58 G11 H51 L25
KG2 W7G6 KG7 701 903179
E57 D34 DP41 K4D 258661

E57 = Engine 360-Cubic-Inch, 2-Barrel V-8
D34 = Transmission TorqueFlite Automatic, 3-Speed
DP41 = Dodge Monaco Brougham; 4-Door Sedan
K4D = Engine 360-Cubic-Inch, 2-Barrel V-8; 1974 Model Year; Belvidere Assembly
258661 = Sequential Production Number

KG2 = Body Colour Frosty Green Metallic
W7G6 = Cloth and Vinyl 50/50 Bench Seat, Green
KG7 = Interior Colour Dark Green
701 = Scheduled Production Date July 1
903179 = Vehicle Order Number

V1X = Full Vinyl Roof, Black
U = US Market
C58 = 50/50 Bench Seat
G11 = Tinted Glass, All Windows
H51 = Air Conditioning, Manual Controls
L25 = Trunk Light

L31 = Fender-Mounted Turn Signal Indicators
L81 = Door Ajar Warning Light
M15 = Bright Upper Door Frames
V5X = Vinyl Side Moulding, Black

Production of the 1974 Monacos and Furys ended July 25, 1974. Could you grab a picture of the door sticker in order to find out the car's actual production date (MDH)?
 
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The monaco has a special sales order number and was built late in the model year
The 903 means special order. Y39 is not on the tag - Do Belvidere built tags show the Y39?
 
The monaco has a special sales order number and was built late in the model year
The 903 means special order. Y39 is not on the tag - Do Belvidere built tags show the Y39?

a “special sales order” number doesn’t necessarily mean special order.

The VON could indicate dealer demo, promo car, lease car, sale to a preferred vendor or other reasons none of which qualify to be special order and trigger Y39.
 
I just love the knowledge! Very interesting. Seems every fender tag brings about a different circumstance at the building plants.
 
I just love the knowledge! Very interesting. Seems every fender tag brings about a different circumstance at the building plants.

every tag is one piece in a very large puzzle. Put them all together and the picture of what and how each plant handled the info becomes more clear.
 
Is there a source on special meanings in the Vehicle Order Number?
That would be nice to know.:popcorn:

Every year is, generally, different in some way. Meaning what a code means in one year may mean something the next. So you kind of have to know what year is being discussed.

Some VONs are make specific meaning you’ll find them only on a Dodge or a Plymouth. Some are common across all lines. The study of VONs is a fascinating puzzle unto itself.

A 90xxxx series VON is significant...for 1969.

By 1974, specially VONs use letters (fleet cars, lease cars, dealer demos, special paint, etc) some of the letter codes will trigger Y39 and some won’t.

yet, a 90xxxx VON is not typical or common. I don’t think it carries the same meaning as a VON that starts with a letter but I don’t have any proof one way or another. The best research would be the broadcast sheet as it would show applicable Y codes.

my two cents....
 
Every year is, generally, different in some way.
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yet, a 90xxxx VON is not typical or common. I don’t think it carries the same meaning as a VON that starts with a letter but I don’t have any proof one way or another. The best research would be the broadcast sheet as it would show applicable Y codes.

No broadcast sheets, just this little piece of trivia: A July-scheduled 1974 Newport from East Jefferson Assembly also has a VON starting with 9. Coincidence or a lead?

L81
V5X G25 V7L
N88 G73
V1L H51 R13 L31
KJ6 D7L3 KL2 710 970993
E63 D34 CM41 M4C 216007

The rest of the fender tag codes looks normal to me.
 
......so is this a special order police car ? Thank sincerely dusty the wheels look like police

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Without other documentation, that’s highly doubtful.

The fender tag simply does not code like an ordered police car. It may have been a car used for police work; that we’ll probably never know. But there’s nothing from the evidence provided so far that this was a car ordered specifically by and for a police agency.

Wheels are easily changed.
 
No broadcast sheets, just this little piece of trivia: A July-scheduled 1974 Newport from East Jefferson Assembly also has a VON starting with 9. Coincidence or a lead?

L81
V5X G25 V7L
N88 G73
V1L H51 R13 L31
KJ6 D7L3 KL2 710 970993
E63 D34 CM41 M4C 216007

The rest of the fender tag codes looks normal to me.

I have:
VIN SPD VON remarks

CM23M4C2235XX 724 947XXX

PH23K4D2568XX 701 949XXX

WH23G4G2311XX 416 928XXX

LH41C4R3349XX 719 943XXX Y43, Y96

VL29C4G2935XX 731 931XXX Y16
VL29C4G2939XX 725 944XXX Y16
VL29C4G2787XX 702 943XXX Y16
VL29C4G2932XX 731 919XXX Y16
VL29G4G2812XX 611 947XXX

RH23C4G2447XX 514 924XXX Y16
RH23G4G2890XX 715 931XXX
RM21G4G2774XX 715 945XXX Y16

9***** VONS used across CPD line ups
A, B and C bodies
End of year/ late in the year.
Sales bank seems to be common

Does not associate with Y39 cars.

Could it be used with end of year dealer incentive cars or other financial incentives????
 
Guess well never know I sold a 77. Royal to a guy with 999 in it alot meaning special paint is that a police car or govt car can't remember anything else also had a bullet lodged in the windshield and a bullet hole in the fender
 
But they are police slotted rims? It's a two owner car can anyone run an old license plate to see if the original owner infact was a police or govt official of some type the 903 the rims also is my car a von

Who owned the car or what they did with it is irrelevant. What you want to know is how the car was ordered and by whom. That can only come from factory documents like a window sticker, invoice or broadcast sheet.

If my dad is a small town constable that has to buy his own car and he goes to a dealer to buy a car and he buys a spring special dealer incentive discounted car to use on patrol and he outfits the car as such, he is using it for ‘cop car’ purpose but it was not ordered as a ‘cop car’.
 
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