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  1. PeugFra

    69 Imperial Data Plate Decoding Help

    That online fender tag decoder returns YM43: Imperial LeBaron Medium 4 Door Hardtop K9C: Unknown 1969 Jefferson Avenue, MI, USA 190241: Sequence number E85: 440 cid 4 barrel V8 350hp D32: Heavy Duty Automatic Transmission L1: Beige (Dodge), Sandbebble Beige (Plymouth)...
  2. PeugFra

    Scored me a Crown Coupe !

    You still could get lucky with a broadcast sheet tucked away somewhere inside.
  3. PeugFra

    I finally bought an Imperial

    I've hardly ever seen a car on which the Continental look actually looked good. The Continental look was meant to evoke the "wide open road", "no-limits" feeling. A combination of the limo with an off-road look, not unlike our present-day "Stadtgeländewagen", "Geländelimousinen" aka SUVs. It...
  4. PeugFra

    I finally bought an Imperial

    I just harvested these data from the internet over the course of the last five years. For the black one I didn't see the fender tag myself, but the owner posted his VIN. The link to his story is in the post on the black car. I wish there would be more data published on the 1974 Crown Coupe...
  5. PeugFra

    I finally bought an Imperial

    For every problem there is a solution. Below 1974 Crown Coupe, reportedly YM23T4C190858, was redone in black: "I spent over $10,000 in a total refurbish. I replaced the insulation above the headliner to the insulation under the new carpeting. My trimmer reupholstered all the seats using all...
  6. PeugFra

    I finally bought an Imperial

    Also see the "Sense and nonsense of fender tags" thread. PS. The dialogue box asking me to consent to the site's Privacy and Transparence Policy that opens up on every single occasion I click a forum page is driving me mad.
  7. PeugFra

    I finally bought an Imperial

    Your car: Sequential Production Number (SPN): 201437 Scheduled Production Date (SPD): 530 Month-Date-Hour: 060711 Comparing this to my modest data base of 1974 East Jefferson-produced cars, I get the following. East Jefferson also produced Chryslers (New Yorker and Newport) and...
  8. PeugFra

    74 Imperial Crown Coupe?

    Wow, that's quite a difference between the SPD and the MDH! SPD: A16 = October 16, 1973 MDH: 112013 = November 20, 1973, 1 pm
  9. PeugFra

    74 Imperial Crown Coupe?

    Yes, sir! Many members think it's a drawback, because when broke it is difficult to fix.
  10. PeugFra

    74 Imperial Crown Coupe?

    Decoded: E85 = Engine 440-Cubic-Inch, 4-Barrel V-8 D34 = Transmission TorqueFlite Automatic, 3-Speed YM23 = Imperial LeBaron 2-Door Hardtop T4C = Engine 440-Cubic-Inch, 4-Barrel V-8; 1974 Model Year; East Jefferson Assembly Plant 145077 = Sequential Production Number (but they didn't build them...
  11. PeugFra

    74 Imperial Crown Coupe?

    Your statement seems to be based on the "A16" code on the fender tag. As a lot of people will tell you, that code is called the Scheduled Production Date. "I scheduled starting to write my next book June 1, 2022." Nope, I didn't. For getting to know the "birthday" of the car, could you add a...
  12. PeugFra

    Bought this 1974 Imperial LeBaron 4dr today

    The Build Date 040917 on the Vehicle Equipment Card should be identical to the MDH sequence on your door sticker (please check). MDH spells Month-Day-Hour, so 040917 translates to April 9, 5 PM.
  13. PeugFra

    Bought this 1974 Imperial LeBaron 4dr today

    There must have been a notion "Product Planning Car" around by then, see this reference to the 1973 Plymouth Intermediate Car Product Planning Car Group. It still is unclear to me whether "Product Evaluation Vehicle" covers that same notion.
  14. PeugFra

    Bought this 1974 Imperial LeBaron 4dr today

    I'm intrigued by field 2 of the company-owned car receipt: The available boxes are: "Assigned Car" "Do Car*" "Emp. Lease Car" "Prod. Plng. Car" Do Car is explained and Assigned Car and Emp. Lease Car seem pretty clear to me. But what category is Prod. Plng. Car? Product Evaluation Vehicle maybe?
  15. PeugFra

    Bought this 1974 Imperial LeBaron 4dr today

    Interesting pieces of paper! As far as I can see, the broadcast sheet does not contain a sales code for the Automatic Height Control. In 1977 that code was S54. The Lease/Bid/Sale slot has Y28. That may have something to do with this being a company-owned car, but I don't know the exact...
  16. PeugFra

    Bought this 1974 Imperial LeBaron 4dr today

    The 1975 Automatic Height Control on a 1974 car is also interesting. Sometimes Chrysler would put advanced features on cars used by employees to gather feedback. As by 1974 Alan Loofbourrow was the Vice-President for Engineering, who could have had more interest in the functionality of a...
  17. PeugFra

    Bought this 1974 Imperial LeBaron 4dr today

    Good to see the sequence "040917" actually being called the "Build Date" in a contemporary document. That is, if it is identical with the MDH code on the door sticker. In my virtual collection I've found two more fender tags for 1974 Imperials with "Q" in the VON. The second one even has "P42"...
  18. PeugFra

    Fender tag decode

    Although I don't know anything for certain, I still think that is unlikely. So far I only encountered Furys that had been in government service, especially in Finland and Belgium. It seems in some cases they even went through the trouble of making LWB cars out of them.
  19. PeugFra

    69 production numbers?

    You can also have these figures without "approx", at the Online Imperial Club.
  20. PeugFra

    What would the fender tag say?

    My 1996 New Yorker has an SPD of May 6, my sister's birthday. That's good enough for me!
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