72 Polara WSP

[polarus]

 

[ayilar]

Fender tag of DM41U2D224494 comes into focus at 7:43. Bunch of F codes, love the GY8 paint.

 

[ayilar]

I believe this is the same car, 15 years earlier:

 

[Toolmanmike]

Fender tag of DM41U2D224494 comes into focus at 7:43. Bunch of F codes, love the GY8 paint.

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Riveted tags I see also.

 

[69CoronetRT]

Fender tag of DM41U2D224494 comes into focus at 7:43. Bunch of F codes, love the GY8 paint.

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J VON.....

 

[polarus]

Fender tag of DM41U2D224494 comes into focus at 7:43. Bunch of F codes, love the GY8 paint.

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I have that same hole drilled out on the second tag.

 

[MrMoparCHP]

I have that same hole drilled out on the second tag.

I suspect the State did that to mount some equipment bracket or something.


Alan

 

[Aidan1976]

Walking Tall

 

[marko]

heres the #s for U code Polara Customs produced in 72 :
131 sedans, 137 2drs and 64 4dr hardtops
as far as Polaras go :
430 sedans and 5 2drs. no 4dr hardtops

 

[marko]

and fwiw heres the 72 Monaco U code #s :
there were 503 Monaco 2drs and 143 sedans and 804 4dr hardtops

 

[polara71]

Should we presume these numbers are from the options and accessories reports ?

 

[marko]

Should we presume these numbers are from the options and accessories reports ?

yes
i was lucky enough to see some of them several years ago

 

[polara71]

That's about the only way to get close numbers.

 

[polarus]

yes
i was lucky enough to see some of them several years ago

Great info. Thanks.

 

[hergfest]

@tallzag Its tallzag's car

 

[marko]

i forgot to include that out of the 7954 police cars ( i assume K vin cars) 3428 had U codes

 

[tallzag]

heres the #s for U code Polara Customs produced in 72 :
131 sedans, 137 2drs and 64 4dr hardtops
as far as Polaras go :
430 sedans and 5 2drs. no 4dr hardtops

Yes this is my car and video, thanks for posting! Owned this one since 2002 and first car I ever restored. Please subscribe to my channel, will have a lot more C-Body stuff coming.

@marko 131 sounds really low. WSP bought Polara customs with U-Codes and they bought more than 131 cars a year. Wonder if that number excludes fleet orders?

 

[marko]

Yes this is my car and video, thanks for posting! Owned this one since 2002 and first car I ever restored. Please subscribe to my channel, will have a lot more C-Body stuff coming.

@marko 131 sounds really low. WSP bought Polara customs with U-Codes and they bought more than 131 cars a year. Wonder if that number excludes fleet orders?

those are the #s from the option and accessory sales reports which are the accurate totals.
perhaps some of WSP's cars were U code Polaras ? i dont have any more insight than that.
awesome car btw !

 

[marko]

Yes this is my car and video, thanks for posting! Owned this one since 2002 and first car I ever restored. Please subscribe to my channel, will have a lot more C-Body stuff coming.

@marko 131 sounds really low. WSP bought Polara customs with U-Codes and they bought more than 131 cars a year. Wonder if that number excludes fleet orders?

my bad - i wasnt clear, the #s i gave were for non K vin cars, and then there was the 3428 police U codes

 

[tallzag]

@marko WSP cars in 1972 were all "DM" VIN Polara Customs with U-Code 440 HP engines.