Torky
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Having trouble posting a .pdf from my drive. This looks OK. Anyone have a stripper '62 or '65, a wagon, a three-speed stick, another loaded Chrysler or Imperial?
Decoded 1965 300L Fender Tag.
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For those wondering, this is my 300L. My New Bus!
I think the build date is wrong. Everything I've read says A=Oct, B= Nov and C=Dec.
The date for this one is Nov 25. 1964.
I can't verify the power trunk release as someone added a later electric release.
This car has the rear speaker with reverb unit too, but that may have been added.
I think the build date is wrong. Everything I've read says A=Oct, B= Nov and C=Dec.
The date for this one is Nov 25. 1964.
I can't verify the power trunk release as someone added a later electric release.
This car has the rear speaker with reverb unit too, but that may have been added.
Torky
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Thank you for the response. I misread the "B" under SO as an "8" due to tired old eyes. Looks better now. The fender tag can only include factory-installed equipment. Somewhere, I picked up that code P( stands for the console and the trunk release--from the factory. Are you sayin the power trunk release looks to be strictly add-on. Earlier years trunk releases were vacuum. I'll have to do a review of the reverb presence. In previous years, the radio was coded without a rear speaker and the reverb was coded separately as including the rear speaker.. Your feedback and insights have been valuable to me. If you will send the VIN, I will rerun the report along with the date correction. Thanks, again.
I'll pm you the VIN.
Torky
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The shop manual indicates the factory trunk release button is in the glove compartment and connects by wire to a solenoid at the trunk latch. See page 8-80 in the electrical section: http://www.jholst.net/65-service-manual/electrical.pdf Excellent source for shop and service manuals for the Chrysler letter-car years.
The power trunk release in the car now is definitely a later, late 70's or so unit with the button not in the glove box or console.I would expect my car would have had a vacuum unit, but now I have to look into it more.
My 70 300 would have had a vacuum unit on it, if it had one. I'm certain of that.
My 70 300 would have had a vacuum unit on it, if it had one. I'm certain of that.
Mystery solved!
I did some looking in the parts manual and discovered that the Imperial had a electric trunk release and the Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge C-bodies had a vacuum trunk release.
And 8-80 in the FSM shows AY-1 which is an Imperial.
And just to show the model callouts. AC-2 being 300 and AY-1 is Imperial
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FWIW, I had a 66 Nupe with a vacuum trunk release, and a button on the bottom of the dash, left of the column, near the tripmeter reset knob.
Don't recall that I scrutinized if for originality, though.
Don't recall that I scrutinized if for originality, though.
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