Sale order numbers A starting

[Tommy France]

Hi guys

Im close to buy a 68 charger RT in France...

Fender tag, dash tag, no buildsheet, no bill of sale, body numbers match, engine and trans number match

Factory:
PP1
C6X
Y6

And a lot of interesting option like:

Power windows
Rear defrog
Strip deleted
Tachometer

440 4bbl match
727 match
8 3/4. 3.23 suregrip

She is a w6 Canadian order

And my question is

Why the sale order number start by an A and not buy a number ?
I thinks its because she is Canadian order but im not sure

Thanks for help

 

[Hotrod20]

Hi Tommy France, A picture of the tag would help decode it.
However the A before the order number would designate the plant it was built at. In this case it would be Lynch Rd assembly.
HotRod20

 

[dadsbee]

'68 tag... "A" would be an October 67 SPD build date. Here is my '66 with a C15, that is December 15th, 1965

 

[R/T Boy 67]

I'm not an expert on order numbers with letters, but certain cars had them, like superbirds, and others. They have nothing to do with assembly plant or SPD.

 

[69Coronetrt]

For 1968 A = built for sale in Canada. Goes with the w/6 code.


Canada sales SO/VON indicator
68= A
69= B
70= C
71= B
72= C

 

[69Coronetrt]

Hi Tommy France, A picture of the tag would help decode it.
However the A before the order number would designate the plant it was built at. In this case it would be Lynch Rd assembly.
HotRod20

1968 Chargers were built only at Hamtramck (all year) and St. Louis (Starting in March 1968) so it cannot indicate Lynch Road plant.

 

[Tommy France]

Thanks a lot for this information

 

[R/T Boy 67]

Is the transmission bolted to a different block in the picture? The actual stampings look about right to me.

 

[Tommy France]

Is the transmission bolted to a different block in the picture? The actual stampings look about right to me.

Yes she run with another 440 for the moment

 

[dadsbee]

When I commented there was no picture. I originally typed "A" for sale in Canada and then changed it when I realized my 69 had a "B". Then edited to show my 66 tag and it's C, figuring that's what you were looking at.. but apparently not.

..and once again the OP's picture is gone... wtf.

 

[69Coronetrt]

B = Hamtramck Plant
8= model year 1968
X = first letter of VIN = Charger line
A40950 = Sales Order (SO) number that matches the number on the tag.

 

[dadsbee]

Great, now stop taking your pictures down and confusing us old bastards!

 

[Tommy France]

Great, now stop taking your pictures down and confusing us old bastards!

The car is not mine for the moment, I deleted for now, i cant keep this pics on internet.
After buying this charger, i do a post on the car dont worry about pictures

 

[Richard Cranium]

When I commented there was no picture. I originally typed "A" for sale in Canada and then changed it when I realized my 69 had a "B". Then edited to show my 66 tag and it's C, figuring that's what you were looking at.. but apparently not.

..and once again the OP's picture is gone... wtf.

Here's how to understand a fender tag.

 

[Torky]

'68 tag... "A" would be an October 67 SPD build date. Here is my '66 with a C15, that is December 15th, 1965
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Thanks for posting the picture of your car's fender tag. I'm working on developing and testing my combo VIN/Fender tag decoder and ran your data through it, just for practice. I don't have interior data loaded yet and took a guess at the assembly plant. Other than that, please advise of any errors. I'd be glad to rerun the report if you would provide the first seven characters of the VIN--or the whole VIN.

 

[69Coronetrt]

Thanks for posting the picture of your car's fender tag. I'm working on developing and testing my combo VIN/Fender tag decoder and ran your data through it, just for practice. I don't have interior data loaded yet and took a guess at the assembly plant. Other than that, please advise of any errors. I'd be glad to rerun the report if you would provide the first seven characters of the VIN--or the whole VIN.

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The characterization of the SO being related to production is inaccurate and misleading. Portraying it as such is a disservice to the end user.