Guys , I have decoded some of these codes, but not all, can anyone help. I thought my car was a rally car , but no A 57 is there. I have front and once a rear sway bar, bulge hood with pins, and what I thought was the rally gauges....but no tach, don t rally pacs have tachs? The car was originally a four speed car someone had converted over to a 727. I m now thinking they stripped maybe a rally car for these parts as well as rear axle. thanks
It’s a lynch road tag/car and most of the info is not on the fender tag. You need the build sheet for that. J54 I think is hood pins
Lack of a tach in your cluster does not mean anything. In fact, more cars with Rallye clusters do not have a tach than do have one.
Based on your tag, it's not a Rallye. But it could be on the build sheet. J54 is the Hood Insulating Pad. J45 would be the Hood Tie Down Pins and I don't see that on the tag.
Here's a decode for the 73 Charger Rallye(mine) Code Description E55 340-4 Barrel 69-73 D34 TorqueFlite Automatic Transmission WH23 W = Dodge Coronet / Charger H = High 23 = 2 Door Hardtop H3G H = 340 240HP(net) 1-4BBL 8 CYL 5.6L 3 = 1973 G = St. Louis, MO, USA 141488 Sequence Number '141488' EW1 Paint Code: White / Alpine White H6X9 Trim Grade/Style/Color H = High 6 = Vinyl Bucket Seats X9 = Black TX9 Upper Door Frame: Black / Black Velvet B02 Date Built: 11 / 02 / 1972 201983 Order Number: 201983 V1X Roof Type OR Color: Full Vinyl Top - Black U Built to Specifications for USA Order A57 Challenger / Charger - Rallye B41 Front Disc Brakes Some Yrs. Power C16 Console w/ Buckets C56 Bucket Seats 1972 up G11 Tinted Glass All G37 Left Hand Remote, Right Hand Manual Chrome Mirrors H51 Single Air /w Heater J25 3 Speed Variable Wipers J45 Hood Tie Down Pins J52 Inside Hood Release J54 Hood Insulating Pad M21 Roof Drip Rail Moldings M25 Wide Sill Molding M26 Wheel Lip Molding M31 Belt & Hood Molding N41 Duel Exhaust w/o Tips N42 Chrome Duel Exhaust Tips R11 Music Master Radio AM V21 Performance Hood Treatment V8X Transverse Stripe - Black CTD Continue
With a Lynch Rd car you really need the build sheet to be sure its a Rallye. A57 is not typically on the tag in 73-74
Here's the best I found. WH23: Dodge Coronet,Charger High 2 Door Hardtop P3A: 400 260HP(net) 1-4BBL 8 CYL 1973 Lynch Road, MI, USA 122216: Sequence number E68: 400-4 Barrel High Preformance D21: 4 Speed Manual Transmission TX9: Black Diamond Exterior Color H6X9: Trim - High, Vinyl Bucket Seats, Black TX9: Black Diamond Int. Door Frames A03: Build Date: October 03 E31036: Order number V4X: Black Top Color J54: Sport Hood
Here is a pic of my tag. My car was built in St. Louis. The 340 was built in L.A. You can compare from my earlier post.
Rallye would get the hood code at least I guess if no A57 code ( LR cars ) hood pins and blackout ( V21 ) was optional, not part of the Rallye package, but hood is. Rear sway bar too. Rallye cluster is not exclusive on rallyes, but also part of package on SEs.
but you got V6X Code... rallye stripe code instead. I know in 74 several other cars could get Rallye stripes optionally, but can't recall if the V6X was just on Rallyes ( which I think it was just on Rallyes ) I'm just thinking out loud Thought
and if you think your car is U code, and 440s were just optional on Rallyes and SEs... is a plus on the code.
Not sure if the same stripe, but my 74 Charger SE has V7Y (Accent Stripes, Yellow). Not really sure if that was red fainting to yellow since I never actually seen a solid yellow stripe. Or is the Rallye stripe the one up around the belt line since the doors were gilled.
Anyone of them codes for a half or partial vinyl top, it is black. Nacho was helping me with some of this vin a while back. My car has been repainted in its past using a semi gloss paint. The car was not sanded down as the wide side stripe and the rear deck stripe are still there. I assume the stripe was added later cause I just can't figure you could order a black side and deck stripe, and black vinyl top on a factory black car. Found the build sheet but is was only a few small pieces left, pieced together still was not much legible . thanks all
Is that second line number the number 28 or Z8.. So, to get a factory tach , it HAD to be optional code ordered, not standard on any packages....thanks
Yes, for the most part you could get black stripes on black cars. I think that is a killer combination. Subtle, yet powerful design statement.
