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super-bee_ski said:
Hi Josh!
Great car!

Welcome aboard and thanks for joining the forum!
BTW:
When you get time, post a pic of the fender Tag and we'll decode it
Some guys on this Forum are pretty knowledgeable...

Prayers for you, your family!

1965 Coronet 440 2 door Hardtop body code W32

Engine size: 383-4 Production numbers: 1,765 total
Josh, NOTE: This includes BOTH 4-Speed and Automatic
-So, you can see, not many produced with the 383 in the 440 lineup.

Total 440s produced 22,462 in 1965
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so i have the car now, the fender tag is still on the car. i will clean the dirt off and get a pic thanks again
 
Welcome I wish you were getting the car under better Circumstance... my positive thoughts are with your dad and your family best of luck with the car.
 
Kern Dog said:
Welcome to the madness....
That sucks to hear the manner than you are getting the car. In a better world, you'd have your Dad right there with you tinkering away, cussing, maybe throwing wrenches or something after one too many beers. I lost my Dad when I was 29. It felt odd to lose a parent when I still felt so much like a kid. Dad made it to 54 but liver cancer took him. He went fast. I hope you Dad fights the good fight and is around for many more years. THe cancer treatments today are way ahead of what they could do 10 years ago. Check into immunotherapy. I have heard several success stories on this.
These cars had very little info in the VIN tag. I think yours is riveted to the post that the drivers door is attached to. Cars built a few years later had letters and numbers but I think yours will be all numbers.
There is a tag under the hood near the battery, that is known as a "Fender Tag". It has some bits of info but the factory didn't get really detailed with listing info until a few years later. Even then, the axle ratio was only found on a paper sheet known as the "Broadcast Sheet". These were often left in the cars as they moved down the assembly line, people report finding them atop the glove box liner, under the carpet, above the headliner, woven into the springs of the rear seat...The story that I heard is that the workers were not instructed to leave them in cars but they did this to keep from having papers gathering up during assembly. Placing them in the cars in hidden places was an easy way to hide them. I have found potato chip bags, business cards and chewing gum wrappers under carpets of cars that I have restored. My Brother In Law pulled the interior panel from a 72 Duster that had a tennis ball and 3 frisbees in there. The frisbees had a molded in date of 1972 so they actually could have been put in there as a joke by a assembly line guy. THAT is something that I would do!
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i got the car and you are correct a small tag on drivers side inner finder. if i get the number where or how do i decode it? any info is appreciated
 
josh chittenden said:
i got the car and you are correct a small tag on drivers side inner finder. if i get the number where or how do i decode it? any info is appreciated
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We can decode your #s right here for free and explain anything you want.
 
josh chittenden said:
awesome, i will get info in next few days. appreciate it very much
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We can walk you thru the pic thing too. Are you using computer or phone? Apple or Android?
 
josh chittenden said:
computer, i have a i phone as well
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iPhone- when post a comment you’ll see an “upload photo “ at bottom of page,click it & it’ll pull up ur pic library, click the one/s you want & “done” at top of library. You can watch pics load up& when they’re done just hit post reply. If I can do it anyone can!!
 
oldbee said:
iPhone- when post a comment you’ll see an “upload photo “ at bottom of page,click it & it’ll pull up ur pic library, click the one/s you want & “done” at top of library. You can watch pics load up& when they’re done just hit post reply. If I can do it anyone can!!
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cool thanks
 
Welcome aboard, if you have a love for these old cars you'll find yourself enjoying this forum and find it incredibly useful. Wish the circumstances were different but all you can do now is enjoy your new found ride and keep the memories alive, good luck.
 
oldbee said:
iPhone- when post a comment you’ll see an “upload photo “ at bottom of page,click it & it’ll pull up ur pic library, click the one/s you want & “done” at top of library. You can watch pics load up& when they’re done just hit post reply. If I can do it anyone can!!
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every time i get a error after 100 percent upload?
 
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this is when we pulled it out of the woods where its been sitting since 1974
 
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