There is a few things about my car that are a little bit weird. My car is a real WS23 '68 Coronet R/T, 440 4 speed car. LL1 paint. I have owned the car for 30 years.
The first thing that doesn't make sense is the vinyl top. When I bought the car it had a white vinyl top on it. It was starting to deteriorate back then, but was mostly all there. The chrome trim strips and everything . I eventually stripped it off and underneath is mostly just a primer, not much paint except for up to the top of the windows on the a pillar and c pillar.
I assumed that it was a factory vinyl top, until I learned how to read the fender tag. I even had to unscrew the tag and clean it up real good to be sure, but it does not show there to be a vinyl top on this car from the factory.
I wonder if that was a mistake and they didn't mark it on the fender tag, or if somebody just added it later.
I was going to put a new vinyl top, but now I am not sure if I should.
The second thing is the engine stamp on the bottom near the oil pan is wrong.
It is a D 440 HP2, stamped on the top of the motor, but on the bottom it is stamped as a 383.
The third thing is the Tachometer. On the fender tag it says its supposed to be a clock with tach, but its just a tach. This is not a ralleye dash.
I found a build sheet under the back seat, and left it alone all those years, until recently and I carefully got it out and it is for a different car. Still a 68 RT, but a red car with an automatic.
I wonder if it was mistakenly put in wrong car or somebody changed the seats before I got the car.
One more is the Inland shifter on the 4 speed. This is a non console car. Did R/Ts come with inland shifters or just Hurst. I know that this isnt original to this car, but I think its cool and different.
Does anybody have any insight on this, or have weird things on there cars?
The first thing that doesn't make sense is the vinyl top. When I bought the car it had a white vinyl top on it. It was starting to deteriorate back then, but was mostly all there. The chrome trim strips and everything . I eventually stripped it off and underneath is mostly just a primer, not much paint except for up to the top of the windows on the a pillar and c pillar.
I assumed that it was a factory vinyl top, until I learned how to read the fender tag. I even had to unscrew the tag and clean it up real good to be sure, but it does not show there to be a vinyl top on this car from the factory.
I wonder if that was a mistake and they didn't mark it on the fender tag, or if somebody just added it later.
I was going to put a new vinyl top, but now I am not sure if I should.
The second thing is the engine stamp on the bottom near the oil pan is wrong.
It is a D 440 HP2, stamped on the top of the motor, but on the bottom it is stamped as a 383.
The third thing is the Tachometer. On the fender tag it says its supposed to be a clock with tach, but its just a tach. This is not a ralleye dash.
I found a build sheet under the back seat, and left it alone all those years, until recently and I carefully got it out and it is for a different car. Still a 68 RT, but a red car with an automatic.
I wonder if it was mistakenly put in wrong car or somebody changed the seats before I got the car.
One more is the Inland shifter on the 4 speed. This is a non console car. Did R/Ts come with inland shifters or just Hurst. I know that this isnt original to this car, but I think its cool and different.
Does anybody have any insight on this, or have weird things on there cars?
