Fender plate interpretation assistance respectfully requested...

[DeltaV]

Thank you mate for cracking the codes for me.

All of these features are on the vehicle (the tinted windshield being the only exception - obviously windshields require replacement from time to time.)

Some others have said it was originally finished in black (X9). If it was finished in X9, I reckon I will return it to that colour within the next few years.

The black finish is interesting. In that era, very few vehicles (if any) vehicles that were produced in Australia were finished in black. They must have been more common in the USA around that time.

Thank you for this - I would not have learned about this without your help!!!

Daniel from Darwin

Make sure to have the bodywork absolutely perfect before repainting it black.

 

[North Australia]

Best clue to original color, (other than the broadcast/build sheet, fender tag) is under the hood. It will still be likely to be black under the hood. I doubt that anybody went to the trouble of changing factory black to the white it would be, if original color was white.

A great point... Under the hood is black... Not sure why they repainted the trunk... I suppose most drivers open the trunk a lot more often than the hood... Thanks for your advice

 

[33 IMP]

Wow. Talk about a color change! I wonder how hard it must have been, how many coats, to cover black with white?

 

[North Australia]

Wow. Talk about a color change! I wonder how hard it must have been, how many coats, to cover black with white?

Must have been a massive job... I don't know why they would have done it in the first place... The paint is really thick even in 2024 - I reckon many coats would have been required... That would have been a lot of hours and a bunch of paint

 

[33 IMP]

Must have been a massive job... I don't know why they would have done it in the first place... The paint is really thick even in 2024 - I reckon many coats would have been required... That would have been a lot of hours and a bunch of paint

Agreed! If you (the Rhetorical "you",lol), don't,like black, I understand! Black is my least favorite color on my cars,
But white?!? How about jade green, nice med/dark blue or brown? Maroon?
I think white would have been my last choice to try to cover black.

 

[North Australia]

Agreed! If you (the Rhetorical "you",lol), don't,like black, I understand! Black is my least favorite color on my cars,
But white?!? How about jade green, nice med/dark blue or brown? Maroon?
I think white would have been my last choice to try to cover black.

Thanks. I might look for a medium blue. This is where it gets difficult for a colour-blind person like me. But to me, white is a bit boring...

 

[YY1]

C body cars do have some black under the hood from the factory, unlike B body cars.

IIRC the inner fenders are black.

 

[MarPar]

IIRC the inner fenders are black.

Correct Sir.

 

[RemCharger]

Correct Sir.

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Interesting. Not true of 68 and down.

 

[MarPar]

Interesting. Not true of 68 and down.

Yep. She's a 69

 

[Chi Town Runner]

To my understanding; "C" assembly plant was the
Jefferson Plant
They built the followinmg cars for '68
I SUSPECT that '69 was pretty much the same....
"C" = Chrysler
CE - Newport, Town & Country
CL - Newport Custom
CM - Chrysler "300"
CH - Chrysler New Yorker
Y = Imperial
YM-?
YH-?

Frank