No rear end option code???

[NateCharger]

So....there is no rear end code on the fender tag. Is that normal? How could one tell what gears it had or if it was a Sure Grip, minus having the build sheet? Also, it has no Axle Package codes. It's a 1970 Coronet R/T 440 Auto

 

[Cranky]

The majority of those cars came with 3.23 gears with the Sure Grip being an option. If the car wasn't special ordered and just went to the sales bank, it most likely came without a Sure Grip. The option wasn't that expensive but most people wanted those cars as cheap as possible and most dealers could care less about having them 'loaded up' and got them as cheap as possible too so their profit per unit was higher not to mention many had no idea what a Sure Grip was.....or even what a posi was.

 

[69Coronetrt]

So....there is no rear end code on the fender tag. Is that normal? How could one tell what gears it had or if it was a Sure Grip, minus having the build sheet? Also, it has no Axle Package codes. It's a 1970 Coronet R/T 440 Auto

Nate, if the car was built at the St. Louis or LA plant, sure grip (SG) will not be noted on the fender tag. If the car was built at the Lynch Road plant, then you can tell if the car had SG by the axle assembly code.

About 57% of the US Sold 70 Coronet R/T hard tops came with SG. About 62% of the convertibles had SG. It is more common to find a 70 R/T with SG than without. The option cost about $43 or about 13% of the base price.

There is no way to know how many sales bank cars came with SG.

Cars with more options have more profit margin built in than strippers.

 

[Cranky]

Cars with more options have more profit margin built in than strippers.

That's a true statement for sure....now a days and back then.....and I would be interested in how many loaded up cars were sold vs strippers. Only the better off kids got the loaded out cars and then tore em up while the more serious guys went for the lighter stripped down models. Parted out a lot of E body cars in the mid 70's that were decently optioned with AC (this is Texas after all), PS, PB and sometimes more but the majority of them didn't have SureGrips in them....even the RT Challengers and big block Cudas. Back then the dealers were trying to just make some bucks dealing volumn and weren't really concerned with maximum profit on single units that sat longer on their lots. At least around my parts it was that way.....

 

[NateCharger]

The car is a 3.23 open. Just seems weird to me, considering it's an R/T...

 

[69Coronetrt]

The car is a 3.23 open. Just seems weird to me, considering it's an R/T...

Meh...mine is too. It happens.