Trying to decode this radiator support tag on a 77 fury salon

[plymouthguy77]

So I've got a 77 plymouth fury salon with matching 400 block and tranny that's apparently an ex sheriffs car according to my grandad and ive de-coded the VIN however these tags are throwing me for a loop, can someone point me in the right direction or help me decode this sucker! Thank you!

 

[MarkLevi]

This car is pretty "new" for whatever documentation I have, but always enjoy a challenge. Hopefully someone else can add in for corrections or missing stuff.

 

[Don Frelier]

My first car was a 77 fury 360 with a towing package.
Great memories of that one.

 

[plymouthguy77]

This car is pretty "new" for whatever documentation I have, but always enjoy a challenge. Hopefully someone else can add in for corrections or missing stuff.

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That's perfect thank you! It was actioned from Johnson County Sheriff's in the 80s to my grandad so it had a police background but wasn't a squad car oddly enough. My theory is it mightve been a detectives car but who knows! Either way it's a treasure to me from my grandad who passed this past year

 

[69Coronetrt]

This car is pretty "new" for whatever documentation I have, but always enjoy a challenge. Hopefully someone else can add in for corrections or missing stuff.

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199244 - 99,244TH VIN assigned. Unrelated to production or anything 'sequential' other than following 99,243 and preceding 99,245.
K VON is consistent with Y39 Special Order coding. While many 'cop cars' have K VONs, other fleet non 'cop cars' have K VONs also.
C15 - sound deadening package 1
C54 = Split back bench seat with center arm rest.
M?8 = likely M38 indicating deck ornamentation

The top row is typical of Lynch Road tags listing the GATE BASE and SEQUENCE numbers related to producing the body ion white while the remaining codes are the three digit ENGINE, AXLE, and TRANSMISSION assembly codes.

It was a special order car but there is no way to know the actual application or intended use. Even for a 'detective' car, this would be pretty upscale car for a county Sheriff office with tight budgets. Upscaling the car does not increase the effect of the intended use. Fancy seats don't solve more crimes and costs the taxpayers more.

The musician in me came out. Did anyone else associate 'auction', 'Johnson Country Sheriff' and big block MOPAR with the song Copperhead Road by Steve Earle?

 

[plymouthguy77]

199244 - 99,244TH VIN assigned. Unrelated to production or anything 'sequential' other than following 99,243 and preceding 99,245.
K VON is consistent with Y39 Special Order coding. While many 'cop cars' have K VONs, other fleet non 'cop cars' have K VONs also.
C15 - sound deadening package 1
C54 = Split back bench seat with center arm rest.
M?8 = likely M38 indicating deck ornamentation

The top row is typical of Lynch Road tags listing the GATE BASE and SEQUENCE numbers related to producing the body ion white while the remaining codes are the three digit ENGINE, AXLE, and TRANSMISSION assembly codes.

It was a special order car but there is no way to know the actual application or intended use. Even for a 'detective' car, this would be pretty upscale car for a county Sheriff office with tight budgets. Upscaling the car does not increase the effect of the intended use. Fancy seats don't solve more crimes and costs the taxpayers more.

The musician in me came out. Did anyone else associate 'auction', 'Johnson Country Sheriff' and big block MOPAR with the song Copperhead Road by Steve Earle?

Funny you say the Copperhead Road song that's what the guys on the Facebook page I'm in mentioned when I posted a picture! Lol and yeah the use of the car is defiantly just guessing at this point, I don't even think my grandad knew exactly what it was used for when he bought it. You may be right maybe not a detective car my other thought was the actual Sheriff car perhaps? Who knows at this point! Regardless it'll be getting some love and restoration over the next few years to get it back to its former glory! Thank you so much!!

 

[69Coronetrt]

Funny you say the Copperhead Road song that's what the guys on the Facebook page I'm in mentioned when I posted a picture! ....I don't even think my grandad knew exactly what it was used for when he bought it. You may be right maybe not a detective car my other thought was the actual Sheriff car perhaps? Who knows at this point! Regardless it'll be getting some love and restoration over the next few years to get it back to its former glory! Thank you so much!!

Did grandaddy only get to town twice a year? ;)

Good luck and enjoy the process!

 

[RemCharger]

Did grandaddy only get to town twice a year? ;)

Good luck and enjoy the process!

...ok now was it a big BLOCK Dodge... or big BLACK Dodge...??

 

[MarkLevi]

"
Now, daddy ran the whiskey in a big-block Dodge
Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge
"Johnson County Sheriff" painted on the side
He just shot a coat of primer, then he looked inside
Well, him and my uncle tore that engine down
I still remember that rumblin' sound
"

 

[69Coronetrt]

Ongoing documentation that cars were built before and after the Scheduled date.
The SPD is not a 'build date', 'birthdate' or any other date necessarily related to actual production. It's simply an administrative 'scheduled' date.

 

[plymouthguy77]

Ongoing documentation that cars were built before and after the Scheduled date.
The SPD is not a 'build date', 'birthdate' or any other date necessarily related to actual production. It's simply an administrative 'scheduled' date.

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I didn't know that! That's cool so it would've been built sometime around that time?

 

[69Coronetrt]

I didn't know that! That's cool so it would've been built sometime around that time?

Not sometime. The door sticker was one of the last things put on the car upon assembly completion. So think of the door sticker as the the 'out the door' date. It's a hard date for production documentation. For this car, it is 0201 or February 1st or six days ahead of the 207 scheduled date. The door sticker date is related to actual production. The tag date is not.