AKMat
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Hello All,
I have been viewing this forum for a while (love the project threads!) but just recently created an account so I could get some help with understanding my VIN and Broadcast sheet.
I just started my first restoration project - a 69 Charger I bought out of Colorado and had shipped to me here in AK. If I am reading the VIN (XP29H9B337194) right, it should breakout:
X = Charger
P = Premium
29 = two-door Charger
H = 383ci 4bl V-8 335hp
9 = Built in 1969
B = Built at Hamtrack
The last six digits of the VIN should be the serial number: 337194
As I bought the car without a trani and had my cousin pull the 383 before shipping, I was disappointed to not find a fender tag (the R/S fender had been replaced) or a Broadcast sheet (I looked under/behind the rear seat). I was hoping to find out about how the car had been originally assembled. But at that point all I had to go by was the VIN.
I have been stripping it down getting it ready for the media blaster.
When I pulled out the front carpet, what do you think I found taped to the floor pan under the passenger seat? You got it - one slightly mangled Broadcast sheet. I'll try to upload a copy 750px wide here. If you can't read it, I'll also try to put a copy at the original resolution here:http://www.akmat.org/Images/Misc2/BroadcastSheet_L.jpg
After checking around on some sites for the codes, it seems to me that the VIN and Broadcast sheet conflict with each other. For example, I can't find the serial number of 337194 anywhere on it. If "Sequence Number" on the Broadcast sheet is the same thing, then 137857 is a clear conflict.
Also, the Engine code shows E24, which should be a 225 1bb 6 cyl, but this conflicts with the previous 383 (unless we are all prepared to accept the notion that my mildly retarded cousin can't tell the difference between a 225 6 cyl and a 383 8 cyl :thinker
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So, Mopar Gurus, having said all that - what do you think? Is this an improper VIN (the plate matches the title exactly)? Did the wrong build sheet somehow magically and mysteriously crawl under the passenger side carpet? Does my mildly retarded cousin get a free pass, and I am in fact the one who is just too jacked up to be able to read some simple codes?
Please help. I need it.
I have been viewing this forum for a while (love the project threads!) but just recently created an account so I could get some help with understanding my VIN and Broadcast sheet.
I just started my first restoration project - a 69 Charger I bought out of Colorado and had shipped to me here in AK. If I am reading the VIN (XP29H9B337194) right, it should breakout:
X = Charger
P = Premium
29 = two-door Charger
H = 383ci 4bl V-8 335hp
9 = Built in 1969
B = Built at Hamtrack
The last six digits of the VIN should be the serial number: 337194
As I bought the car without a trani and had my cousin pull the 383 before shipping, I was disappointed to not find a fender tag (the R/S fender had been replaced) or a Broadcast sheet (I looked under/behind the rear seat). I was hoping to find out about how the car had been originally assembled. But at that point all I had to go by was the VIN.
I have been stripping it down getting it ready for the media blaster.
When I pulled out the front carpet, what do you think I found taped to the floor pan under the passenger seat? You got it - one slightly mangled Broadcast sheet. I'll try to upload a copy 750px wide here. If you can't read it, I'll also try to put a copy at the original resolution here:http://www.akmat.org/Images/Misc2/BroadcastSheet_L.jpg
After checking around on some sites for the codes, it seems to me that the VIN and Broadcast sheet conflict with each other. For example, I can't find the serial number of 337194 anywhere on it. If "Sequence Number" on the Broadcast sheet is the same thing, then 137857 is a clear conflict.
Also, the Engine code shows E24, which should be a 225 1bb 6 cyl, but this conflicts with the previous 383 (unless we are all prepared to accept the notion that my mildly retarded cousin can't tell the difference between a 225 6 cyl and a 383 8 cyl :thinker
.So, Mopar Gurus, having said all that - what do you think? Is this an improper VIN (the plate matches the title exactly)? Did the wrong build sheet somehow magically and mysteriously crawl under the passenger side carpet? Does my mildly retarded cousin get a free pass, and I am in fact the one who is just too jacked up to be able to read some simple codes?
Please help. I need it.
