Re: 1963 MW car built in LA?

[Doug Ahern <D170A833@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 46 08/02/07, Ray wrote:
> Is the car black?   There was a car like this in Pensacola several years
> back in storage. It was owned by a guy in Wisconsin. I checked it out. It
> was a CA border patrol car, big block. Someone along the line decided it
> would look better as a MW,

the one on ebay is a blue car.  I believe that I have the information 
from it's fender tag and it proves to be nearly identical to the FT info
I have for the following car which is an up for auction MW-clone:

http://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1643&aid=6197&lid=1993052

the fender tags for the two cars are nearly indentical.  being LA cars,
the FT rosetta stone has yet to be unearthed, or made public (for free
or for a fee).  I know a little about the LA FTs.  the "5" under the "Q"
is for 385 heater, the "2" under the "A" is for a 342 V8 Torqueflite,
and the "3" under the "H" is unknown.  probably engine, but not
necessarily matching the letters than Lynch Rd/Hamtramck used.
Belvedere's were standard with a 225, so a V8 car would carry a code
for the engine.  probably a 318 2bbl.

The green clone car in the proxibid auction has only these three codes. 
The blue car in the eBay auction has these same exact codes plus  a "1"
under the "L", which is most likely 421 economy radio.   

besides the fact that no MW were built outside of Detriot,  the fact
that the eBay car has the same FT codes as the known-to-be-clone green
proxibid FT  pretty much means these cars came with the same engine.


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