Re: 1963 Fender Tag Engine Code??

[Herb <zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, a 2 under A on a Hamtramck car is a Torqueflite Automatic V8. I bet
yours is, and it was built at Hamtramck. Here is a location to decode your
vin # and it will tell you were it was built.

http://www.autohobbydigest.Com/decodevin.php 
 
By Jove I hope we got it! 
 
Herb 
 
1963 Sport Fury Convertible 361 
1970 Challenger RT 440 
1999 Durango SLT 5.9 
2006 300-C Heritage 5.7 
2008 SRT-8 Magnum 6.1 
St. Louis, MO. 
-------Original Message------- 
 
From: Marcus Edell 
Date: 7/14/2008 5:14:42 PM 
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: Re: 1963 Fender Tag Engine Code?? 
 
Seems logical to me... 
 
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-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Herb <zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
 
> 
> Marcus; 
> 
> What number is under the A on your Tag if it was produced at Lynch Rd.? 
> 
> Looking it over just a 0 under Q if it was produced at Hamtramck would be
a 
> 318 because you would have the second digit under the R like a 5 for a 383
4 
> bbl thus a 05 under QR, so the lack of a # under R is the standard engine.

> And as Bill wrote, For a 1963 model, it matters not if it is a 330, 440 or

> Polara - the engine Availability was the same for all three 1963 Dodge 
> series. My EWAG(Educated Wild A$$ Guess) is it was a 318 car from
Hamtramck 
> at conception! 
> 
> Herb 
> 
> 1963 Sport Fury Convertible 361 
> 1970 Challenger RT 440 
> 1999 Durango SLT 5.9 
> 2006 300-C Heritage 5.7 
> 2008 SRT-8 Magnum 6.1 
> St. Louis, MO.


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