1968 Plymouth Fury I Police Car! Walk Around, Fender Tag Decode, & parts car
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GregG48203
Active Member
Interesting video! I'm not that much into fender tags, but I did find it intriguing that the VIN on this car starts with "PE" rather than "PK".
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Smaller agencies often purchased regular cars from the local dealer. Package cars cost more.
Alan
68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
This car in the video is the one from a auction that we have already gone over that had quite a collection of 1968 Fury's.
I see no evidence (yet) that this is a police car, now the 4dr next to this one on the auction lot is a better candidate to be PD.
Just yesterday I saw a 1973 Plymouth Fury I PL car being parted and with a Army Corp of Engineers sticker on both bumpers it would lead me to believe that it was a Government Fleet vehicle.
This guys video while he has a pretty good channel nic, but oh boy is he tedious to listen too. Him going on about the wheels & hubcaps, what a bizarre vocabulary "A vestigial tail"? WTF I had to googly googly that one... "Some people also have a vestigial tail. Although a rare entity, humans with apparent tails have been noted in literature throughout history."
Truly bizarre... Heck going on about correct date coded starters & alternators... hey he should take that stuff and sell it for big dollars to Mr. Wormhead, may help to pay for the build out of this one. he he Nobody's going to care about date codes for this one if it ever goes across the auction block.
About rare production numbers... 1968 PE cars are low but I take it that the numbers I have found are just for retail sales and I really doubt that the fleet numbers are included in it. While fleet 2dr sedans are less than the plentiful 4drs I had no problem finding my 2nd 1968 PK21 in 1971 and it was more original and un-bashed up than my 1st 1968 PK21.
I have yet to see many 1968 (or 1967) PK21's 440 code Fury's around that have survived, many recreated 2dr PE's but not many VIN'd & FT PK21's that I have found. Here's a couple in my collection I have found from well over a decade of searching:
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I see no evidence (yet) that this is a police car, now the 4dr next to this one on the auction lot is a better candidate to be PD.
Just yesterday I saw a 1973 Plymouth Fury I PL car being parted and with a Army Corp of Engineers sticker on both bumpers it would lead me to believe that it was a Government Fleet vehicle.
This guys video while he has a pretty good channel nic, but oh boy is he tedious to listen too. Him going on about the wheels & hubcaps, what a bizarre vocabulary "A vestigial tail"? WTF I had to googly googly that one... "Some people also have a vestigial tail. Although a rare entity, humans with apparent tails have been noted in literature throughout history."
Truly bizarre... Heck going on about correct date coded starters & alternators... hey he should take that stuff and sell it for big dollars to Mr. Wormhead, may help to pay for the build out of this one. he he Nobody's going to care about date codes for this one if it ever goes across the auction block.
About rare production numbers... 1968 PE cars are low but I take it that the numbers I have found are just for retail sales and I really doubt that the fleet numbers are included in it. While fleet 2dr sedans are less than the plentiful 4drs I had no problem finding my 2nd 1968 PK21 in 1971 and it was more original and un-bashed up than my 1st 1968 PK21.
I have yet to see many 1968 (or 1967) PK21's 440 code Fury's around that have survived, many recreated 2dr PE's but not many VIN'd & FT PK21's that I have found. Here's a couple in my collection I have found from well over a decade of searching:
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chrisdibella
New Member
What does px mean i know p is fury but x dont come up was it supposed to be a k?let me know just wandering
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Fastback. Not sure why it wasn't a 29 on the body code, this is the only car I know of that did this.
Alan
68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
Seems the guy sold the car, don't know why the new owner thinks that a 440 is correct when the fender tag decode shows a 383 HP. Also going on about the wheels as it appears that the car may not have front (Budd) disc brakes as it doesn't have the correct master cylinder & booster nor does it have the 'Power Disc Brakes' callout on the brake pedal trim, plus fender tag show 14" tires. So somewhere along the timeline just maybe 15" wheels were swapped but why he didn't just have a quick look under the front end to see if there was drums or disc's is beyond me.
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MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
DUH, I have a Fastback Barracuda BH29 not BX23, the Fury is the only Mopar that used the price class to define a roof when there is a digit in the VIN for that. This should have ben PL29, PM 29, PH29 etc. The PX is wrong on Mopars part as is the PS23 that should have been PS29. The 29 is for Special Hard top or Sports Hardtop is Fastback.
Alan
69CoronetRT
Senior Member
The 69 Charger 500 and Daytona also used the letter X in the same manner. It distinguishes a distinct roof treatment.
68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
Coming back to this I came across his auction win of this car in a previous video he posted.
Many 1968 Fury bargains were had at this auction. (parts cars)
Again being a PE car I'd question the police aspect of the car, you'd have to do some more research on it.
It could be a FBI car, maybe even a Taxi or some other municipal fleet car.
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Many 1968 Fury bargains were had at this auction. (parts cars)
Again being a PE car I'd question the police aspect of the car, you'd have to do some more research on it.
It could be a FBI car, maybe even a Taxi or some other municipal fleet car.
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MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
I see that more as a special project than a room line. Yes the Charger 500 has a filler panel for the back window but it was a special project with only 392 being built.
I do not feel they used the X for the roofline, I do feel it was more for the special project that would be in the price class just as they did with the Super Stock cars
Alan
69CoronetRT
Senior Member
This was the statement: "the Fury is the only Mopar that used the price class to define a roof when there is a digit in the VIN for that."
Chrysler disagreed and used X for the 69 Charger 500 and Daytona that had a modified roof line. Otherwise, all '69 500s and Daytonas could/would have been intentionally VINNED as XS29 cars. Other contemporary limited production package cars like the '69 A12s or A body 440's and, later, Superbirds don't change the VIN so there is no precedent or intent to issue a different VIN based on intended special project production estimates.
Use of the X in '69 was preceded by using the X in '68 indicating a modified roof line so there was precedent for using the X in a similar context.
While 'price class' designation is typical and useful in the general scheme of marketing, we find numerous instances (T, K, X and 0) where the second letter of the VIN indicates something other than a trim hierarchy.
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