1969 Polara "Special Order"

[69CoronetRT]

No K in vin and no A38 on the fender tag means it's most likely a taxi or just a car somebody ordered for a business that needed an accurate speedometer.

You're premise rests on a couple of things:

A38 on the tag. I don't think you will find that the Belvidere plant coded A38 on the tag during that time of year. I don't think we should expect to see the code regardless of it applies or not.

K code VON. While certainly prevalent in 'cop cars', not all K code cars are 'cop cars' (SEE the FM3 PM29 dealer wife car) so seeing K code does not guarantee a 'cop car'.

Certain VON codes supersede other codes. The car carries Y39 Special Order, again certainly typical of 'cop cars', but also a Y07 Built for Sale in Canada code with the associated C VON. All my Y07 cars carry a C VON regardless of other conditions. All my K code VONs are Y05 Built for US cars. I don't think you'd find a K replacing the C code in this situation.

I don't think the underlying coding protocol exist for your premise. However....I'd love to see an example if it does.

 

[MrMoparCHP]

No K in vin and no A38 on the fender tag means it's most likely a taxi or just a car somebody ordered for a business that needed an accurate speedometer. It has a roof light reinforcement so it may have holes in the roof for the light, the zipper could be a repair where they cut the headliner to patch the holes.

This is a Canadian built car and they may not have used the same K designations.
Even still some agencies got standard cars and not police package cars and had some options like speedometers added.


Alan

 

[policefury1]

Hi, I know this may sound nuts but if you can get that headliner with the Zippers out for me I would buy it. Not worried about the condition.
Any odd or police trunk parts? Did the roof have a grommet for the light--to keep water out?
thanks for any help--please pm me with a reply.
Martin Kane