Fender Data Plate Help

[dammstrate]

New to me 65 Newport off of Hemmings (Avatar). Had a 65 Sport Fury for a while, sold it, now have this. Love the Mopar 65 styling. Partial restoration about
20 years ago. 383 2 barrel. Absolutely everything works including the fender blinkers. 86K miles (title history verified). Smooth driver, no rattles or noises. Ran it through a car wash, no leaks anywhere. Posted a question about the paint and steering column already in other forums. Would like some help with the data plate. VIN C153214204. Where can I find a decoder ring?

 

[69CoronetRT]

@Torky is doing some really nice work on the 65s and earlier.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

Canadian built car - last 6 digits of the VIN - USA built cars start with 1, Canadian built cars start with 2.

Also, red engine.

Nice car!

Sequence numbers on data tag (on inner fender) say the scheduled build date was Feb 18 of 1965 (Month, Day). Actual date it was built might vary.

 

[69CoronetRT]

Canadian built car - last 6 digits of the VIN - USA built cars start with 1, Canadian built cars start with 2.

Also, red engine.

Nice car!

Sequence numbers on data tag (on inner fender) say the scheduled build date was Feb 18 of 1965 (Month, Day). Actual date it was built might vary.

Do you mean built for sale in Canada or built in Canada?

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

Built for sale in Canada. Many were built of course it Windsor, Ontario, but my 66 Chrysler was built at Jefferson, for sale in Regina Saskatchewan.

 

[69CoronetRT]

Built for sale in Canada. Many were built of course it Windsor, Ontario, but my 66 Chrysler was built at Jefferson, for sale in Regina Saskatchewan.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding.....

We can certainly document the different VIN ranges for US and Canada sold cars in 1966 but I think we'll find for '65 Chryslers, there is no split VIN range between US and Canada cars.

We can document US sold '65 Chrysler's with VINs in the 200000 range. The four speed 300 L sold in PN has a 243299 VIN.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

OK, perhaps I'm in error re 1965. I am pretty sure though, that Canadian cars (built for sale in Canada) got red engines across the board, while USA cars got turquoise big blocks, and red small blocks. I could be wrong...

With the car in question having a red engine, I assumed it was a Canadian built or built for sale in Canada car.

 

[detmatt]

Stunning automobile!

 

[dammstrate]

Canadian built car - last 6 digits of the VIN - USA built cars start with 1, Canadian built cars start with 2.

Also, red engine.

Nice car!

Sequence numbers on data tag (on inner fender) say the scheduled build date was Feb 18 of 1965 (Month, Day). Actual date it was built might vary.

4th digit is 3 = Jefferson Ave, how can this be "Canadian built car"?

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

Built for sale in Canada. My 66 Chrysler Town and Country station wagon was built in Jefferson for sale in Regina Saskatchewan.

 

[Brianz426]

Very Nice!