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Hi Guys,

I just picked up '69 that doesnt hve the door tags but the buck is there. Any chance you could decode mine after Raven's Brian? Many thanks if you could

 

436

         4   17G   65E     VYN2     1A

##########  S  MED GOLD

       CL  RM  MO  PS  PT

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Dave the plant is important because the codes could be used differently depending on where the car came from. Seems as though Metuchen;

 

334= Rotation number-body and paint

09K= Buck completed date

63C= Body and trim

3W = Trim code

4 Med emer = Paint code

 

TT = Tu Tone hood

PS = Power steering

DE = Dual exhaust

GT = GT Equipment

CL = Visibility Group/Courtesy lights

RM = Racing Mirrors

MO = Rocker Moldings

MC = Floor Console Before 12/8/68

 

Much the same as my car. I don't have the PS but do have the PB. I do have the MC and my car is a Metuchen 9/19/68 built car. Looks as though we have very early and similar cars. So what's the built date on your ride and do you have a Marti Report ? Brian

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Thanks Much Brian. So the PT means vinyl top? Also, is there a way to find out what the original trans. was with just the vin and buck tags?

PT = see above. Convertible top Black or White. The VIN nor the BUCK TAG will help. You should get a Deluxe Marti report it will have some useful info including automatic or manual trans. Brian

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Dave the plant is important because the codes could be used differently depending on where the car came from. Seems as though Metuchen;

 

334= Rotation number-body and paint

09K= Buck completed date

63C= Body and trim

3W = Trim code

4 Med emer = Paint code

 

TT = Tu Tone hood

PS = Power steering

DE = Dual exhaust

GT = GT Equipment

CL = Visibility Group/Courtesy lights

RM = Racing Mirrors

MO = Rocker Moldings

MC = Floor Console Before 12/8/68

 

Much the same as my car. I don't have the PS but do have the PB. I do have the MC and my car is a Metuchen 9/19/68 built car. Looks as though we have very early and similar cars. So what's the built date on your ride and do you have a Marti Report ? Brian

 

Hey Brian.....Just realized that the tag isn't from my car! LOL. It must be one I took off a car before it went to the dump some 30 years ago. Which then brings up the question....where is my tag? My car is a 428 car built in March of 69. Much of the data on the tag seems to match my equipment though.

 

Dave

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Well to bad.  That tag/car would have been interesting to compare notes with.  The tags are made of super thin material/metal and it is surprising any of them survived.  The one I have I got from Marti Auto Works.  Brian

Yeah....I wish I had that car too. That marti tag looks pretty darn good! I may need to have one made for my car if I can't find mine. If I can't find, is there a way to find the info to put on it from marti?

 

Dave

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The original invoice (Emminger), I would say, should list all the options. Marti has all that stuff, if you don't.

 

I found my car's buck tag screwed on the passenger side radiator support, facing forward. As it had been painted black with the rest of the engine compartment (PO?), I had never noticed it until I started disassembling the car...

 

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PT = see above. Convertible top Black or White. The VIN nor the BUCK TAG will help. You should get a Deluxe Marti report it will have some useful info including automatic or manual trans. Brian

I have ordered the Marti Report (excellent advice). Thanks Much for the input. Just an fyi though, PT does'nt mean convertible I'm pretty sure it means vinyl top black/white.

 

Thanks again

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On 9/25/2015 at 10:07 PM, Brian Conway said:

I've got the tag book. So ask away. Brian

I have a  question  About buck tags my mustang 1969 Mach 1 390 PLEASE HELP                                                                                                             146.                            
           2  15e   63c                  3a                 9T02S201205  c dk              gr  m
gt   tt   de      cl        rm      mo    hp

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Welcome to the site!

Looks like you've got a Metuchen-built car based on the wavy tag ... Going from memory here, I have the book at home...no guarantee these are right*

DK GR M         Dark Green Metallic paint

GT                    Heavy duty suspension (aka GT suspension)

TT                     Two-tone hood (black out)

DE                     Dual exhaust

CL                      ?

RM                    Racing mirrors

MO                    Rocker moldings

HP                     Hood pins

*Buck tags varied from plant-to-plant and were changed on the fly, so there is no definitive definition anywhere. They were a short-hand memo to the assembly workers and used whatever code the plant manager thought was good enough.

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Late 69 Metuchen plate

76A - Convertible, standard interior

TOPS - Black top, plastic rear window

2A - Black standard interior

W - ? May be a qualifier for the paint

YELLOW - Exterior paint color

PS - Power steering

PT  - Power top

 

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