The Official Website of The 1970 Hamtramck Registry

Last Updated: June 16, 2013


Welcome to the Official Website of the 1970 Hamtramck Registry. This registry is for all "0B" models — from 4-door Valiants to the Duster, Challenger and Barracuda models — all are accepted regardless of condition or engine size. VIN and code information from parts cars and parted cars is appreciated as well! This registry is a division of The Challenger T/A Registry P. O. Box 9632 Ketchikan, AK. 99901 or online at www.challengertaregistry.com and is run by Barry Washington.

Current 1970 Registry counts =>     Hamtramck: 11,006         Los Angeles: 2,387

Found Item of the Month — June 2013
Previous Found Items of the Month

Hello again everyone,

No items were claimed last month.

For our June 2013 IOTM, we have a broadcast sheet from the LA plant for a 1970 Dodge Dart four door, the VIN on it is LH41G0E151252


It was found under the front bench seat of another four door dart with a VIN 266 numbers higher, so the cars must have been built close to each other on the line. These two cars are only the 7th & 8th Darts I have heard of from the LA plant so far. At some point in or around May of 1970, it appears as if the LA plant stopped producing E-bodies. This is the reason that some Western Sport Special Challengers were built at the Hamtramck Plant in the last few months of the model year.


All of the 1970 LA built Darts, Dusters & Valiants I have seen so far were also built in the last few months of the model year, so for some reason LA may have switched from the E-body cars to the A-body cars. If anyone has any late build A, B or E bodies I would love to hear from you, with your help we may be able to fill in some gaps in the timeline.

As always, the broadcast sheet is free to the owner of the matching car with proof of legal ownership.

Barry Washington


The goal of the 1970 Hamtramck Registry is to provide an organization for the owners and admirers of these cars. Through the registry we will collect information to try and build an accurate historical record of these cars and use it to help the members when possible. This includes matching up found broadcast sheets, other paperwork or serial numbered components such as fender tags, engine blocks and transmissions. Since Chrysler Corporation chose not to keep records on these cars, creating a database to try and accurately record the information on these cars for historical purposes is one of the major functions of the Registry.

Please click the "REGISTER" link on the left, download the Registration Form in either PDF, HTML or MS Word format, fill out the form as completely as possible and mail it to me at the address above.

If you have not done so already, I urge you to search your car for broadcast sheets. Sometimes there can be as many as 5 in one car, so if you do find one, please keep looking, there could be more. They do not always match the car they are found in due to how the assembly lines at the plant were run. If you find any sheets, please let me know if they match or not. It is very common to find a sheet for a different model of the same car. I have also heard of Challenger sheets in Cuda's and vice versa.

Here are some places to look:

  • Taped to the back side / top of the glove box insert.
  • Under the front bucket seats in the springs
  • Inside the bucket seat backs
  • Under the rear seat bottom
  • In the rear seat back.
  • Under the package tray (speaker shelf)
  • Under the carpet

Please check all these locations and let me know what you find.

Thank you all,
Barry Washington at The 1970 Hamtramck Registry and The Challenger T/A Registry

Special thanks to Johan Ronkainen for hosting this site. We could not have done it without him.

 
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