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Factory Errors (Page 2)
Yes, they did make mistakes!
           

This dash VIN photo is courtesy of Chris at the 1969 Dodge Charger Registry, check out the big gap between the first and second letters.


These next two are from D. Hammer. Check out this broadcast sheet, look at the Qs, Ts, Es, Y and W used here and there where there should be numbers. All four letters are in the line below the numbers on a standard keyboard, but this many errors on a broadcast sheet is quite exceptional.


Now check out this fender tag, it is coded V02 for two tone paint, the odd thing is that the paint codes for the body and roof of the car both read F8! Two tone cars of this vintage used the same molding as vinyl top cars to cover the masked paint line. Is this a typo or did some one go to a lot of trouble to get the molding that would have covered the paint line? Very odd, one way or the other.


Here is another one that shows a typo in the body numbers, the fender tag, dash VIN and broadcast sheet all match, but the 4 & the 3 are transposed in the body numbers.




Here is a cool error, note that this broadcast sheet is for a 1974 Challenger with a 318. Now look at the bottom of the sheet, it has the top two lines printed for a 1974 Duster with a 225 /6. Image submitted by Barnabas.


Note the JT in the VIN. The H and the T are right next to each other diagonally on a key board.


Here is another cool one, 1970 LA built cars coded the vinyl top twice, look at the V1 code on the third line up. Whoever stamped this one missed the "X" and it threw the spacing off for the rest of that line.


           
 
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