The Official Website of The 1970 Hamtramck Registry

Last Updated: March 18, 2024


Welcome to Hamtramck-Historical.com, the Official Website of the Registries for all the 1970 models built at the Hamtramck & LA assembly plants. All are accepted regardless of condition or engine size. VIN and code information from parts cars & parted cars is appreciated as well! To register, please click on the 'REGISTER' button at left to print out the form. We are also home to the largest FOUND section of its kind, so be sure to check for your VIN in that section, it is updated as new items are found & sent in. The registries & found section are maintained by Barry Washington at:

Hamtramck Historical
4511 Spring Road
Shermans Dale, PA 17090-9403

Current 1970 Registry counts =>     Hamtramck: 17,889         Los Angeles: 3,622

Found Item of the Month for March 2024
Previous Found Items of the Month

Records for four more cars were claimed in February!

Our IOTM for March 2024 is a broadcast sheet for a 1970 Challenger 340. The VIN on the sheet is JH23H0B152618

This one was found inside a bucket seat back as so many are. In an odd twist of fate though, a pal spotted a 1940s pickup in the lot where he worked & it had Challenger front seats mounted in it. He was able to get permission to search the seats he made a very cool find!

Thanks for getting it to me Jeff!

Proof of ownership and proof the car still exists is always required to claim any item.

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 as 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, Duster sheets in Challengers & so on.

These locations are all typical for 1970 Hamtramck built cars. LA built cars are less likely to have broadcast sheets inside them because the plant had a 'no trash' policy. They have been found at times though, so you still need to look!

Here are some places to look: BC Sheet Location Pics

  •  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?

You can also check the 'FOUND' section here at Hamtramck-Historical.com to see if anything that matches your car's VIN has been found & sent in.

Thanks to the people all over the world that have sent these items in. Over 400 have been claimed so far & well over 8,000 more are still waiting to be claimed!

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

 
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