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Introduction to Mopar Documentation Part I | Part II | Part III
Fender Tags: 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967-1968
Fender Tags: 1969 and later
999 Paint codes
Fender Tags: Works in Progress

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Mopar Documentation: 1964 Fender Tags

This Lynch Road built Belevedere tag is noteworthy as the the absence of an engine code under the "A" indicates a base 318 Poly engine. Also, many of the option codes are not documented. Read more about the car at the Fender Tag Examples page.

For 1964, fender tag code layouts varied from plant to plant. Decode charts for Lynch Road and Hamtramck plants have been well documented for many years now. The other plants have not been documented. The reason for this is two fold, first most B-bodies were built at these two Detroit plants, and second, these were the plants that built Hemi cars, Max Wedges, and convertibles. So it has been purely a demand issue. This is the only website (as of 2007) to publish a Rosetta stone decode for 1964 Los Angeles cars. I have a partial listing of some of the Jefferson Road codes as well, but it is largely incomplete.

Please contact me if you are trying to decode a tag for car from either the Newark, Jefferson Road or St. Louis plants, I am still researching these fender tags and I could use your help.

All 1964 Tags

The codes on the bottom line under SO NUMBER BDT TRM PNT are consistent across all plants. Under the SO NUMBER are the Scheduled Production Date and the Shipping Order Number. The TRM is a code for the interior trim level for the car, The BDY is the code for the body configuration, and PNT is the paint code. See Fender Tag Standards for decode information for these codes.

Top Line

The codes on the top line are for the most part unknown for Los Angeles and Hamtramck cars. For Lynch Road cars they contain the Gate Sequence and Base Sequence numbers. Nearly all the Los Angeles have a letter or number under the "1" and a letter under the "4", but I'm not sure what they represent. Jefferson Road cars have three sets of digits on the top line of the fender tag and these mirror codes elsewhere on the tag (scheduled production date, shipping order number, and number code).

Sales Codes (under the ABCDE... )

The codes everyone wants to know about are on the middle line under the "ABCDE...". Except for the engine code, the last digit of a sale code is used under a specific letter to indicate that code. (How crazy is that?) here is how it works:

The lack of a code in a particular location means either no option for that category or the standard option for that category. For example, no radio code means radio delete, no heater code means heater delete, but no engine code means the standard engine was used for that body style (example: Polara 500 = 318cid V8, 330 Sedan = 225cid six).

The chart below is the easiest and most concise way I determined to list the decode locations for different sales codes. This is for 1964 only!

Category (1964)	Code Range	Lynch Road	Hamtramck	Los Angeles	Jefferson Road(**)
Engine (see below)		AB	QR	C	(**)
Transmission	340-349	C	A	A	A
Power Equipment	350-359	D-E	B-E	E-F	B-F
Radio	360-369	G	F	H
Heater	380-389	J	H	L	K
Electrical	420-429	N-P,Z	M-N
Mirrors	480-489	R	P	W
Sales/Delivery	650-710	V,Y	W-Y
Convertible Top	390-399		J-K
Battery	570-579		T
Station Wagon	390-399	L
Backup Lights (LA)	423			S
Upper Door Frame Paint (LA)				P

(**) Jefferson Road codes not complete.

The table below lists the codes. The last digit is the significant part of the sales code that will appear on the fender tag under the corresponding number. For example, a 345 Torqueflite Automatic transmission will have a "5" under the "C" on Lynch Road produced cars, or a "5" under the "A" for cars produced at Hamtramck or Los Angeles or Jefferson Road. On this table, I have only listed common codes, see this link for a longer listing of 1964 codes.

Transmission	341	Three Speed column six cyl.
Transmission	343	Four Speed A-833
Transmission	344	Three Speed floor shift
Transmission	345	Torqueflite Automatic
Power Equipment	350	Auto Pilot Cruise Control
Power Equipment	351	Power Steering(*)
Power Equipment	352	Power Brakes
Power Equipment	353	Power Bench Seat
Power Equipment	354	Power Windows
Power Equipment	355	Power Tailgate Window
Power Equipment	358	Auto Pilot Cruise Control
Radio	361	Music Master Economy AM radio 2watt
Radio	362	Astrophonic Deluxe AM radio
Radio	364	Golden Touch Radio
Radio	363	AM/FM Radio
Heater	381	Air Conditioning with Heater
Heater	385	Heater with Defroster
Electrical	428	Windshield Washer, Dual Jet
Electrical	429	three speed variable windshield washer
Mirrors	481	outside left, manual
Mirrors	482	outside left, remote control
Station Wagon	355	Power Tailgate
Sales/Delivery	652	sold car, expedite
Sales/Delivery	709	special order, fleet
Convertible	396	black top
Convertible	397	white top
Battery	572	70amp police
Battery	573	59amp 361
Battery	574	70amp 383/413/426S
Battery	577	90amp MW/Hemi
Battery	578	48amp (225/273/318)

(*) rarely, if ever appears on a tag.
Not all codes listed, see for longer listing of 1964 codes

 

Engine Codes

Engine codes work differently. These numbers will appear in two digit format on Hamtramck and Lynch Road tags, and a single digit on Los Angeles tags. Not listed here is a 170cid six because if an A-body is equipped with this engine, the engine code area will be blank, indicating the standard engine for that model. Also, Polaras and Belvederes came standard with a 318cid V8, so it would also be blank if so equipped.

Engine	Lynch Rd Hamtramck	Los Angeles
145hp 225 1bbl		2
180hp 273 2bbl	02
230hp 318 2bbl	03
265hp 361 2bbl	04
305hp 383 2bbl	05	5
330hp 383 4bbl	06	6
415hp 426 2x4bbl	08	N/A
425hp 426 2x4bbl	08	N/A
365hp 426S 4bbl	14

 

Additional Notes and Oddities

On Los Angeles tags, a letter may appear under the "P". This letter will indicate interior upper door frame paint. Y=Gold B=Blue C=White/Blue D=DkBlue P=Red etc.

Unknown Codes

Please submit missing codes to me. I am continually doing research on these tags and I hope to determine the missing codes over time.

Some Los Angeles tags carry a "1" under the "T" and some carry a "6" under the "G", please contact me with Los Angeles tags! Especially those that carry those codes.

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Introduction to Mopar Documentation Part I | Part II | Part III
Fender Tags: 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967-1968
Fender Tags: 1969 and later
999 Paint codes
Fender Tags: Works in Progress

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