Fender Tag • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **mopar_or_no_car** » 02 May 2005 1:20

Hi, I am new to this site. I was wondering if someone would be able to help me decode this fender tag. Thanks for your help. Here is what it reads...

N85 V6X L2 024
J25 J54 M08 M21 M26 N76
FE5 C A57 B43 C56 G51
FE5 A6XW 000 319 C45515
E44 D13 JH23 G4B 354942

Dillon

by **dave-r** » 02 May 2005 19:24

I have not done one of these for a while. Didn't realise I was getting so rusty!
Can anyone help me with this? :oops:

E44 = 318 engine
D13 = 3-speed manual floor shift
JH23 = Challenger 2dr hardtop
G = 318 engine
4 = 1974 model
B = Hamtramck production plant
354942 = 254,942nd car down the production line.

FE5 = body paint. Rallye Red
A6XW = White bucket seats
000 = upper door color (none)
319 = Scheduled production date March 19th 1974
C45515 = Canadian dealer order number

FE5 = Roof finish (painted Rallye Red)
C = Built to Canadian spec.
A57 = Rallye trim option
B43 = Manual brakes
C56 = Bucket seats
G51 = ????

J25 = variable speed wipers????
J54 = R/T or Ralley hood???
M08 = ????????
M21 = ????????
M26 = ????????
N76 = Coolant recovery system

N85 = Tachometer
V6X = Black side strobe stripes
L2 = Built on production line two.
024 = Inspectors stamp????

by **Mike l** » 02 May 2005 19:57

Let me see if i can help

G51-left hand outside manual mirrow (chrome)
J54-insulation pad or rallye hood
M08-delete quarter windows louver
M21-roof drip rail moldings
M26-wheel lip mouldings
024-??????

by **dave-r** » 02 May 2005 20:00

"M08-delete quarter windows louver"

:shock:

What does that mean???

by **JackT** » 03 May 2005 4:48

M08 is the code for the Challenger Rallye simulated front fender louvers - it's not a delete code in this case. J54 is the Sport Hood code for the Rallye hood. The 024 could be an axle assembly build code, but only on a Lynch Road tag. An inspection mark on the tag would never appear to be part of the original coding so the 024 is really a matter for further research.

by **Alaskan_TA** » 03 May 2005 6:12

I have not looked at a lot of them, but the 1974 Hamtramck tags I have seen so far have three digits afther the L1 or L2. They vary quite a bit, I would like to know what it means too.

Barry

by **Mike l** » 03 May 2005 12:27

Could the 024 mean that their is only 24 days left of production on the
challenger?. I have heard that production stoped sometime in April.Does
anybody have a plant sequential number past 354942 (March 19,1974)?
Does anybody have a 1974 challenger from the L.A. plant? All the fender
tags that i have from 1974 is from the Hamtramck plant.

by **Alaskan_TA** » 04 May 2005 5:08

Hey Mike,
LA made E-bodies in 1970 only. The last three digits on the tag go up and down, so I do not think it had anything to do with how many days of production were left.

The latest VIN I have on file so far for a 1974 Challenger ends in 397584.

T/Ake care,
Barry

by **Mike l** » 04 May 2005 10:51

Barry,what was the scheduled production build date for that challenger
(397584)?

by **Alaskan_TA** » 04 May 2005 20:57

Hey Mike,
I do not have the tag codes for that one. It is somewhere between 412 and 424 though based on cars I have on file around it.

T/Ake care,
Barry