Need some help: Is it a 69 340 Dart Custom/GT/Swinger?

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Hello guys,

I need your help, 'cause I'm slightly confused... A friend send me pictures of a 1969 Dodge Dart with a matching numbers 340c.i. and four speed... It needs some love, but the car is for sale... An A-Body 340 four speed is my weakness I must confess, so I asked for pictures including the VIN and the Fender Tag and now I'm really confused. I had some troubles decoding it - the quality of the pictures is not really good.

Here are the pictures:
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If I read this correct:
VIN: LH23P9B373959
L=Dart/Demon
H=High
23=2Door Hardtop
P=340 275HP 1-4BBl 8Cyl
9=1969
B=Hamtramck
373959=273958th Vehicle

Tag:
E55 (340 4bbl)
D21 (HD 4speed)
LH23 (Dart/Demon, High, Door Hardtop)
P9B (340 4bbl, 1969, Hamtramck)
373959 (Sequence number)
F8(?) (dark green metallic)
D2X (Deluxe Vinyl Bench Black)
F8/X9 (?) green/black door frames?
509 (5/09/1969)
171320 (Order number)
R11 (Music Master Radio AM)
V1X (Full Vinyl Top - Black)
V8W (Transverse Stripe - White)
END


And now there is my question: A LH Dart with a 340???
Swinger is LM23, Dart GT is LP23, Dart GTS is LS23, and Dart Custom is LH23. But a Custom could only have a 318 or? Or are my eyes deceiving me and is this a LM VIN?

Thank you guys for helping me!
 
Hello guys,

I need your help, 'cause I'm slightly confused... A friend send me pictures of a 1969 Dodge Dart with a matching numbers 340c.i. and four speed... It needs some love, but the car is for sale... An A-Body 340 four speed is my weakness I must confess, so I asked for pictures including the VIN and the Fender Tag and now I'm really confused. I had some troubles decoding it - the quality of the pictures is not really good.

Here are the pictures:
View attachment 1715469466

View attachment 1715469467


If I read this correct:
VIN: LH23P9B373959
L=Dart/Demon
H=High
23=2Door Hardtop
P=340 275HP 1-4BBl 8Cyl
9=1969
B=Hamtramck
373959=273958th Vehicle

Tag:
E55 (340 4bbl)
D21 (HD 4speed)
LH23 (Dart/Demon, High, Door Hardtop)
P9B (340 4bbl, 1969, Hamtramck)
373959 (Sequence number)
F8(?) (dark green metallic)
D2X (Deluxe Vinyl Bench Black)
F8/X9 (?) green/black door frames?
509 (5/09/1969)
171320 (Order number)
R11 (Music Master Radio AM)
V1X (Full Vinyl Top - Black)
V8W (Transverse Stripe - White)
END


And now there is my question: A LH Dart with a 340???
Swinger is LM23, Dart GT is LP23, Dart GTS is LS23, and Dart Custom is LH23. But a Custom could only have a 318 or? Or are my eyes deceiving me and is this a LM VIN?

Thank you guys for helping me!
When all else fails, get a copy of the title
 
When I first read your VIN tag I thought it was LM perhaps someone with an H in their vin could post a photo to compare the stamping.
 
Hello guys,

I need your help, 'cause I'm slightly confused... A friend send me pictures of a 1969 Dodge Dart with a matching numbers 340c.i. and four speed... It needs some love, but the car is for sale... An A-Body 340 four speed is my weakness I must confess, so I asked for pictures including the VIN and the Fender Tag and now I'm really confused. I had some troubles decoding it - the quality of the pictures is not really good.

Here are the pictures:
View attachment 1715469466

View attachment 1715469467


If I read this correct:
VIN: LH23P9B373959
L=Dart/Demon
H=High
23=2Door Hardtop
P=340 275HP 1-4BBl 8Cyl
9=1969
B=Hamtramck
373959=273958th Vehicle

Tag:
E55 (340 4bbl)
D21 (HD 4speed)
LH23 (Dart/Demon, High, Door Hardtop)
P9B (340 4bbl, 1969, Hamtramck)
373959 (Sequence number)
F8(?) (dark green metallic)
D2X (Deluxe Vinyl Bench Black)
F8/X9 (?) green/black door frames?
509 (5/09/1969)
171320 (Order number)
R11 (Music Master Radio AM)
V1X (Full Vinyl Top - Black)
V8W (Transverse Stripe - White)
END


And now there is my question: A LH Dart with a 340???
Swinger is LM23, Dart GT is LP23, Dart GTS is LS23, and Dart Custom is LH23. But a Custom could only have a 318 or? Or are my eyes deceiving me and is this a LM VIN?

Thank you guys for helping me!

69_Dart0020.jpg
 
Looks like its a "LM23" Swinger 340 to me. You can kind of tell by the list of options too. For example, the Tranverse Stripe only came on the GTS or Swinger, and you know its not a GTS.
 
Thank you all for the quick respond! I'm quite excited, 'cause a matching numbers 340 4speed is pretty rare here in europe... but we have to check if it is a real matching numbers H-Code car.
 
Thank you all for the quick respond! I'm quite excited, 'cause a matching numbers 340 4speed is pretty rare here in europe... but we have to check if it is a real matching numbers H-Code car.
1969 would be a P code, not an H code
 
It is a 1969 Dart Swinger 340 Ivy green with a black bench interior black top and white stripe, simple as that.
 
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