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Olive

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Hey guys,
Who would I use to properly decode my odd '65 Dart? I'd like to get an 'authenticity' some- such-thing if possible, kinda like what GG used to do
TIA, Olive

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Yessir - did do. Pretty easy to figure out what one has :)

What I'm after is something that is moderately more legit than my 'interpretation' that I can include with the upcoming sale. Also was hoping someone could weigh in on how many of these 4-door hipo 273 may have been made
 
Post what you found when you decoded the tag, inquiring minds want to know.
 
Right, I'm super curious as to how many HP273 Darts were made in the 4-door configuration with a small list of options like mine:
* auto trans
* heater
* intermittent wipers
It escapes me how back then one would order what is a base 4-door with no power steering, power brakes, a.c., radio, etc, but with the highest hp engine for the Abody!
 
TMM, I agree it is an odd one. Probably special ordered by the original owner. Who knows, back then people could order a lot of odd combinations.
 
Olive, back in those days the accuracy of records were questionable at best. Good luck with your search.
 
Just a thought....did the car happen to have a trailer hitch on it when you got it? Maybe the original owner bought the 4 door with the biggest motor they could get to tow a boat to the lake or something?
 
I had not considered that -- but alas, no hitch, power steering etc. Never been rodded in any way either so a super conservative initial owner -- and only one owner with me being the second. It's a quirk of a car to be sure. BTW it is very powerful and remarkably quiet even with the HP exhaust
 
Olive said:
Right, I'm super curious as to how many HP273 Darts were made in the 4-door configuration with a small list of options like mine:
* auto trans
* heater
* intermittent wipers
It escapes me how back then one would order what is a base 4-door with no power steering, power brakes, a.c., radio, etc, but with the highest hp engine for the Abody!
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Don't get your hopes up. There aren't breakdowns for anything past engine and transmission combinations that I have seen. Heck, in 66 there were no further breakdowns between convertible Darts and hardtops. They were all grouped together. Probably some of those records were lot in the fire or were never kept back then.
 
Right I get that - it's wishful thinking that (in 2020) one can conclude with certainty that any particular car is/was 1 of XXXX examples optioned exactly the same.
 
Olive said:
Right I get that - it's wishful thinking that (in 2020) one can conclude with certainty that any particular car is/was 1 of XXXX examples optioned exactly the same.
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Nope. The information isn't available.
 
Was it built in California? We need to see the VIN#.
 
VIN 1352536655

After doing a little sleuthing (don't hold me to it), these are the 4-door HP 273 numbers:
4-door (basic) sedans (25)
4-door ('270') sedans (275)
4-door wagons (0)

... was not able to find any credible data on any manual/auto subsets
 
Olive said:
VIN 1352536655

After doing a little sleuthing (don't hold me to it), these are the 4-door HP 273 numbers:
4-door (basic) sedans (25)
4-door ('270') sedans (275)
4-door wagons (0)

... was not able to find any credible data on any manual/auto subsets
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1-Valiant/Barracuda -6
3-Valiant 200
5-1965
2-Hamtramck, Michigan
536655- sequence number

I think we will need to see some photos of the car. It doesn't look like the VIN matches the car.
 
Interesting - am out of town for another day, will get pic of actual VIN tag at the drivers door when I get back. The VIN I posted was from a pic I took of the title - just checked and I did copy it correctly. So there may be a story!
 
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