1971 Demon data plate paint code surprising information most may not know

[J.B.]

I have a 1971 Dodge Demon 340 that has a fresh EB5 blue painted on it in 2022 by the previous owner. He took cars original paint to get verified with a chip of paint and it came back as EB5 not GB5 as the 1971 year should have had. The inside package tray and doors behind door panels were never fresehed up and still have original paint which are also EB5 and no other paint is found on the car. The car lost its data plate throughout the years so it wasnt able to be verified that way until recently. I decided to bite my wallet and go through MMC Detroit’s reproduction data plate verification process to determine if my car would be a candidate they could reproduce a plate for and see if they were able to locate my production information based on their extensive library and with what i could verify and what they could verify and get an accurate data plate made. You have to send photos of all your items dates codes etc and if it matches up with what they have they will print you a plate for a small fee of $450 dollars…yikes but worth it as its a verified and certified company by the big companies including barret jackson, mecum, etc. unfortunately if they dont have the appropriate information on your end or theirs they wont print you a tag to keep the integrity of numbers and data matching strong in the industry with so many counterfeits. I was able to verify the vin with the package tray security digits, along with my dates and codes for transmission rear end etc all coming back in the October, November, and December for all my data coded and dated parts. MMC was able to locate my build date information and confirm that my completed build date was January 16th 1971. Based on the order of information and building of the vehicle on the assembly line my car was painted in 1970 thus the car was painted with EB5. Now i have a bunch of people telling that the 1971 demon should be GB5 and thats not possible they must have prepared as a company to spray cars months before January so they come out with GB5, but thats not the case. While i do believe this to be accurate for most 1971 cars, not many had completed dates in January thus causing all the 1970 casting codes because it is common sense to me, in order to make a car available to purchase in January it must be build months prior, with that being said MMC said that GB5 technically wasn’t released until January 1971 anyways. I will trust the certification experts who know all the nuances. My point with all of this is do you own research confirm the research pay an expert in the field and even fact check the experts because everyone thinks they know just because thats the way it should be isnt always the case. MMC said they have verified thousands of survivor and barn find style cars they were never touched with all kinds of things they should or should not have been there at year end changes. There are alot of people out there they think they know things but proof is always in the pudding. I have spoke with several challenger demon and duster owners who all have similar paint experience with there cars involving this same issue. So yes i have a 1971 dodge demon 340 with EB5 not GB5. The great part is I am building a Trans Am tribute car that is gonna even have the EB5 blue

 

[Killer6]

Your car wasn't even an early version, right at the start of the year would be 4 months into production for that MY, so anybody who states "Chrysler wasn't ready" with the paint for the new MY is just ridiculous.....just shows there are no rules & production realities are far from the "s'posed-ta-be's". Probably had a lot of leftover paint to use up before it was unsuitable to use, so on it went 'til it was gone...bean counters Ya' know......