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    Offline Black340

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    « on: June 11, 2007 - 12:31:03 PM »
    Hello, new to the site and also to Mopar cars, few day ago I purchase a 73 Challenger with a 340-4 and 4 manual trans, I was able to decode the ID tag however nex to it is another reading SPECIAL HANDLING CAR the same writing is on the bottom of the broadcast page..I need help with it thank you
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    Offline 71bigblock

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    Re: Second Tag
    « Reply #1 on: June 11, 2007 - 03:44:00 PM »
    Wow, I cant help, but that looks awesome!   :ylsuper:
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    Offline inot2old

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    Re: Second Tag
    « Reply #2 on: June 11, 2007 - 03:48:33 PM »
    Never seen one of those.  Barry or somebody on here should know. 
    BTW, welcome to the site.  Please show some more pics of your car.
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    Offline Black340

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    Re: Second Tag
    « Reply #3 on: June 11, 2007 - 05:26:59 PM »
    Thank you  for the reply, I am very exited this is my first Mopar, my other car is a 66 Mustang fastback (I have photos but I don't know if is allowed to post other make on this site) here is one of my new toy, I will soon introduce my self to the forum and post more details of the car.
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    Offline Moparal

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    Re: Second Tag
    « Reply #4 on: June 11, 2007 - 08:07:03 PM »
    Welcome to the site black340 :2thumbs:  You can post any picture you want of any car you like. And in one certain area of this site you have to post a car pic in the background, or it will get deleted. :roflsmiley:


    Nice car. Can you post the whole fender tag to decode?
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    Offline ted

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    Re: Second Tag
    « Reply #5 on: June 11, 2007 - 08:32:10 PM »
    it means the car got extra care in the assembly
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    Offline 4Cruizn

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    Re: Second Tag
    « Reply #6 on: June 11, 2007 - 09:10:26 PM »
    WOW sweet car!!  :drool:   :drool:   :drool: Hopefully Barry will chime in here and shed some light on this tag!  :dogpile:
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    Alaskan_TA

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    Re: Second Tag
    « Reply #7 on: June 11, 2007 - 10:06:51 PM »
    Those tags are common on the larger police cars due to the fleet orders and special masking for paint. Lots of folks add them to their cars because they think they are cool also.

    If you can forward a scan of your broadcast sheet to me via email I can try and figure out what made it "special" for you. Sometimes it is obvious and sometimes it is not.......

    Barry

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    Offline Black340

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    « Reply #8 on: June 11, 2007 - 10:24:39 PM »
    Moparal this is the fender tag
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    Offline Black340

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    Re: Second Tag
    « Reply #9 on: June 11, 2007 - 10:38:06 PM »
    Barry, thank you for your answer here is pics of the broadcast sheet note on the botton the # 01 and special handling car notation
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    Alaskan_TA

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    Re: Second Tag
    « Reply #10 on: June 11, 2007 - 11:03:58 PM »
    Do you have a color scan of the actual broadcast sheet? Photo copies in black and white are too easy to manipulate, I do not trust them.

    Barry
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    Offline FY1443433

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    Re: Second Tag
    « Reply #11 on: June 12, 2007 - 03:13:57 AM »

    Damn, look at that fender tag!!!  Man I thought mine was loaded.

    Sweet looking ride!  :cheers:
    FY1
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    Offline Super Blue 72

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    Re: Second Tag
    « Reply #12 on: June 12, 2007 - 07:58:30 AM »
    Now that is really cool!  :thumbsup:

    I've never seen that before and thought all the cars from '72-'74 were sort of cookie cutter all sorta the same/nothing special about this or that sorta cars but this takes the cake!



    Barry, have you ever seen this on an E-body?  :clueless:

    Is this anything like a -Y13 Dealer Demo/ Special Handling Order Code?  What is that code?  (It's for a '70 Challenger)
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    1972 Dodge Challenger Rallye 340, AT, Code TB3=Super Blue, SBD=8/17/1971.  Yes, a Rallye without the fender louvers from the factory because of the body side molding option.

    Pic #2 and 3 of my ARII 1/24 scale model car 

    Phil in New England-Massachusetts  Always thank God for what you have!

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    Offline DMZ73

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    Re: Second Tag
    « Reply #13 on: June 12, 2007 - 09:33:15 AM »
    I just found out another possible meaning to what "special handling" means.

    NEW -From time to time, there are manufacturing representatives that go out to evaluate cars/check for tolerances. Plant managers could/would spec these cars on the day that there  could be an inspection, making sure that the cars had good panel allignment and better fit and finish than your average run-of-the-mill production line. In other words, it could have been a way to flag a car that would have been up for scrutiny.

    *Special handling car can also be a designated floor model- if the dealer needed a floor model for display.
    *Special handling can also be a model designated for ad work or photography. This also gets into the special paint category.
    *Special handling can also mean that it was a promo car - essentially a  test vehicle for the press, designated for the show circuit.

    Some of this is just conjecture. As always, I want to know the truth. If my theory is wrong, I would love to hear what went on. I know that there is some weird Mopar logic, but no one knows how to red theose damn heiroglyphics...

    Dan
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    Offline Black340

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    Re: Second Tag
    « Reply #14 on: June 12, 2007 - 10:05:23 AM »
    Dan
    Thank you very much for the information, I was aprehensive about the purchase of this car because it is my first Mopar and I have no  knowledge about them, however I find that the members of this site are very helpfull which it is a great releif.
    Hugo
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