Body Buck Tags

Body Buck tags were only found on Canadian built cars and some American built cars.

I thought I would start this thread and ask folks to post pictures of their body buck tags, and a description of the car it was found on. This way we can build one thread with all this info. Please only post if you have a picture and description. I will start:


This body buck tag is off of a 1971 Ford Maverick 2-door. 302 V-8, C-4 AT, Factory AC, dark blue with a white full vinyl top, blue comfort weave interior with bench seat.

Rotation Number: 0596
28 DSO = 28 Louisville, KY
Exterior color: Q = Medium Blue Metallic
Trim: 5B = Medium blue - Deluxe Woven Vinyl Bench
Axle: 6 = 3.00:1 Ratio

 

I have the one off the 72 Grabber .... Red with white bucket interior I parted out .... I'll hunt for it in my Garage tomorrow ...

 

I beg to differ. My '74 Grabber was built at the Wayne, Michigan plant (4W93L V.I.N.) and has one.

Here is the one off my '69.5. I also included a shot of the door tag that shows the 17G date versus the 15G on the buck tag. Car is Metallic Yellow, Black interior, bought new in the Atlanta district, 200/C4, 7.5 rear. The letters messed up by the screw hole on the left side appear to be UP and L below.

I have to go to NC to get the ones off my brother's '73, and the '74 Grabber. I might try to go up there later this evening since I need to get some parts for my car.

 

Hmmm ... my 74 was also built in Wayne ... and it doesn't have one ... at least it didn't have one when I got it ... and I think the 72 tag I have is from a DearBorn car ...

 

1970 Grabber, 170 c.i., 3 speed manual, black vinyl interior, Grabber Green exterior

 

my car is candaian , is it that little tag on the core support??

 

yes.
Man I wish I could find mine, I put it somewhere so I wouldn't loose it, I have a box of them somewhere.....

 

Yes. When you open the hood, look down on the passenger side between the grille and core support. It will be attached to the core support.

Attached below is the one on my Grabber. You can faintly make out the edges of it. If I remember right, it is attached with some sort of staple instead of screws. The info on it is formatted the same as on Canadian cars. I never knew it was there until after I wrecked the car and took the front end off.

 

i could be wrong , but i think i remember seeing it on the passenger side towards the top , right above those slots in the support, i will have to check it out in the morning....

 

I just looked on my 74 and definitely don't have one ... and I would have remembered removing it when I did my Bumper swap if there was one.

BTW ... The term BUCK isn't on WikiPedia so I may have to add the definition. A Body Buck was the the BUCK Welding process on the assembly line. All of the sheetmetal pieces of the body shell were clamped into a BUCK and then welded together. Following this process the vehicle was officially "born", then given a VIN number and moved onward into the assembly process. That is why on a Marti report you have a Buck Date and a Build Date. The Buck date is when the shell was assembled ... the Build date is when the finished vehicle rolled off the assembly line. Generally the dates are not the same .... The Buck Tag was probably used in addition to the Build Sheet to insure the car was assembled with all the proper options ...


As far as location ... The 72 I parted out was higher up on the passenger side. The 1984 Mustang I owned also had one in the same place upper driver side radiator support.

 

I think adding it to Wikipedia would be a great idea. And yea, My '69.5 and '73 2 door both have them higher up on the passenger side, in plain view when you open the hood. The one on the Grabber was totally hidden by the front bumper and filler panel and all that.

The date on my '69.5 is July 15, 1969, and the date on the door tag is July 17th, so that would also support what you say.

 

Mine was on the car, but was destroyed. It fell apart when I tried to clean it up. Made in Canada (Windsor).

 

504 is probably the rotation number. All cars were numbered 1 thru 999 on the assembly line as they were "routed" through the assembly plant. Once the got to 999....they started over again at 001. On the body buck tag I posted the rotation number was in the upper left corner.

 

Here's mine from the Sprint. DSO code B4 = midwestern Canada. I'm sure someone with a keen eye will notice the pic is actually of the back side of the tag...couldn't get a legible pic from the front so I snapped it from the back and flipped it left to right.