More ??'s deciphering of Mav Tag

I'm a little confused on exactly what all the information on this tag means.

I've looked at This Site but got a headache and became uncertain of my findings.

If someone in the know (who has absolutely nothing else in the world to
do) would care to tell me what each of the letters/numbers mean, I'd be
much obliged.


Thanks,

Rick

 

Well... I can tell your car originally had a 200 6 cylinder, black interior with green exterior, non Grabber 2 door. If the 38 in the first line is what I have been thinking it is (always seems to match the DSO code), your car is from Pittsburgh. I have no idea what "SPP" "RMLR" or any of that means. Would be intresting to find out though. My '69.5, '73 2 door and '74 Grabber has the same the same tag. I'm betting your vin is 0X91T398474. Could also be 0W91T, but I've never seen a Michigan built '70, and I have never seen Kansas City built car with that tag at all.

My Grabber is a Michigan built car and has it on the drivers side by the frame rail. My '69.5 and '73 2 door are Canada cars and have it on the passenger side.

 

All I can add is you could use a manicure.

 

Built June 22, 1970 (22F)

Me thinks you have a 1970 Grabber....as Grabbers were they only Maverick you could get the Grabber Green color in. also....all the body buck tags I have in my registry also have the "SPP" and the "RMLR"

I think SPP is for Special Promotion Package

I think RMLR stands for Remote Mirror Left Right

 

Also:

0392 is the Rotation Number. These are 0001 thru 1000 (or 999 I think) and start over again at 0001. This is just an in house number that "routes" it thru the assembly plant. You should also see this number hand written on the front of the radiator support behind the passenger headlight area.....and also behind the rear valence on the body of the car.

38 would be the DSO number

 

This is very good info. Is there a tag decoding info source? My '70 Grabber also has SPP but then it has what looks like RN6R in the bottom corner instead of RMLR, would that make sense?

 

The 8 signifies a 3:20 diff ratio-that is all I could decipher.
Dan

 

Good info, guys.

Thanks!

 

If I wasn't out drinking for hours, I could of helped, but I see it's all been covered, I worked on a list for these tags a few years ago, good info!!!!

 

As always, Craig's the man. Here is the info off my '69.5. I never have bothered to get the info off my '74 Grabber or '73 2 door yet.

0948 21 15G
T167193 45
INTER
K YEL MET 1 BLK

What's strange is that, if 15G is the date (July 15, 1969), then the buck tag was stamped a few days before the door tag. My door tag has the date code 17G on it which would be July 17, 1969. My back seat also has a tag attached to the springs marked 3-19-69.

edit: searched Google, cool, my car was being built when the Apollo 11 took off.

 

Cars get "Bucked" prior to final assembly. The Buck Date is the day the body (shell) gets built. The body then waits it's turn to be put on the assembly line to bolt everything to it ... Buck date and Build Date are two different things ... Build date is the date the completed car rolls off the assembly line. My car was bucked on a Friday and built on a Monday ...

 

In a recent issue of Legendary Ford Magazine that talked about the body buck tags. Not a lot of info there...but some.

I would suggest removing the body buck tag, chemically stripping all the paint off, and then read what it says. The RN6R might be more readable that way. Plus...there might have been some deterioration to the original stamping.

You should bring your 1970 Grabber to the Maverick Comet Club International Indiana Mini-Meet on 9/9 so I can check it out.

 

Okay, I just came inside from doing just that. It does say RMLR, it was just hard to read in the car.

The whole tag is
0397 28 16D
T349837 62A 45
UP INTER
LO D YELLOW A BLK
STD SPP RMLR

I think the D is just the Grabber Yellow color code from that year, right?
What does the 45, the UP and the LO stand for?

Sorry, I work the day of the Indiana mini-meet.

On my 69.5, the door tag is
62A T 2D 01C 89 5 W and the VIN is 0X91U100009
I can figure out that, but what are some examples of what the "Transportation Services" DSO would be?

 

While we are on the subject....

I have 2 codes I can't decipher on my 71 Grabber. L and BAG, any ideas?

Ralph

 

Uhh, the VIN on your buck tag dosen't match the VIN on your door tag... According to your buck tag, your car is a 200 6 cylinder car and the VIN ends with 349837. The VIN on your door tag is a 170 car, and by far the lowest # vin I have seen... 100009 wow. What's the VIN on your dash?