body plate decoding
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body plate decoding
Looking at the body ID plate i can recognize the codes (body nr, trim finish, paint code etc). However, after the paint code there is 'AA' and in the left top corner it is stamped 'B18' above the 'Style' stamp Anyone knows what those mean?
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The AA is a Black '65, and the B18 is February 18 which is the build date of the car.
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Neither of those is correct for a 65. AA is the ECL code after the interior color and B18 would be Sept 18. But we still don't know that it's a 65. We need to know the year and the build site (S or A code in the body build) to decode either correctly.
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Okay, so it's a 64, built Oct 18, 1963. The color was red. The AA is an ECL code showing limits to options. If you'll use the link provided by Black_Magic above and fill in all the choices, you can decode it yourself.
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