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Old Jun 14, 2015 | 08:01 PM
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Cleaning up the inner front fenderwells on my 68. Found "56" written in grease pencil over the driver side tire. Can't be a paint code. Any ideas?
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Job number would be my guess.

Cars were assigned job numbers from 1 to 500, then starting at 1 again. There is not a direct correlation between the job number and the VIN, but there is usually a rough approximation.

Do the last two digits of your VIN end anywhere near 56?
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Old Jun 15, 2015 | 04:41 AM
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Cleaning up the inner front fenderwells on my 68. Found "56" written in grease pencil over the driver side tire. Can't be a paint code. Any ideas?

The "56" you see is the number of days left before that assembler was going to retire.
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Parts inspector's mark.
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