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Title: 1971 Cuda Convertible 383, manual
Post by: LoStHeMi on June 04, 2023, 03:00:00 PM
Blue to Red, billboards, go-wing, 4spd.. tag says D13

https://www.gaaclassiccars.com/vehicles/37495/1971-plymouth-cuda
Title: Re: 1971 Cuda Convertible 383, manual
Post by: ragtopdodge on June 05, 2023, 10:30:56 AM
I never seen a "71" stamp on the upper right before???

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Title: Re: 1971 Cuda Convertible 383, manual
Post by: HP_Cuda on June 29, 2023, 06:53:47 AM
That is odd as is the bent upper left portion.
Title: Re: 1971 Cuda Convertible 383, manual
Post by: cuda hunter on June 29, 2023, 09:23:53 PM
How often was the made by plymouth tag installed?  I've not seen that very often.
I looked through my tags and do not see any other tag that has a 71 on it like that.
Title: Re: 1971 Cuda Convertible 383, manual
Post by: JH27N0B on June 30, 2023, 05:01:03 AM
The made by Plymouth tag was installed on export cars. This one claims it was ordered overseas by a serviceman so it was export ordered, but likely delivered in the states after he returned.
Title: Re: 1971 Cuda Convertible 383, manual
Post by: Skdmark on June 30, 2023, 09:23:59 AM
Same SPD as my 71 R/T.
Maybe the bent left corner was due to the install of the "Made by Plymouth" export tag.
Title: Re: 1971 Cuda Convertible 383, manual
Post by: JH27N0B on June 30, 2023, 10:39:49 AM
I don't have a reference detail photo collection handy to refer to, but my recollection is that those export tags were installed stand alone on the inner fender, not sharing a screw with the fender tag.
I'd hazard a guess they were installed at some step in the delivery process after the car rolled off the assembly line. Not at the shipping port leaving here or arriving overseas though, as they are seen on cars ordered overseas by servicemen prior to returning here, and delivered here after they got back thus the car in these cases were never actually exported.
Possibly a mistake made during restoration the way that's it's currently installed.
Title: Re: 1971 Cuda Convertible 383, manual
Post by: HP_Cuda on July 05, 2023, 02:49:35 PM
This is why I think its somewhat funny as most of the export tags were put to the right of the data tag.

Quote from: Skdmark on June 30, 2023, 09:23:59 AM
Same SPD as my 71 R/T.
Maybe the bent left corner was due to the install of the "Made by Plymouth" export tag.
Title: Re: 1971 Cuda Convertible 383, manual
Post by: SeventyTX9RTRag on July 10, 2023, 06:56:12 PM
A buddy has a 69 Charger export car and the tag does not share a screw with the export tag. My guess is that was installed wrong by resto shop.