The factory data plate is a rich source of information about the car to which it is attached. It is imprinted when the car is ordered and corresponds to the factory record on microfiche. There remains the problem of deciphering the data stamped on the plate, for codes changed every year, and the idea itself of uniform coding had not been formed. Codes after 1962 can be easily obtained from the MoPar "guru" Galen Govier, but for earlier years its a different question. In 1955 it appears that the data plate was attached to the firewall, behind the brake booster. PAINT (PNT) This code is on the plate attached to the radiator crossbrace under the heading PNT or Paint. The first table concerns single-color paint schemes, the second two-tone schemes. I have the corresponding PPG codes and will supply them on e-mail request to me at webmaster AT amerisud.fr IMPERIAL solid paint
IMPERIAL Sedan two tones
IMPERIAL Newport 2 tones
SCH: within a few days of the actual emergence from the factory. The date sequence is American month, day, year, so 1214 means Dec. 14. |
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