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1968 Sport Deluxe Beaumont
Here's how your VIN number decodes
VIN 7383781112840
738 = Beaumont SD V8
37 = two door coupe
8 = model year 1968
1 = assembly plant code for the Oshawa Ontario plant
1 = start of sequential unit number
12840 = where your car is off the assembly line from the Oshawa plant
A51C08 D55 M40T-27
68 73837 05806496
TR 766 1-6-10 9RR
A51 = front bucket seats
C08 = vinyl top
D55 = floor console unit
M40 = turbo 400 three automatic transmission
TP27 = black vinyl top
ST = refers to style of car
68 = model year 1969
73837 = model number for a Beaumont Sport Deluxe V8 two door sport coupe
OS = assembly plant code for Oshawa Ontario
806496 = body order number
BDY = missing refers to above
TR = refers to interior trim
766 = interior trim code for black vinyl
1-6-10 = production date of car body day shift of June 10, 1968
9 = type of paint
R = lower body exterior paint color Matador Red
R = upper body exterior paint color Matador Red
PNT = missing refers to above
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