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VIN  DECODER:

All  Pre-1981 Mopar VINs had 13 characters like this:

A B 1 1 C 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 1

A - Car Line
B - Price Class
1 - Body Type
C - Engine Code
2 - Model Year
D - Assembly Plant
000001 - Build Sequence Number

All 1980 and later Mopar VINs had 17 characters like this:

1 A 2 B C 3 4 D 5 E F 0 0 0 0 0 1

1 - Country of Origin
A - Make
2 - Type of Vehicle
B - Passenger Safety System
C - Car Line
3 - Series
4 - Body
D - Engine
5 - Check Digit
E - Model Year
F - Assembly Plant
000001 - Build Sequence Number

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CODE

(post-1980, one number)
1 - United States

MAKE CODES

(post-1980, one letter)
B - Dodge
C - Chrysler
P - Plymouth

VEHICLE TYPE CODES

(post-1980, one number)
3 - Passenger Car

PASSENGER SAFETY SYSTEM CODE

(post-1980, one letter)
B - Manual Seat Belts
X - Driver's Side Airbag / Passenger Manual Seat Belt

CAR LINE CODES

(pre-1981, one letter)
B - Caravelle
E - St. Regis
F - LeBaron
G - Diplomat
H - Volaré
N - Aspen
S - Cordoba
T - Newport/New Yorker
X - Magnum

(post-1980, one letter)
B - Gran Fury & Caravelle
F - Fifth Avenue & Newport
G - Diplomat

PRICE CLASS / SERIES CODES

(Price Class, pre-1981, one letter)
H - Hi Line
P - Premium

(Series, post-1980, one number)
1 - Economy
2 - Low
4 - High
5 - Premium
6 - Special

BODY TYPE CODES 

(pre-1981, two numbers)
22 - Coupe "B" Pillared hardtop
24 - Coupe Hatchback
29 - Coupe
41 - Sedan
42 - Sedan "B" Pillared hardtop
44 - Sedan Hatchback
45 - Coupe Wagon

(post-1980, one number)
6 - 4 Door Sedan

ENGINE CODES

(one letter)
B     (1971-1974) 198 slant six

C     (1971- ) 225, 1 bbl slant six

D     (1977-1979) 225, 2 bbl slant six, high performance

E    (1971-1980) Special order slant six

F    (1981-1982) 225 slant six, high performance

G     (1971-1980) 318, 2 bbl V8, standard
       (1981-1982) 225 slant six, heavy duty

H     (1971-1973) 340 V8, high performance
       (1978-1980) 318, 4 bbl V8
       (1981-1982) 225 slant six, heavy duty
       (1983) 225 slant six, standard

J    (1973-1980) 360, 4 bbl V8
       (1981-1982) 318 V8, fuel injection
       (1983) 225 slant six, heavy duty

K    (1971-1980) 360, 2 bbl V8, standard
       (1981-1982) 318 V8, 2 bbl carb, standard

L    (1971) 383 V8, standard
       (1974-1980) 360, 4 bbl V8, high performance
       (1981-1982) 318 V8, 2 bbl carb, heavy duty

M     (1972-1976) 400 V8, standard
       (1981-1982) 318 V8, 4 bbl carb, standard

N     (1971) 383 V8, high performance
       (1974-1980) 400 V8, 4 bbl carb
       (1981-1982) 318 V8, 4 bbl carb, heavy duty

P     (1972-1978) 400 V8, high performance
       (1984-1989) 318 V8, 2 bbl carb

R    (1971) 426, "Hemi" V8
       (1984-1988) 318 V8, 4 bbl carb

S     (1984-1988) 318 V8, 4 bbl carb, heavy duty
       (1989) 318 V8, standard

T     (1971-1978) 440 V8, standard

U     (1971-1978) 440 V8, high performance

V    (1971) 440 V8 "Six-pack"

Z     (1971-1980) Special order V8
       (1987-1988) 318 V8

4     (1984-1989) 318 V8, heavy duty

MODEL YEAR CODES 

(One number)
1 - 1971
2 - 1972
3 - 1973
4 - 1974
5 - 1975
6 - 1976
7 - 1977
8 - 1978
9 - 1979
0 - 1980
B - 1981
C - 1982
D - 1983
E - 1984
F - 1985
G - 1986
H - 1987
J - 1988
K - 1989

ASSEMBLY PLANT CODES 

(One letter)
A - Lynch Road
B - Hamtramck
D - Belvidere
F - Newmark
G - St. Louis
R - Windsor
W - Kenosha
X - St. Louis #2

ENGINE BLOCK NUMBERS: 

The Straight-Six 225

A 1 1 1 BB 2 2 2 2 3

A - Series (model year)
1 - Displacement
B - Model (could be two characters)
2 - Build Date
3 - Assembly Shift

The V-8 318 and 360

A B 1 1 1 BB 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1

A - Series (model year)
B - Manufacturing Plant
1 - Displacement
B - Model (could be two characters)
2 - Build Date
0001 - Build Sequence Number

TRANSMISSION OPTIONS: 

Available transmissions included the A230 3 speed (Slant Six only), the A833

4 speed overdrive (Slant Six and 318-2 only), and the A904 and A998/999

Torqueflite 3 speed automatics. These were coupled with either the Chrysler

7 1/4 inch rear axle (for Slant Six coupe and sedan, non-towing applications)

or the Chrysler 8 1/4 axle for the wagon, heavy duty, and V8 versions. Axles

were available in 2.45, 2.76, 2.94, and 3.23 to 1 ratios, depending upon

transmission and engine. Sure-Grip limited slip axles were optional.

Torqueflites got a lockup torque converter in 1978 for non-heavy duty

engines.  Police Package Diplomats with the 360 V8 were equipped with the

virtually indestructible 727 transmission.

  

BODY CODE PLATES: 

These plates are located on the left front fender, wheel housing or the

left side of the upper radiator support.

The service manual is unclear about the placement of some characters,

or whether or not Row 1 is at the top or at the bottom of the Body Code

plate.  It directly contradicts itself more than once. Pre-1981 Mopar

Body Code Plates were 6 rows high and 23 columns wide like

below:

A A A   B B B   C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
D D D   E E E E   F F F   G G G G G G G G G G
H H H   J J J     K                          
- - - F A C T O R Y - U S E - O N L Y - - - -
- - - F A C T O R Y - U S E - O N L Y - - - -
- - - F A C T O R Y - U S E - O N L Y - - - -

A - Engine Code
B - Transmission Code
C - Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
D - Lower Body Paint Color Code or fleet/special order Codes
E - Trim Code
F - Interior Paint Colors and Build Code
G - Vehicle Sales Order Number
H - Upper Body Color Code or Two-Tone Color Code
J - Vinyl Roof Code
K - Order Code (U=U.S.  C=Canada  I=International)

Post-1980 Mopar Body Code Plates were 7 rows high and 23 columns wide like below:

A A A A B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
C C C D D D D E E E F G G H H H H H H
J J J K K K L L L M
- - - F A C T O R Y - U S E - O N L Y - - - -
P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P

A - Model
B - Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
C - 1st Body Paint Color
D - Trim
E - Engine (sales code)
F - Month
G - Day of Month
H - Order Number
J - 2nd Body Paint Color
K - Vinyl Roof
L - Transmission (sales code)
M - Order Code (U=U.S.  C=Canada  I=International)
P - Constant Date shown on attached proposal

According to the 1987 Service Manual, section "P" on the plate above

was sometimes long enough to require a second body code plate to overlap

the first.

ENGINE DISPLACEMENT SPECS:

Year Engine Carb HP Torque
1977
-
1978		 225 1 100 @ 3600 RPM 170 @ 1600
225 CA 1 90 @ 3600 RPM 170 @ 1600
225 2 110 @ 3600 RPM 180 @ 2000
318 2 145 @ 4000 RPM 245 @ 1600
318 CA 2 135 @ 3600 RPM 235 @ 1600
360 2 155 @ 3600 RPM 275 @ 2000

The Dodge Diplomat was available in the 4 Door, 2 Door, or Wagon.

Year Engine Carb HP Torque
1979 225 1 100 @ 3600 RPM 160 @ 1600
225 CA 1 90 @ 3600 RPM 165 @ 1600
225 2 110 @ 3600 RPM 180 @ 2000
318 2 140 @ 4000 RPM 245 @ 1600
318 CA 4 155 @ 4000 RPM 245 @ 1600
360 2 155 @ 3600 RPM 270 @ 2400
360 CA 4 160 @ 3600 RPM 265 @ 1600

The Dodge Diplomat was available in the 4 Door, 2 Door, or Wagon.

Year Engine Carb HP Torque
1980
-
1981		 225 1 90 @ 3600 RPM 160 @ 1600
318 2 120 @ 3600 RPM 245 @ 2000
318 4 155 @ 4000 RPM 240 @ 2000
360 4 185 @ 4000 RPM 275 @ 2000

The Dodge Diplomat was available in the 4 Door, 2 Door, or Wagon.

Year Engine Carb HP Torque
1982
-
1983		 225 1 90 @ 3600 RPM 160 @ 1600
318 2 120 @ 3600 RPM 245 @ 2000
318 4 155 @ 4000 RPM 240 @ 2000
360 4 185 @ 4000 RPM 275 @ 2000

The Dodge Diplomat was only available in the 4 door version.

Year Engine Carb HP Torque
1984
-
1989		 318 2 120 @ 3600 RPM 245 @ 2000
318 4 155 @ 4000 RPM 240 @ 2000
360 4 185 @ 4000 RPM 275 @ 2000

The Dodge Diplomat was only available in the 4 door version.

 

 

 

 

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