Here’s a brief history of the car that I’ve gathered from the build sheet and the fender tag
The car was built on Jan 16, 1969 at the Hamtramck, MI Plant with a 440 Magnum V8 375 Horsepower engine. Here is a pic of the Fender tag (this is bolted to the frame of the car and breaks down all the options that were put onto your car in the factory). I have broken down all the codes for you from the bottom to the top, left to right.
E86 – 440 4BL ENGINE
D32 – HD A-727 TORQUEFLITE TRANSMISSION
XS29 – X = CHARGER, S = SPECIAL PRICE CLASS – R/T, 29 = BODY STYLE – 2 DOOR SPORTS HARDTOP
L9B – L = 440 4BBL ENGINE, 9 = MODEL YEAR – 1969, B = ASSEMBLY PLANT – HAMTRAMCK, MI
266231 – SERIAL NUMBER
A4 – SILVER UPPER BODY PAINT
A4 – SILVER LOWER BODY PAINT
C6R – C = PRICE CLASS: CHARGER, 6 = BUCKETS VINYL, R = RED INTERIOR
R6 – UPPER DOOR FRAME COLOR = RED
116 – PRODUCTION DATE = JAN 16
116501 -ORDER NUMBER OF VEHICLE
A01 – LIGHT PACKAGE
- PACKAGE OF SEPARATE OPTIONS OF WHICH SOME WERE NOT AVAILABLE AS SEPARATE COMPONENTS
- SMALL GREEN LAMP WITH A DELAY SWITCH WAS PLACED ABOVE THE IGNITION KEY CYLINDER
- MAP LIGHT
- GLOVEBOX LAMP
- TRUNK LAMP
- HEADLAMP BUZZER
B41 – FRONT DISC BRAKES
B51 – POWER ASSIST DISC BRAKES
C16 – CONSOLE
C55 – BUCKET SEATS
G15 – FRONT WINDSHIELD TINTED
J25 – 3 SPEED VARIABLE WINDSHIELD WIPERS
M21 – ROOF DRIP RAIL MOLDINGS
M25 – WIDE SILL MOLDINGS
M31 – BELT MOLDINGS
R11 – MUSICMASTER AM RADIO
V8R – TRANSVERSE STRIPE RED
Now I’ve spoken to the owner who I brought the car from. He said he brought the car from a guy in the Bay Area. The pink slip show’s the car was brought by this guy in 1976. Doing a people search on the web I was able to find the new address for this owner and sent him a letter asking for any history of the car. A week or so later I received a email from his wife who said that they indeed had owned this car, he brought it from a used car dealer in San Jose, CA in 1974 or 1976. He does not remember the dealer he brought it from.