Topic: 1965 Metuchen Engine compartment decal

[rocket289k]

Hmm, guess I'm confused and didn't do my homework.  Isn't this G20 the date code on a NJ buck tag?

Hi Rodster,

You have the date (G20 = July 20) bang on.  You just had the year incorrect.  Your first post in the thread indicated that the picture of the car's engine compartment that you posted that you was a July 20, 1964 build.  However, it couldn't be 1964 build as Mustang Production didn't start in Metuchen until 1965.  So the G20 part was correct just the year is incorrect it had to be 1965.  From my point of view this is awesome as my car and that car were built only a day apart and both had the decal next to the washer bag.  Therefore it created a pattern (albeit only with 2 cars) for my odd decal placement.

Regards,


Ron

[rodster]

Very interesting! 

My confusion came from the fact that I used a Data Plate Decode book that has G=July 1964.  Guess that info is wrong.  What is the correct date codes for the 64-65 Mustang builds?

In order to avoid future confusion, I promptly ordered the Mustang/Cougar Tag book from Kevin Marti! 

[rocket289k]

Very interesting! 

My confusion came from the fact that I used a Data Plate Decode book that has G=July 1964.  Guess that info is wrong.  What is the correct date codes for the 64-65 Mustang builds?

In order to avoid future confusion, I promptly ordered the Mustang/Cougar Tag book from Kevin Marti! 

Hi Rodster,

The body bucks tags are different beast in that they didn't use the second year of production codes for the date (just to screw us up  ) unlike the door date plates which did use the second year of production codes for the date. 

On my car the door data plate tag date is "19U" (aka July 19th, 1965) but the buck tag date is "G21" (aka July 21st, 1965).  So it was bucked a couple of days later than was originally scheduled.  The date on my door tag plate 19U matches the Scheduled Production date on my car's Build Sheet.

The following is a quote from the Marti Tagbook regarding 1965 Metuchen buck tags:

"The next code on the second line is the date that the buck was completed.  It is in reverse order compared to the door data plate.  The second year of production codes were not used, so if a Mustang was built in May of 1965, the door tag used the letter "S" for the month, but the buck tag used the letter "E".  Following the build date is the serial number of the car."

Regards,

Ron