cowl trim code
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I own a 1987 442 I have decoded most of the vin and cowl trim tag . but the last six digits of the vin are 309520, and the production sequence number is 049166 . it has 442 stamped on the cowl trim tag the vin engine code is 9 . on the rpo sticker on the trunk lid has F41,GT4,G87,LG8,MW9,N10,N83,QYH,U21,Y64,W42,CF5, duel snorkel air cleaner w/chrome lid and 120 speedometer ,one of 501 w/power sunroof just would like to know how to how to decode numbers.
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I own a 1987 442 I have decoded most of the vin and cowl trim tag . but the last six digits of the vin are 309520, and the production sequence number is 049166 . it has 442 stamped on the cowl trim tag the vin engine code is 9 . on the rpo sticker on the trunk lid has F41,GT4,G87,LG8,MW9,N10,N83,QYH,U21,Y64,W42,CF5, duel snorkel air cleaner w/chrome lid and 120 speedometer ,one of 501 w/power sunroof just would like to know how to how to decode numbers.Are you asking about the RPO option codes? If your real question is about the car being a real 442, it is. The VIN 9 motor was only used on 442s.
And unless the air cleaner snorkels are shooting at each other, that is a DUAL snorkel air cleaner...
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thanks for the help joe, as soon as I do a few more things to my 442 I will post some pictures , hope I can put video on here so u and others can here the aluminum headed 461 that took the place of the 307 . I know some people would not take the original engine out , ( it takes the originality from it) . Yeah but I have owned this car for 10 years and the owner before me did not garage keep this car . I've cleaned it up done some metal work , remember the 1st owner didn't care how he treated it his cousin tried to start refurbish it .but I bought it for $800 . anyway a 500HP @ 600LBS of torque big block beats out a 170HP 245LBS. 307 any day.
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thanks for the help joe, as soon as I do a few more things to my 442 I will post some pictures , hope I can put video on here so u and others can here the aluminum headed 461 that took the place of the 307 . I know some people would not take the original engine out , ( it takes the originality from it) .
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thanks pat for the help my RPO decal has all of the highlighted codes. A51.BD2.B99.C60.D55.D85.GT4.G87.LG8(9code 307).NP5.N10.N83.QYH.TL6.U21.VT5.VO8.W42.Y64.12L.1 9U. only bad part is factory with out the G80 limited slip diff. but I replaced it with a aftermarket pro series diff and CF5 . mine is one of the 501 fact PWR sunroof 442s . does the U21 code indicate the 120mph speedo
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