With the drivers door open, the data tag can be found on the side of the cowl just below the windshield. Our sample tag (allowing for limitations of HTML) appears as:

Reformat of the same information with line numbers for reference:

Line 6: 1234567890

Line 5: 1118 5432 842

Line 4: ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ

Line 3: 32 4 415 91 1 2 45

Line 2: SO NUMBER BDY TRM PNT

Line 1:1118 5432 842 M8X 229

DECODE:

Lines 5&6: These are not significant or contain repeated information from lines below.

Lines 3 & 4 are read vertically. Here, the 'A' and the '3' are read as A=3.

Decode reference table for Lines 3&4

The lower two lines are also read vertically. Here the '1118' goes with the 'SO' and decodes as: 1118 = Scheduled build date of Monday, November 18th, 1963.

5432 = Shipping order number.

BDY = 842 = Chrysler 300 K two door hardtop

TRM = M = Medium trim grade

8 = Leather bucket seat interior.

X = black interior color (*).

PNT = 229 = Silver Mist exterior paint color.

(*): The typical bucket seat codes for 1964 Chrysler 300s and 300Ks had an M (Medium trim grade) prefix, followed by a 4 (Vinyl) or 8 (Leather) and then the color code: B = Blue, M = Mauve, N = White & Black, R = Red, T = Tan, W = White, and X = Black.