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Meaning and placement of Inspection stickers and other tags

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rackerm:
I have seen numerous pictures of cars, some unrestored, with various inspection stickers. I am interested in duplicating what was done in Dearborn built 73 convertible.

Do the stickers differ between plants?

I've seen an unrestored car with a small square red "ST" sticker on the passenger side window along with a 2"x4" card that read "ATTACH THIS PORTION TO FINAL ACCEPTANCE INSPECTION CARD." My question is what does the red "ST" mean and is the pass window the correct place for it? Also, should the 2x4 card also be attached to the window, if not where does it go? I have not seen this tag or the card in repro or on any other car.

I seen other cars with a black "T" or a  Red "T 1" sticker.  I understand this means trim

In addition the same car had a small square red "E" sticker on the shock tower above the horn. Am I correct to assume the "E" mean electrical. I have not seen this tag in repro or on any other car.

I am familiar with the common tags for "F" "B" "P" "T" reproductions.

I would appreciate anyone's help to decipher the above...

J_Speegle:
One Thing I would suggest as an over view on stickers and something we see at shows is the mixing of predelivery stickers and those that would be left after dealer prep being present or mixed at a show. We sometimes run across cars on show fields where they have some of each and in those cases we have to ask how the owner wants the car to be judged. As as delivered to the dealership (without dealer prep) or as delivered - where many of the assembly line checks and stickers would have been removed.

Owners are often surprised that after sending all the time and dollars they spent getting these details they are deducted for. Things associated to this choice would also be radio antennas, hubcaps seat covers, door edge protectors and so on.

Please consider this before you go down this road on a car that will be displayed or shown

J_Speegle:

--- Quote from: rackerm on May 15, 2017, 05:50:31 PM ---I have seen numerous pictures of cars, some unrestored, with various inspection stickers. I am interested in duplicating what was done in Dearborn built 73 convertible.

Do the stickers differ between plants?
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Yes between plant and years also in some examples. In the case it would be differences between Mustangs built at one plant and other Ford models built elsewhere since only one plant was building Mustangs that year.


--- Quote from: rackerm on May 15, 2017, 05:50:31 PM ---I've seen an unrestored car with a small square red "ST" sticker on the passenger side window along with a 2"x4" card that read "ATTACH THIS PORTION TO FINAL ACCEPTANCE INSPECTION CARD." My question is what does the red "ST" mean and is the pass window the correct place for it? Also, should the 2x4 card also be attached to the window, if not where does it go? I have not seen this tag or the card in repro or on any other car.
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Remember that such stickers would have normally been removed at dealer prep and would not normally still be on the car when delivered to the first buyer. Since 73 was the last year of the "real" or classic Mustangs. A fair number (when compared to other years) were purchased and sold as they came off the transport without dealer prep. The parts yet installed would be in the trunk and other details would differ from cars that had gone through dealer prep since many were just clutter to a regular buyer plus the first owner would want the car completed before they took delivery

As far as the T and the E's  I would agree. Though I've not found a worker who confirmed this it would IMHO be a continuation and consistant with practices (done with ink stamps) we see back to 1964

rackerm:
Thank you Jeff. You made a very good point regarding pre dealer prep and post dealer prep. I was aware that antennas were shipped in a brown paper bag in the trunk for the dealer to install, but beyond that I am unclear as to where to draw the line here. Is there any documentation on which tags are pre and which are post?

Making matters even more confusing for me, my car was not sold to a dealership, instead it was a Ford Marketing inter company transfer. It was actually shipped in mid June of '73 from Dearborn thru Ford's Newark NJ Preparation Center and then to the recipient, whose name and employee number is printed on the invoice (a Ford employee I suspect) at the Ford Delaware Valley PDC in Pennsauken NJ. According to the Eminger invoice.

Given these circumstances, where is best to draw the line pre dealer, post dealer prep, even though there was no dealer, or some hybrid since it was supposedly prep at the Newark Prep Center?

Thanks again,
Rich

nham3407:
Rich,

I believe I sent you many of the pictures I had of the pre-delivery 73 convertible. I had a hard time uploading all of the pictures I had of that car. PM me if you would like for me to copy them on a CD and send to you.

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