VIN Decoding - Australian Chryslers
Vehicles VG,VH,CH,VJ,CJ, have a compliance plate on the drivers side fire wall only, showing options and body number.

Vehicles from VK onwards have an option information plate on the left hand fire wall but still have a compliance plate on the drivers side (the only information on this is the body number).

The body number is also stamped in to the right hand inner fender.

Chrysler offered it's vehicles according to price range:

And a number ranking system, 1 though 8.  1 is low and 8 high.  The higher the number the better the specification.

Each body type has it's own number:

Each body has a unique serial number which reflects it's production number, numbers are sequential starting from 00001 in each body type.

Looking at the compliance plate (G,H,J) or the option plate (K>) you will see a line that says;

BODY— BERG—— (or TAUB——)

This is the paint colour code. The first is a two letter code which is the Chrysler Code. The second is the paint manufacturers number (4 digits) Berger is the paint manufacturer (BERG) or Taubmans (TAUB)

Trim Code:

On the compliance plate of all vehicles you will find the month and year of manufacture followed by the model and series (V for Valiant, C for Chrysler, G,H,J,K,L,M), the price range (number & letter), the body type, a "/" then 2 letters and 2 numbers.  This is the actual completion date.

The first letter is the Year:

The second letter is the Month:

The next two digits are the day of the month.  For Example:

1/74 VJ7M29/EA16-2657

Indicates a Valiant 'J' Series Charger built 16th January 1974 in the high end of the medium price range and that it is number 2657 of its type in the build sequence.

Looking at the ‘J’ series model code ID sheets shows that the base configuration for a 7M29 Charger is a 265 with 3 spd floor shift manual. We then add our options to this. If you wanted a particular option not available in your model or price range you could twist the salesmans arm to get it. He would check with the factory to see if they could fit that option on the assembly line, if they could the factory would issue an S.O.A. (Special Order Authority) on G,H,J, series vehicles the SOA number will be stamped in to the right hand inner fender next to the body number, on K series and later it is on the option plate.