Dennis Kirban
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As most Turbo Owners are aware on the inside of your trunk lid is a label that says DO NOT REMOVE. Depending on the year of your Turbo Regal (1984-1987) this label can be found on either the drivers side of the under belly of your trunk lid or the passenger side.
Exact position on every car was not a goal at the plant! by the employees. This label in simple terms is the DNA for your Turbo Regal. In 1987 they were arranged in 13 rows across in alphabetic order. Every year they were in alphabetic order, but without checking different number of rows may have been used in earlier years.
If you have 94 or more codes post a photo of your label. You can white out your VIN number if you wish which is the 17 digit number across the upper left of your label. Anything higher than 94 is a very very well optioned Turbo Regal. I don't think I have ever seen one that has hit triple digits (100). I am not 100% sure having 100 codes is possible. I do recall seeing 98 codes.
At the other end of the spectrum would be the fewest codes listed. My personal Turbo T has exactly 4 in each row of 13 rows for a total of just 52 codes. Doing some quick math with my car I am thinking somewhere someone has one maybe with just maybe 48-50 codes which would be very low. My car has tilt, cruise, and had factory body side molding for example.
The problem is, the codes just do not show options they show features that went into building your car. Example the codes VD6 and VD7 are for aluminum bumper inserts. They were not options you got to pick and choose when you bought your car but are listed as codes. Generally speaking yes, most codes will be for options associated with the build of your car and some codes are standard related to emissions and stuff I can't remember so please don't ask me.
But as more and more owners want to discover what is rare this is one way to determine rariety, either lots of options, or very few options. Based on my vast experience with ones I have owned I can tell you one of the rarest non options would be to have a Grand National with no tilt. Another somewhat oddball arrangement which I have also had was a radio delete car with a factory power antenna option.
kirbanperformance.com
denniskirban@yahoo.com
Owned a few over the years everyone has had that trunk ID label.
Exact position on every car was not a goal at the plant! by the employees. This label in simple terms is the DNA for your Turbo Regal. In 1987 they were arranged in 13 rows across in alphabetic order. Every year they were in alphabetic order, but without checking different number of rows may have been used in earlier years.
If you have 94 or more codes post a photo of your label. You can white out your VIN number if you wish which is the 17 digit number across the upper left of your label. Anything higher than 94 is a very very well optioned Turbo Regal. I don't think I have ever seen one that has hit triple digits (100). I am not 100% sure having 100 codes is possible. I do recall seeing 98 codes.
At the other end of the spectrum would be the fewest codes listed. My personal Turbo T has exactly 4 in each row of 13 rows for a total of just 52 codes. Doing some quick math with my car I am thinking somewhere someone has one maybe with just maybe 48-50 codes which would be very low. My car has tilt, cruise, and had factory body side molding for example.
The problem is, the codes just do not show options they show features that went into building your car. Example the codes VD6 and VD7 are for aluminum bumper inserts. They were not options you got to pick and choose when you bought your car but are listed as codes. Generally speaking yes, most codes will be for options associated with the build of your car and some codes are standard related to emissions and stuff I can't remember so please don't ask me.
But as more and more owners want to discover what is rare this is one way to determine rariety, either lots of options, or very few options. Based on my vast experience with ones I have owned I can tell you one of the rarest non options would be to have a Grand National with no tilt. Another somewhat oddball arrangement which I have also had was a radio delete car with a factory power antenna option.
kirbanperformance.com
denniskirban@yahoo.com
Owned a few over the years everyone has had that trunk ID label.