Customs Car ID plate what doesthe T.O.N stand for

Hi all you clever people ! My friend over here in Germany has bought this car and wonderd what the T.O.N on the ID tag means ! Can you help ? I hope so thanks .

 

How about Truck Order Number

 

Thank you very much

 

My guess is the tag for trucks will tell you if it’s 1 ton are 3/4 ton and so on

 

Yep.. original sales order number.

 

The apparent spelling mistake lower down is interesting.

 

...Good catch.

 

Just curious...what year did Chrysler start using the Pentastar logo?

 

"Dammit, Ollie! You had one job!"

 

They began using it during the 1963 model year. My 63 Dodge has a pentastar emblem on the lower right front fender and they only put them on those built later in the model year.

 

I find it hard to beleive Chrysler would have a mistake like that on their VIN plates. I have checked some others online and the mistake is not there....... Weird.

 

..I agree.

 

Strange they would have DeSoto on the tag since the last Desoto was 1961

 

I am guessing it's a repro. That would explain the spelling mistake and the Pentastar showing up on the same plate as Desoto.

The plate doesn't even look (to me) like it has ever been mounted as the rivet/screw holes don't appear to have been drilled yet.

 

Most likely that is a reproduction tag.

 

It appears Desotos were made thru 1963 in countries like South Africa and a few others, so that might explain it.

 

There’s a reason they’ve went bankrupt a couple of times.

 

The picture is of a loose (poor quality) non original data plate, not a car.
It's also unfilled. I wonder if the German authorities will catch on that it's not a real data plate.
I doubt it's legal to fill out and put on a vehicle.

Does the car have its original data plate on it?

 

Straight from a '77 Dodge FSM:

 

That looks more like it. ^^^^^^^^

 

Woop. woop. woop! Spelling police! "I before E except after C".

 

Just pointing out that it might not be a recognised legal plate....
Did you manage to find the mistake???

 

I don't know what a pating is but it must be part of the GVW

 

Weirdly enough, that is the correct spelling of weird.
An exception to the general rule.

Anyhow, weird that DeSoto is mentioned in a 1977 shop manual.

 

I read that Chrysler bought millions of those tags and used them until they ran out of them.