1971
19721971 V8 Chevelle Body Number Plates/Protect-O-Plates ~ Kansas City, MO. (K)
[ 1971 ] | [ 1972 ]
It is known that in 1971 Kansas City coded trim tag style numbers with an even 3rd digit for a V8 and an odd 3rd digit for an L6 so the Fisher Body Style number is a valid resource to tell if the car was a V8 or L6.
Nothing on a 1971 Kansas City trim tag nor Warranty Protect--O-Plate card will indicate the Heavy Chevy YF3 option, RPO YF3. But, if the Fisher Body style number is NOT 13437 or the VIN does not begin with 13437, you can be assured it is not a factory YF3 Heavy Chevy.
These examples may or may not be YF3 optioned Chevelle sport coupes but are shown as examples of how to read a 1971 Kansas City trim tag and/or Protecto-O-Plate card.
Various letters are found on the third line of the trim tag. See Kansas City trim tag properties
ST 71-13437 ~ 1971 V8 Chevelle
Sport Coupe
K ~ Body Assembly ~ Kansas City, Missouri
723234 BDY ~ Fisher Body data processing number
TR 724 ~ Dark Blue Roma Cloth, Dark
Blue Coated Fabric (bench seat)
13 13 PNT ~ Nevada Silver
(lower-upper)
03B ~ Body Date - March 2nd week
07332 ~ Data processing
number from build sheet
Z ~
See Kansas City trim tag
properties
ST 71-13437 ~ 1971 V8 Chevelle Sport Coupe
K ~ Body Assembly ~ Kansas City, Missouri
136284 BDY ~ Fisher Body unit number
TR 703 ~ Black Coated Fabric (bench seat)
52 52 PNT ~ Sunflower Yellow (lower-upper)
03D ~ Body Date - March 4th week
04315 ~ Data processing number
Z ~ See Kansas City trim
tag properties
ST 71-13437 ~ 1971 V8 Chevelle Sport Coupe
K ~ Body Assembly ~ Kansas City, Missouri
263273 BDY ~ Fisher Body unit number
TR 736 ~ Dark Jade Roma Cloth, Antique Dark
Jade Coated Fabric (bench seat)
43 G PNT ~
Lime Green, dark green vinyl top (lower-upper)
05D ~ Body Date - May 4th week
04062 ~ Data processing number
