76 underhood tire pressure sticker/picture now included

[Napes]

It was pointed out in a thread a while back that the 76 versions of the tire pressure stickers were different from all previous years. Here's the sticker:

Bob Napier

If you'd like a larger view in order to duplicate I can email that.

r.napier@mchsi.com

[jgerock]

Interesting. Here is the tire pressure sticker from the June 1976 Sienabraun 2002 I inspected yesterday.

Right side fender

Other stickers from the same car (for comparison purposes):

Original Parts sticker on right side fender

Emissions (EPA) inside right cowl

VIN plate and color

Oil grade decal inside left cowl

Fuse decal under hood left side

Battery, coolant and brake fluid decals

76 Emissions diagram on left fender

Driver's side DOT stickers - I've never seen that small one before

[02Les]

Yes, interesting.

Here's the one from my ex-parts car. Car was manuf 9 Apr '76.

[Allenr56]

Here is the one from my '76, S/N 2744610, manual trans, located right above the coil on the right fender. I believe the car was originally sold in Colorado. The paint underhood was original and I think this was the original sticker.

[Napes]

Those are interesting, Jim. Those are on an automatic, same as my wife's. Her VIN is 2391904, Feb '76 mfg. Most of her stickers (in much better shape than the ones in your photos) are the same, but appears that the last of the '02 automatics came with different stickers again. My wife's, like the one in your pictures, is also a "49 States Version".

My wife's car is fairly low milage and has always been here in Nogales, Arizona, since new. We know the history of the car. Her tire pressure sticker is in the passenger's side cowl area. Same place as the oil spec sticker on the driver's side. But this web site has shown that it apparently depended on what day and what person was putting on the underhood stickers, as there's no hard and fast rule as to location. I'd be inclined to think the picture in the post below yours is a replacement fender because the color and tire pressure sticker are where the VIN is supposed to be located, with only the color sticker just inboard from the VIN.

But it makes me think that after the Feb. manufactured cars in '76, at some point, the factory went to another different sticker with even different tire pressure recommendations.

Who knows, maybe someday someone will track down somebody who was at the factory during the seventies that will be able to shed some light on this issue, because, God only knows, it's been beat to death over the years on this site.

Bob Napier

[02Les]

Bob,

Many '76 '02s left the factory, roughly in the VIN range 2742000-2745000, 2391500-2392000 & 2379500-2380000, with no VIN plates.

I guess they ran out for a while!

The sticker placement on my old parts car (in above post) is typical of the placement of these "no VIN plate" cars.

[Conserv]

Bob,

Many '76 '02s left the factory, roughly in the VIN range 2742000-2745000, 2391500-2392000 & 2379500-2380000, with no VIN plates.

I guess they ran out for a while!

The sticker placement on my old parts car (in above post) is typical of the placement of these "no VIN plate" cars.

Agreed. My 49-state, 4-speed, VIN 2742541, came without a metal VIN plate. It was manufactured April 23, 1976 and has only a VIN sticker on the rear edge of the driver's door. Where most cars have their VIN plates (just aft of the passenger-side strut), mine had a color sticker and a tire pressure sticker. The latter sticker was identical to that on the Sienabraun car shown above.

And the photo Les posted above of his ex-parts car (April 9, 1976) shows tire pressure and color stickers in a location identical to their location on my car.

Steve