Plymouth Fury III License Plate Bulb Size

The Plymouth Fury III license plate light requires bulb sizes 168, 97, or 67 depending on the specific application. Available information covers the span from 1965 through 1974.

The year-by-year compatibility chart below provides a quick reference to verify the correct bulb size for your vehicle.

Bulb Size by Year Range

Years	Bulb Size
1974	168
1971-1973	97
1965-1970	67

Bulb Specifications

Description	Bulb Size
ANSI standard (US & Canada). Miniature wedge bulb (T10). 12V, 4.9W.	168
ANSI standard (US & Canada). Single-filament bulb with BA15s bayonet base. Variant of 1156. 12V, 13W.	97
ANSI standard (US & Canada). Single-filament bulb with BA15s bayonet base. Lower wattage variant of 1156. 12V, 8W.	67

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Additional Notes

The Plymouth Fury III license plate bulb specifications span model years 1965 through 1974, covering three distinct bulb types across that period.
The bulb 67 is the most frequently specified type, covering the Plymouth Fury III from 1965-1970, making it the dominant fitment across six of the ten model years listed.
The 67 bulb follows the ANSI standard for the US and Canada. It is a single-filament bulb with a BA15s bayonet base, rated at 12V and 8W, and is classified as a lower wattage variant of the 1156 bulb family.
The bulb 97 is specified for the 1971-1973 Fury III. Like the 67, it uses a BA15s bayonet base and operates at 12V, but draws significantly more power at 13W, making it a higher-wattage variant within the same 1156 family.
Because the 67 and 97 share the same BA15s bayonet base, their sockets are physically compatible, but their wattage ratings differ at 8W and 13W respectively. Substituting one for the other without accounting for this wattage difference may affect circuit load and light output.
The 1974 Fury III uses the 168 bulb, which represents a complete departure from the bayonet-base fitments used in all prior model years. The 168 is a miniature wedge bulb of the T10 type, rated at 12V and 4.9W, and is not interchangeable with either the 67 or the 97.
The T10 wedge format of the 168 bulb relies on the wedge-shaped base of the glass envelope itself to make electrical contact, rather than a separate metal base, which is a fundamentally different retention and contact mechanism from the BA15s bayonet used in earlier Fury III fitments.
All three bulb types, the 67, 97, and 168, conform to ANSI standards recognized in both the US and Canada.
The 97 bulb, at 13W, draws more than twice the wattage of the 168 bulb at 4.9W, reflecting a broad range of power consumption across the Fury III's production span for this single lighting function.
A fitment change occurred three times across the 1965-1974 span: from the 67 to the 97 between the 1970 and 1971 model years, and from the 97 to the 168 between the 1973 and 1974 model years.