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I am new on this forum-- I have lots of vintage ford stuff in the garage and now a 1965 E 100 - Can someone help me decode it -(I can't seem to find the info out there yet)-
Hello Bill-
I pasted your response on this thread so that we are consistent-
Welcome to FTE
Since you are a you are prolly unaware of the 1961/67 Econoline forum (Edit: I see where you also posted this in the Econoline forum, but since I read it here first...).
Your VIN has too many digits, should have only 11, the second 0 doesn't belong. The following is correct: E10TH698140.
D82: D = Light Beige Crush Vinyl & Medium Beige Ladder Pattern Woven Plastic // 82 = ? No such body code listed for 1965/67 Econolines. Should be 87 = E100 Pickup. With a D as the first digit: Deluxe Pickup.
22 = Charlotte NC Ford District Sales Office, where the original selling dealer ordered the Econoline from.
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Bill // Retired Ford Parts Manager // SoCal Chapter member // Part Number Research: 1928/2001 FoMoCo vehicles.
you are right -- it is an 87 not 82 --
I have a question related to Spring Special-
What is that? My truck has the large chrome moulding on the sides-
It is an automatic and is original paint-- unmolested-- in really great rust free shape-- Is mine a Spring Special?
THe spring special pick up is desirable. Ford whammed in a whole bunch of extras for a very short time to compete with GM. The wide trim and probably white steering wheel etc. was all part of the package. If it is still the original red you are very lucky. The rarest of the rare is the blue or green special. Only one that is noted on another forum that collects VINS .. I believe
698190 same as 698140 (June 1965 serial number range: 696,000-707,999) .
There is no info for any 1966 or earlier FoMoCo vehicles (except Shelby's) as to how many were what color, myriad promotion info, and etc because Ford tossed the info out decades ago.
Some production figures are available because R. L. Polk & Co. kept these records for the entire auto industry since the 19 teens.
1965 Econoline Pickup: 4,340 were assembled.
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Bill // Retired Ford Parts Manager // SoCal Chapter member // Part Number Research: 1928/2001 FoMoCo vehicles.
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