Anyone who knows numbers, I would like some help to know more about my truck. It's a 1965 and there is no code on the door tag for color, does this mean it was a special order?

 

Yep, the lack of a COLOR code and the fact that there are 6 digits in the DSO (indicating it was a special order truck - not an off the lot purchase) would indicate it had at least a special order color. A DSO code comprised of only two digits would indicate a non-special ordered truck.

BarnieTrk

 

robengel,

By the way, have you already determined what the remaining codes on your Warranty Data Plate tell you about your Slick?

BarnieTrk

 

F10 = F100 2WD

D = 352 2V

P = Twin Cities MN Assembly Plant.

648491 = 1965, assembled February 1965.

115" Wheelbase.

Color = Blank.*

F100 2WD .. 5,000 lbs. GVWR

481: 4 = Light Beige Crush Vinyl & Light Beige Wicker Pattern Vinyl / 81 = 81A Standard Cab.

A = Ford type 3.03 3 Speed Manual all Syncromesh Transmission.

08 = Ford 9" Rear Axle / 3.50-1 / 3,300 lbs. Rear Axle Capacity.

5,000 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.

172 net HP @ 4,000 RPM

443257:

44 = Twin Cities MN Ford District Sales Office, where the original selling dealer ordered the truck from.

3257 = Domestic Special Order number, truck ordered special by the original purchaser, not "bought off the lot."

*When there is no COLOR code stamped on the Warranty Plate, truck painted a non standard color per the original purchasers order, making it a Domestic Special Order.

 

I did know a little by looking at the VIN, such as that it came from Minnesota, but I was hoping to get the full treatment from NumberDummy!
Thanks Bill!

It was interesting to me that in the last 50 years the truck hasn't gone very far, from twin Cities MN, to Sioux City, IA, and now to northeast NE.
And I found it interesting that the 352 c.i. motor only made 172 hp.

 

If it was present, the air cleaner decal would read 208 HP which is the gross HP. The Warranty Plate lists the net HP

 

the engine is original, but it has a holley carb and an open air cleaner, so the decal is long gone, but I guess that's the difference, gross vs. net

 

Gross horsepower rating "back in the day" was 208 and that's the number which would have appeared on your oil bath air cleaner's front.

 

So in 1966, under what conditions were those two HP numbers determined?

I'm guessing that GROSS HP was measured at the flywheel (no transmission or anything else behind it) AND without any V-belted accessories up front...?

Whereas NET HP would have been measured..... where? ...at the driveshaft behind the transmission and WITH the standard V-belted accessories (what else besides the alternator)?

BarnieTrk

 

At the rear wheels.