I have just purchased an E10 & need some help with the tag numbers

Tag Reads
E10JH703204
J90 F E100 287 A 17
3600 129 4000 71

Cheers

 

E10 is a van pick up
J is for a 240 6cyl eng.
H is the Lorain assembly plant
703204 is the truck was built in June of 1965.

J90 is the wheelbase.
F is a color. Lt Blue
E100 Regular Pick up model
287 Standard pick body style
A is C4 auto Trans.
17 is suspose to be an axle code. My book does not show a 17 for 65.

The last is the GVWR max weight is 3600lbs
The next feww numbers I do not know. The 71 is the destination of the truck after assembly was Los Angeles.

 

E10 = Econoline Pickup.

287: 2 = Medium Blue Crush Vinyl & Medium Blue Stitch Pattern Vinyl // 87 = Econoline Pickup.

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

17 = ??

3,600 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.

129 net HP @ 4,000 RPM

71 = Los Angeles CA Ford District Sales Office, where the original selling dealer ordered the Econoline from, but this does not necessarily mean the Econoline was shipped to LA, because...

FoMoCo dealers in Hawaii ordered their vehicles from Los Angeles, so the Econoline could have been shipped to one of the Hawaiian Islands.

The OP is located in Australia, so it's possible that the Econoline could have been shipped there.

If a C4, the TRANS code would be G ... but, Ford used G for all A/T's thru 1978.

One had to know which A/T came with what engine.