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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 08:00 AM
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Vin decoding help

Hello!
Can someone please help me to decode this car tag?
This car has been imported from Chile to Norway,and I can not decode this number...
The car is a 56 Ford F-100 with small back window.

R694659 5000 110 113.5 3600
serial number max lbs cert net h.p at r.p.m

4.27 1956 Y 1D 704
REACSAMBLE YEAR COLOUR PRODUCTION CODE
 
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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by odd erik
Hello! Can someone please help me to decode this car tag? This car has been imported from Chile to Norway,and I can not decode this number.
The car is a 56 Ford F-100 with small back window.

R694659 / 5000 / 110 / 113.5 3600
serial number / max lbs / wheelbase / cert net h.p at r.p.m

4.27 / 1956 / Y / 1D 704
REACSAMBLE ? (AXLE RATIO) / YEAR / COLOUR / PRODUCTION CODE
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The serial number is different than US trucks. The Rating Plate and codes stamped on it, is somewhat similar. But US trucks have a TRANS code, do not have the year stamped on it.

I'll take a stab at it...based on what I know of US trucks.

R = 272 4V H/D Y block engine.

694659 = 1956 Numerical Sequence of Assembly, the trucks specific serial number.

5,000 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.

110" Wheelbase.

113.5 net HP @ 3,600 RPM

4.27-1 Rear Axle Ratio.

1956.

Y = ? No Y exterior color code listed for 1956 US trucks (or Passenger Cars).

1D = This is likely the day/month the truck was assembled: April (D) 1, 1956.

704 = Production Code, but what this actually refers to, I don't know.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 01:20 PM
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Thank you!

Is it possible to find out how many cars with this option are made?







Originally Posted by NumberDummy
Welcome to FTE

The serial number is different than US trucks. The Rating Plate and codes stamped on it, is somewhat similar. But US trucks have a TRANS code, do not have the year stamped on it.

I'll take a stab at it...based on what I know of US trucks.

R = 272 4V H/D Y block engine.

694659 = 1956 Numerical Sequence of Assembly, the trucks specific serial number.

5,000 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.

110" Wheelbase.

113.5 net HP @ 3,600 RPM

4.27-1 Rear Axle Ratio.

1956.

Y = ? No Y exterior color code listed for 1956 US trucks (or Passenger Cars).

1D = This is likely the day/month the truck was assembled: April (D) 1, 1956.

704 = Production Code, but what this actually refers to, I don't know.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by odd erik
Is it possible to find out how many cars with this option are made?
It's highly unlikely, imho. Those records are not even available for US production. Information from South American assembly plants surely would be even more difficult to obtain.
 
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