I just bought a '66 F100 Custom Cab Camper Special. My VIN tag has the body style E81. Does anyone know if this is for the Camper Special? I have not found the E81 in any of the decoders.

Thanks!

 

Hermanar; does your truck carry a DSO code, maybe for export?

 

Thanks for the info. I checked my DSO and it is 72. The truck was a Dealer Special Order (DSO), and it was shipped to the San Jose, CA district. The truck was also manufactured in San Jose.

I also have the original operator's manual. The truck was purchased on July 21, 1966, by an individual in Klamath Falls, Oregon. It was purchased from Jim Busch Ford Sales in Ashland, OR. Ashland is just north of the CA border, but that's a long ways from San Jose.

A friend of mine bought this truck in Klamath and then sold it immediately to me, so it's entire life has most likely been in Klamath Falls OR. Cool.

I still don't know what the E81 stands for, but I'm learning more about my truck.

 

Your VIN Code of E-81 breaks out like this: E is the color and/or trim code; I don't have my book handy at the moment to be more precise. 81 refers to the conventional cab. Conventional here doesn't refer to standard vice custom, it means it wasn't a cab-over or a cabless truck.

 

Thanks Banjopicker66 - I will add that to my information. You mentioned a book that lists the codes. Which book are you referencing? I would be interested in finding a book like that.

Thanks,

Hermanar

 

The "book" I am referring to is the dealer's set of parts and information books. I bought the set on E-bay a couple of years ago for $100, and haven't regretted it. They have saved me more money than I can remember.
The other set that can be of help is the dealer or factory shop manuals. They also come up for sale on e-Bay every now and then, but be prepared to pay well, because there are a lot of folks realizing that the '60s trucks are going to be the next surge of restoring fever, like the '50s trucks were a decade and a half or so ago. So things like the books, documentation, and NOS parts are getting harder and harder to find.

 

Thanks for the tips. I'll keep an eye out for some.

 

I see that this is an old posting, but I just googled my fathers old car dealership and this posting came up.

My Dad - Jim Busch had the Ford Dealership in Ashland from just after the war to 1985. He probably sold the 66 F100 to the guy in Klamath Falls. We didn't keep any of the records - so no help with any new information. Sorry.

 

Herman...E is a red woven plastic w/red vinyl and foam cushion....As for the san Jose plant build, I have yet to see a native west coast truck not built in San Jose....Im a lil bit north of ya in Wa if ya are in the need for parts, etc...give a holler...


- cs65

 

Hey Jackson, Welcome to FTE The best truck show on the net.

hermanar I have seen John da picker's books. There is a truck load of useful info in there for our trucks, the downfall there is a train load of unuseful info there too. lol


John

 

Yup.
I "picked" up some mighty fine information out of them books.
Gotta "pick" yer way through all them there pages to get any thing worth "pickin'."
Good "pickin's" though, if you've got a mind to "pick out" the gems from rest of it.
(Still figgering out a way to include "banjo" in this one, but just cain't seem to do it yet. Shucks, I'll sit a spell and think some more.)

 

John, Ya could get the ol Crayoloas out and color some of the diagrams.


John

 

Picker, you're lucky with so many bad puns in one post that JW never banned yo'
(banjo) ****.

 

Well, JC, you cain't say you're not grinnin' while I'm a-pickin'!

Been pickin' my brains. Still caint mix banjos with pickin' and Ford trucks.
I can mix Ford trucks and pickin' - after all they're "pick"-up trucks, right??

Still working on the banjo part.

(Hey, don't they call the rear chunk in a Ford rear a banjo??!!)

Got it!
Banjos, and pickin', and Ford trucks - a winning combination!