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I've never come across anything decoding those tags but you can map most of the numbers to your door sticker (if you had one). My canadian 350 c&c has a door sticker but it's blank. What kind of a truck is yours?
I am attaching the tag, vin, and door sticker from my 86 F250 in case it helps you make the connections. Looks like it has a partial vin, maybe the engine type, and paint.
The tag from my 350 has a lot fewer numbers/letters=
Making some wild guesses on mine:
V6 = 300 6cyl (scratch that - it's a 'G')
4x = 4x4
MT = Manual Trans
1D1G = Ext and Int color
AC = Air Cond
Not too surprised since all of my tags seem to vary wildly.
C&C - cab and chassis aka utility/farm/bed-delete
My Canadian truck was a fuel tanker (500gal tank with meter and pto pump) but still not sure why the door sticker is blank.
NumberDummy might know if there's any official way to decode these or even the appropriate name for them
Also, there's a guy that can print those door stickers but I am not sure if he requires a photo of the old or if he has access to advanced info from just the vin.
Per NumberDummy, those metal tags affixed at the firewall/cowl-junction area are what are known as Buck Tags, used during assembly at the factory and there are no known methods of decoding them.
Yes, every vehicle produced at the (er, any, even Canadian) factory built for sale in the USA came with a Certification Label on the door jamb... even incomplete vehicles built to be finished by a VAR (e.g. motorhome, ambulance, specialized utility vehicle, etc.) had them, the missing blanks were filled in by the VAR on their own, supplemental label. If yours doesn't have one, something is amiss.
Per NumberDummy, those metal tags affixed at the firewall/cowl-junction area are what are known as Buck Tags, used during assembly at the factory and there are no known methods of decoding them.
Yes, every vehicle produced at the (er, any, even Canadian) factory built for sale in the USA came with a Certification Label on the door jamb... even incomplete vehicles built to be finished by a VAR (e.g. motorhome, ambulance, specialized utility vehicle, etc.) had them, the missing blanks were filled in by the VAR on their own, supplemental label. If yours doesn't have one, something is amiss.
The Certification Label is composed of a clear outer layer with the info printed on the inner layer.
Sooner or later...over time when these labels got wet...the outer layer could peel off, taking some/all of the inner layer along with it.
The truck is registered by its specific VIN .. 1980 has 11 digits, beginning in 1981 and thru today, it has 17 digits.
My 86 flare side was made in Canada and has no door post sticker or any evidence of one. Mine has original paint, it came from Arizona so it was subject to heat from the sun(dash cracked and window wipe weatherstrips dried out) so it's possible the plastic sticker peeled off, paint on the post looks shiney and good. Metal tag still present on the rear end housing which indicated an 8.8 rear with a 3.08 ratio. Mystery to me too on that door post label.
My 86 flare side was made in Canada and has no door post sticker or any evidence of one. Mine has original paint, it came from Arizona so it was subject to heat from the sun(dash cracked and window wipe weatherstrips dried out) so it's possible the plastic sticker peeled off, paint on the post looks shiney and good. Metal tag still present on the rear end housing which indicated an 8.8 rear with a 3.08 ratio. Mystery to me too on that door post label.
It doesn't make any difference if the truck was assembled in Canada or the USA, it would still have had a Certification Label glued to the left door face below the latch.
Since 1968, most vehicles assembled in Oakville Ontario Canada are sold in the US. Today, the Edge & Lincoln version are assembled there.
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