Do i have the last '86 bronco off the line?
#1
07-09-2018, 11:14 PM
Do i have the last '86 bronco off the line?
Since i'm the second owner of my rig it came with all kinds of the original build stuff(btw $19.5k OTD, it had all the options). I realize this isnt rare muscle car stuff but it is kinda interesting reading to me, especially since i have plans to keep it almost entirely stock
Digging thru my dealer paperwork i find it odd that my door jam has a build date of 9/86(the top has a similar date too) It was apparently special ordered on 7/7 and on 9/26/86 he took ownership. This kinda seems late for an '86 model especially considering '87 was a mild retooling.
Another thing that is weird is on the warranty paperwork, it says it had 11,875 miles on 9/26 when the warranty started, i can see that if it was a trade in, but it seems to have came straight from ford and was a special order.
On a different forum they suggested looking at the last digits of the vin, but they are B188xx, so i doubt they started with #1 at the start of the year since they made 60k broncos
Digging thru my dealer paperwork i find it odd that my door jam has a build date of 9/86(the top has a similar date too) It was apparently special ordered on 7/7 and on 9/26/86 he took ownership. This kinda seems late for an '86 model especially considering '87 was a mild retooling.
Another thing that is weird is on the warranty paperwork, it says it had 11,875 miles on 9/26 when the warranty started, i can see that if it was a trade in, but it seems to have came straight from ford and was a special order.
On a different forum they suggested looking at the last digits of the vin, but they are B188xx, so i doubt they started with #1 at the start of the year since they made 60k broncos
#2
07-10-2018, 12:33 AM
Since i'm the second owner of my rig it came with all kinds of the original build stuff(btw $19.5k OTD, it had all the options). I realize this isnt rare muscle car stuff but it is kinda interesting reading to me, especially since i have plans to keep it almost entirely stock
Digging thru my dealer paperwork i find it odd that my door jam has a build date of 9/86(the top has a similar date too) It was apparently special ordered on 7/7 and on 9/26/86 he took ownership. This kinda seems late for an '86 model especially considering '87 was a mild retooling.
Another thing that is weird is on the warranty paperwork, it says it had 11,875 miles on 9/26 when the warranty started, i can see that if it was a trade in, but it seems to have came straight from ford and was a special order.
On a different forum they suggested looking at the last digits of the vin,
but they are B188xx, so i doubt they started with #1 at the start of the year since they made 60k broncos
Digging thru my dealer paperwork i find it odd that my door jam has a build date of 9/86(the top has a similar date too) It was apparently special ordered on 7/7 and on 9/26/86 he took ownership. This kinda seems late for an '86 model especially considering '87 was a mild retooling.
Another thing that is weird is on the warranty paperwork, it says it had 11,875 miles on 9/26 when the warranty started, i can see that if it was a trade in, but it seems to have came straight from ford and was a special order.
On a different forum they suggested looking at the last digits of the vin,
but they are B188xx, so i doubt they started with #1 at the start of the year since they made 60k broncosThe 10th digit of the VIN is a letter that decodes to the year. See pic below...
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#3
07-10-2018, 03:49 PM
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