VIN decode help please
Lead Gopher
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From: Seattle
138670 = 1963 sequential serial number
A = 4,000 - 5,600 lbs. gvwr
5 = Mercury (coded) 6-cylinder
99 = Pick-Up (Flush Side)
10 = 100 Light Duty Model
22 = 122" wheelbase
L = Left hand drive
01 = Light gray vinyl
1DD = Single tone light blue paint
3.70.1 = Ratio - Axle Code 11 - Ford 9" 3.3M non-limited slip
M-F100 - M = Mercury - F100 = Conventional Series 100
122" Wheelbase
5,000 lbs Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
QP - Q = 1963 - P = 223 Six
4 Spd - Warner T-98A Transmission
Chad
A = 4,000 - 5,600 lbs. gvwr
5 = Mercury (coded) 6-cylinder
99 = Pick-Up (Flush Side)
10 = 100 Light Duty Model
22 = 122" wheelbase
L = Left hand drive
01 = Light gray vinyl
1DD = Single tone light blue paint
3.70.1 = Ratio - Axle Code 11 - Ford 9" 3.3M non-limited slip
M-F100 - M = Mercury - F100 = Conventional Series 100
122" Wheelbase
5,000 lbs Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
QP - Q = 1963 - P = 223 Six
4 Spd - Warner T-98A Transmission
Chad
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5th Wheeling
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Complete truck
Thanks for helping out with this. It is currently a short box step side. My dad and I shortened the frame and put the step side box on it in 1977. My uncle painted it for me at the time. This was my first vehicle. Over the years I thought about the truck but thought it probably got crushed some where along the line. Then one day I as at an auction sale in the area and a fellow I knew told me he had my old truck. I went and looked at it and bought it back. My grandson and I are currently rebuilding it. I was told that it was not a 63 so I looked into it but could not find anything on the Mercury's. Thanks again for your help.
Mountain Pass
Joined: Mar 2018
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From: Az.
How cool. That pinstriping is neat and screams 70's. That's neat that you were able to get it back, and best of all you get to share the build you did with your dad with your grandson. I try to include my oldest grandson with garage and car projects as much as I can. I found my first car about a year and a half ago. It was a 66 Chevelle. I had that car for 25 years. I had back halfed it and it was stuffed with 21.50" x 32" mickey's and a full cage and mostly all fiberglass. It took two owners since me to finally bring it to completion. It's been in a couple of magazines and is currently for sale. Bummer though, I can't afford to by it back now. It's on craigslist currently for $60 grand. It's so cool to see it finished, it kinda makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
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5th Wheeling
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Laughing Gas
Joined: Nov 2001
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From: Edmonton, Alberta
Ahhh, P.R.
We used to go up there for Motocross Races @ the Ag Grounds up on the Hill.That was around 1977 thru the early eighties, when my lil bro was racing. And after I moved to Edmonton, a fellow I became friends with down here, but was originally from D.C......we went up to P.R. several times to drag race his Nova back when they were allowed to race on the airstrip @ the Shell Plant.
I'm pretty sure we graduated the same year (1979 for me), and if we started naming names, probably know a few of the same people.
Cheers!
James
We used to go up there for Motocross Races @ the Ag Grounds up on the Hill.That was around 1977 thru the early eighties, when my lil bro was racing. And after I moved to Edmonton, a fellow I became friends with down here, but was originally from D.C......we went up to P.R. several times to drag race his Nova back when they were allowed to race on the airstrip @ the Shell Plant.I'm pretty sure we graduated the same year (1979 for me), and if we started naming names, probably know a few of the same people.
Cheers!
James
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5th Wheeling
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So you are a bit of a gear head as well. I bracket raced for about 7 years. During that time I put together an 81 camaro that ran low 12's, and two 71 Chevelles. One ran low 12's and one was high 11's. One Chevelle and the Camaro were street legal no cages. I could jump a beer can with the left front with one Chevelle. The racing was hard on a heavy car and the frame started cracking and the rear quarters were buckling so I pulled out all the go fast gear, drove it for a while until someone came along that wanted it more than I did.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Nov 2001
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From: Edmonton, Alberta
Well, so much for that plan, looks like being as you just signed up, no PM's for you (yet).
And I can't even tell you what the probation period is......
So, there was no racing in P.R. (or Fairview) when I left G.P., but I have raced at three different locations around Dawson Creek,(all on blocked off roads) and at Ft. St. John, but this was back when they closed the road that went to the airport from the south, not like the Cadillac setup they have now, IHRA Sanctioned, permanent timing tower, etc.
AND, we were working towards racing in GP when I left, but it took quite a few years, and now they run DRAGWARS there, which has amazing turnouts!
James
And I can't even tell you what the probation period is......
So, there was no racing in P.R. (or Fairview) when I left G.P., but I have raced at three different locations around Dawson Creek,(all on blocked off roads) and at Ft. St. John, but this was back when they closed the road that went to the airport from the south, not like the Cadillac setup they have now, IHRA Sanctioned, permanent timing tower, etc.
AND, we were working towards racing in GP when I left, but it took quite a few years, and now they run DRAGWARS there, which has amazing turnouts!
James
More Turbo
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From: Rocky Mtn. House, Alberta
Welcome to FTE, 63merc, nice to have you here. Pretty cool that you got your truck back. My Mercury was a family truck too, I happened upon it by accident at my Wife's Grandpa's acreage. Can't wait to see more pics as your project gets going.
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