Is this the truck you want the VIN decoded for? The VIN decodes to an LN600, so I would assume that's what the rolling chassis is, since the body was installed after the fact.

Usually when you see something like this, it began as an E350 (1 ton Econoline) rolling chassis, but the LN600 has a much larger GVWR

 

That's a lot of cookies

 

Yes sir, this is the truck. And yes it is a rather large parcel van. I've never worked on a ford this large..I did get it running there are no brakes except parking brake. Carb had 2 chokes? and master cylinder was dry but it looks like brakes have an assist by using auto transmission fluid?
All aluminum body..28ft long, 10 ft tall from ground, 8 ft wide. .

 

N60 = LN600 (gas).

B = 300 1V I-6.

V = Kentucky Truck Assembly Plant.

EB3756 = 1979.

202" Wheelbase.

COLOR: Blank.*

N601 = LN600 (gas), 16,500 lbs. GVWR

BODY: Blank.#

JA: J = CA Emissions // A = New Process 435 4 Speed Manual Transmission.

61M:

61 = Rockwell/Timken model F106 Single Speed Rear Axle / 6.14-1 / 15,000 lbs. Rear Axle Capacity.

M = Ford 7,000 lbs. Capacity Front Axle with Power Steering.

16,500 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.

711778:

71 = Los Angeles (SoCal) Ford Distrtict Sales Office, where the original selling dealer ordered the truck from.

1778 = Domestic Special Order number, truck ordered special by the original purchaser, not "bought off the lot."

*When there is no COLOR code stamped on the Warranty Plate, truck painted a non standard color, making it a Domestic Special Order.

#No BODY code, body installed after the truck left the assembly line, making it a Domestic Special Order.

 

Thank you very much. Apparently there was an engine swap done at some time as there is now a v8 in it.

 

I'm just finding this old post- as I was searching for "79 LN600" because that's the truck I am trying to restore right now. The VIN on this truck is amazingly similar to mine, though mine was not a special order with this kind of body style.

I think the "B" decode above is incorrect for a '79- if it's a V8 and gas, then I'm guessing it might be like mine, and is probably the 6.1L 370 as noted below. This is the engine in mine, as can be seen on the engine side plate (pic of my engine and VIN below)

 

The B code works for the six or the 370 in 1979. Look at the pages you posted.

OP came and went, the 3 posts above are all he's posted.