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I guess we're all familiar with the Ford part number breakdown, at least with the 4-digit prefix. but how about 2- and 3-digit prefixes? Is there any real meaning to them? I've saw one that started with '000-'. Another '0L-'. Ideas?
Part number prefixes always had meaning. That's always been Ford's way of identifying parts, with a model application prefix, then a basic part number for each part. Model T parts started with T, Model A's started with A, then you had TT and AA trucks, and it went from there. Throughout the 30's and 40's each car and truck had a model number, and that number was the part number prefix for those applicable parts. You'll need to find old catalogs and learn the codes to know what everything is, 'cause there's a lot of them. By the 50's Ford was making so many different models of cars and trucks, the numbering system started to get complicated. They simplified a lot with the part number change in 59/60.
I've never seen a 000 prefix so I'm assuming you were using that as a generic placeholder, but 0L would be 1950 Lincoln.
Member daveengelson has a cheat sheet of short-cuts given him by Bill, NumberDummy. He’s posted it in the past, if he sees this thread maybe he’ll do so again.
Note: I kept Dave’s p.m. reply to me from a few years back. I just messaged you with what Dave sent me.
That is an interesting piece. Never seen that before. Obviously it was Ford's way of saying it has no one direct application. It was probably used on most everything for many years. Reading the application chart inside would be interesting. I'd also venture to guess it's a pretty rare specimen. I see Edsel as part of the Ford Family of Fine Cars, which dates it to 58-59, and before the 1960 renumbering, when they gave the cap part number B2AZ-8100-A.
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