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Dec 10, 2025 | 09:07 AM

maurotrek

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Help Identifying this 1972

I bought this “1972” f250 no title truck. However , to me it looks like a 73-78 model. I am applying for bonded title .. should in apply for 1972 title or 1973 title ? The state will give me a title with either year… I just want to make sure my new title matches the corrrect ….

Dec 10, 2025 | 09:27 AM

5851a

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Looks like a 73 to me.

Dec 10, 2025 | 09:29 AM

Rubiranch

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What he said.^^^^^^^^

Here's my old 1972.

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Dec 10, 2025 | 10:29 AM

Fleur de lis 82

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I've got one that was manufactured a couple months before yours in October of 72 that is a 73 model year. Title says 73 as well.

Dec 10, 2025 | 10:33 AM

DB429SCJ

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That VIN on the tag is for a 73. Check the VIN on the frame to see if they match.
F25 -73/ F250 2W/D
Y- 360 2
R- San Jose plant
Q85639 - 1973

Dec 10, 2025 | 10:35 AM

m78

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"Q85639" in the VIN says its '73

Dec 10, 2025 | 12:01 PM

maurotrek

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Thanks I will do that!!!!

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Dec 15, 2025 | 09:56 AM

maurotrek

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4wd Low

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Thanks all

DMV ran vin and numbers...built and assembled in 1972 in a Ford plant once located in California it was sold as a 1973 model...so yes, it is a 1973 Model. This truck has lived a Southwestern life and it shows! Thank you all!

*SAN JOSE FORD ASSEMBLY PLANT.
In 1955, Ford Motor Corporation decided to relocate its northern Calif. assembly plant from Richmond, where it had outgrown the available site, to Milpitas.
At the time, Milpitas was unincorporated county land to the northeast of San Jose. *