1962 vin help
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From: seattle
heres the breakdown...
F10 = F series 1/2 ton 2WD pickup
J = 223 6 cylinder 1 bbl carb
K = Kansas City assembly
240321 = early December 1961 build date
114 = wheelbase in inches(shortbed)
FM = exterior colors = F is Baffin Blue, M is corinthian white
F100 = model of truck..
A = 3 speed Light Duty manual trans....most likely a column shift
12 = 3.89 rear end gear ratio
5000 = trucks Max GVW
114 @ 3600 is the engines cert. net HP at the given RPM..in this case 3600rpm
Typically there is one other code on the bottom line at the far right...it would be a DSO code which would tell where the original selling dealer ordered the truck from.
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F10 = F series 1/2 ton 2WD pickup
J = 223 6 cylinder 1 bbl carb
K = Kansas City assembly
240321 = early December 1961 build date
114 = wheelbase in inches(shortbed)
FM = exterior colors = F is Baffin Blue, M is corinthian white
F100 = model of truck..
A = 3 speed Light Duty manual trans....most likely a column shift
12 = 3.89 rear end gear ratio
5000 = trucks Max GVW
114 @ 3600 is the engines cert. net HP at the given RPM..in this case 3600rpm
Typically there is one other code on the bottom line at the far right...it would be a DSO code which would tell where the original selling dealer ordered the truck from.
- cs65
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Hello slo.5.o,
I also have a 1962 F-100 unibody and I would love to see pictures of yours.
Go to my gallery to see mine.
I just got mine from my uncles house where it has sat for 20 plus years and it is all original and red/white.
Mine was built in Kansas City also, May of 1962
I also have a 1962 F-100 unibody and I would love to see pictures of yours.
Go to my gallery to see mine.
I just got mine from my uncles house where it has sat for 20 plus years and it is all original and red/white.
Mine was built in Kansas City also, May of 1962
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Im not sure about 61 and 62 trucks as there is no 'Body' code on the door/glove box tags as in the 63 up trucks...The only thing I can think of is if the seat has a buck tag that there might be some info on it...doubtful mind you, but thats all I can think of.
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Im not sure about 61 and 62 trucks as there is no 'Body' code on the door/glove box tags as in the 63 up trucks...The only thing I can think of is if the seat has a buck tag that there might be some info on it...doubtful mind you, but thats all I can think of.
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Was the soft trim catalog a totally seperate book from the text and illustrations books...was that scenario only done for the trucks w/o the body codes or ???
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Remember a while ago when we discussed the Salesman's Data Books that had the upholstery swatches and color chips?
You made a reference to these being used in the showrooms. My ref was different, because...
The parts department had similar catalogs...minus the prices the Salesman's Data Books had.
btw: The color chip booklets are still used today, and have been since the late 1920's.
From 1928 thru the 1950's, the color chip booklets also included the different colors available for the wheels.
Tacoma Cream (not Olympia Cream
) predominated for many years, and could used regardless of what color the body was.That creamy color spiced up the vehicles, because most Ford's back then did not have white wall tires (they were available, but not too many ppl ordered them).
Now at shows, that's almost all you see. To me....who has spent many decades looking at Ford ref books, white wall tires look out of place on most prewar Fords.
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Tacoma cream...LOL...I thought all that was up there was the odor of Tacoma when the wind blows just right...lol...
I agree about the whitewall tires on the prewar cars and trucks...by prewar Im assuming pre WWII mind you...
Now if I could just find one of those fabric swatch books I would be tickled...assuming it doesnt drain my wallet...thats not worth being tickled if ya ask me
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I agree about the whitewall tires on the prewar cars and trucks...by prewar Im assuming pre WWII mind you...
Now if I could just find one of those fabric swatch books I would be tickled...assuming it doesnt drain my wallet...thats not worth being tickled if ya ask me
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Tacoma cream...LOL...I thought all that was up there was the odor of Tacoma when the wind blows just right...lol...
I agree about the whitewall tires on the prewar cars and trucks...by prewar Im assuming pre WWII mind you...
Now if I could just find one of those fabric swatch books I would be tickled...assuming it doesnt drain my wallet...thats not worth being tickled if ya ask me- cs65
I agree about the whitewall tires on the prewar cars and trucks...by prewar Im assuming pre WWII mind you...
Now if I could just find one of those fabric swatch books I would be tickled...assuming it doesnt drain my wallet...thats not worth being tickled if ya ask me
- cs65When I was in the area a coupla times, I used to visit the dealer in Anacortes.
Found all sorts of stuff there including a 20 foot canvas banner that said: THE NEW 1956 FORDS - HERE NOW! Found that in the attic in 1989!
I need to get my carcass up there...we could go scrounging...and when the naysayers say = it's all gone...don't believe a word of it.
When it comes to finding this scheiss, I'm like a bloodhound. I've been on countless scrounging trips...never came home empty yet.
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Pictures of our F100 Uni
Hello slo.5.o,
I also have a 1962 F-100 unibody and I would love to see pictures of yours.
Go to my gallery to see mine.
I just got mine from my uncles house where it has sat for 20 plus years and it is all original and red/white.
Mine was built in Kansas City also, May of 1962
I also have a 1962 F-100 unibody and I would love to see pictures of yours.
Go to my gallery to see mine.
I just got mine from my uncles house where it has sat for 20 plus years and it is all original and red/white.
Mine was built in Kansas City also, May of 1962
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