64 F100 VIN decode help
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F10 = F100 2WD
J = 223 1V I-6
G = Chicago IL Assembly Plant
490351 = 1964, assembled January 1964.
114" Wheelbase
T = Navajo Beige
F100 2WD, 5,000 lbs. GVWR
D81: D = Light Beige Crush Vinyl & Medium Beige Check Stripe Woven Plastic // 81 = 81B Custom Cab.
A = Ford Type 3.03 3 Speed Manual all Syncromesh Transmission.
12 = Ford 9" Rear Axle / 3.89-1 / non Limited Slip / 3,300 lb. Rear Axle Capacity.
5,000 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.
114 net HP @ 3,600 RPM
36 = Louisville KY Ford District Sales Office, where the original selling dealer ordered the truck from.
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Hey Number Dummy,
You guys deciphered my VIN an thread "VIN Plate Vexations," but can you decipher the rest of this for me?
W.B. 129 Color JM Body E81 Trans C Axle 08
MAX GVW 05000 CERT NET M.P. 172 RPM 4000 DSO 74
Hey, so what was my original color? Judging from the paint I can see under the chipped cab paint, I'm guessing it was two-toned: Rangoon Red on bottom, and Wimbledon White on top?
You guys deciphered my VIN an thread "VIN Plate Vexations," but can you decipher the rest of this for me?
W.B. 129 Color JM Body E81 Trans C Axle 08
MAX GVW 05000 CERT NET M.P. 172 RPM 4000 DSO 74
Hey, so what was my original color? Judging from the paint I can see under the chipped cab paint, I'm guessing it was two-toned: Rangoon Red on bottom, and Wimbledon White on top?
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JM: J = Rangoon Red / M = Wimbledon White
E81: E = Red Crush Vinyl & Red Cody Woven Plastic // 81 = 81B Custom Cab.
C = Ford Type 3.03 3 Speed Manual all Syncromesh Transmission.
08 = Ford 9" Rear Axle / 3.50-1 / non Limited Slip / 3,300 lb. Rear Axle Capacity.
5,000 lbs. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.
172 net HP @ 4,000 RPM
74 = Seattle WA Ford District Sales Office, where the original selling dealer ordered the truck from.
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Just post the plate info and some one here can do it. ND does them from memory......
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Ha ha ha ha Thanks for the help, ND!!!
I have an automatic transmission now. I wonder when someone replaced it. I noticed dash pictures of other 66 F100s, and they had the circular speed gauge in the middle of the dash -- mine is the kind that spans from 0 mph on the left to 100 mph all the way on the right. I wonder if that was stock, or if they reinstalled that along with the steering column (I have the automatic on the tree) at the same time...
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I have an automatic transmission now.
You posted a C for the TRANS code, but...see below.
I noticed dash pictures of other 66 F100s, and they had the circular speed gauge in the middle of the dash -- mine is the kind that spans from 0 mph on the left to 100 mph all the way on the right. I wonder if that was stock, or if they reinstalled that along with the steering column (I have the automatic on the tree) at the same time...
You posted a C for the TRANS code, but...see below.
I noticed dash pictures of other 66 F100s, and they had the circular speed gauge in the middle of the dash -- mine is the kind that spans from 0 mph on the left to 100 mph all the way on the right. I wonder if that was stock, or if they reinstalled that along with the steering column (I have the automatic on the tree) at the same time...
The round oil/amp gauges were an option except on 1965/66 F100/250 Camper Specials.
Take a close look at your TRANS code. Is it really a C? It be a G
If a G = MX Cruise-O-Matic.
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GOOD CALL! I just checked (I have a pic of the VIN warranty plate on my cell phone).
Zoomed in, and .... it's a G ! Cruise-O-Matic, it is. I guess I'll have to tell my friends to start calling me Cruiser.
"Cuz I love fast cars, and fast women!"
Zoomed in, and .... it's a G ! Cruise-O-Matic, it is. I guess I'll have to tell my friends to start calling me Cruiser.
"Cuz I love fast cars, and fast women!"
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Ah youth...it's too bad it's only available when one is young.
At my age (which is twice yours), I'm into slow cars and any woman I can find!
At my age (which is twice yours), I'm into slow cars and any woman I can find!
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Geez...don't make him that old! His profile sez he's 33....I'll be 66 in September.
btw: I wrote the book on being crotchety!
btw: I wrote the book on being crotchety!
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