Hey guys, I picked up truck a few weeks back. Been watching posts on this forum since, just now got around to copying plate to post up. Tried to take pic, but its to bright out there.

F10AC886181
115 F101 481 F C5
04200 129 4000 210770

no color code on plate

Thanks

Clouded up, got a decent pic

 

F10= F100 series truck, 2WD
A= 240 c.i. 6 cylinder engine
C= Ontario Truck assembly plant
886161= July 1966 build date

WB= 115= wheelbase in inches
Model= F101= 4200# GVW rating
4= Medium Beige crush Vinyl & Medium BeigeWicker Pattern Vinyl
81= conventional cab= 81A= standard model truck
F= Warner T98A or T18 4 speed transmission
C5= Dana 60.2 Locking rear axle assembly, 4:10 ratio, 3.3M
21= DSO= where original selling dealer ordered the truck from= Atlanta
0770= the unique order number of the truck...it was a special order, not 'bought off the lot'



- cs65

 

Would that make it a 66 year model truck? Thought it was a 65 and that's what its registered as now.

Thanks again.

 

Welcome to FTE

It has to be a 1966 if the VIN is correct.

F10AC886161: This VIN decodes to a 1966 F100 twice.

The VIN engine code of A was used for the 240 in 1966. J was used in 1965.

The last 6 digits of the VIN is the trucks specific serial number:

886161 = 1966, assembled July 1966.

 

What does the title have for a Vin. Lots of times the data plate does not match the truck as the door was replaced.

Garbz

 

The truck is too old to have a title, the bill of sale said it was a 65 and I told the people that looked at it at dmv that its a 65 so they put it in as a 65.

There is a vin tag on the firewall that has same number as the one on the door.

Someone along the way took out the dana 60 limited slip because it has a 9 in. under it now and the speedo is way off.

 

Per the Ford shop manual and Master Parts Catalog, the 'official' VIN location is on the topside surface of the passenger side frame rail about 12" in front of the engine crossmember...about parallel with the alternator as you stand on the side of the truck.
Use a wire brush to clean it off...its around the area that the edge of the fender apron sits over. The VIN has 2 asterisks( * ) on either end of it to make it stand out a bit. The characters are about 1/4" tall.
Theres another location members here have also mentioned it being stamped, that being on topside of the frame rail under the cab.

Production of the 2 different years of trucks was changed over to in August 1966. The final sequential serial number used on a 1966 model year truck is 913999. The first sequential serial number used on a 1966 model year truck is 732,001.

The warranty plate was NEVER attached to the firewall on any F series truck from the factory during the 1961-66 model years. If its there, it was moved there from the rear face of the left side door below the latch which is where the factory attached it originally...note the 2 holes....if your tag isnt there...





- cs65

 

VIN stamped on Frame matches.

This is the tag on firewall that also has vin # its just stamped steel painted black.


I had no doubts the vin# was correct for the truck, it's just that the guy I bought it from thought it was a 65 and there's no title. So, the VIN lookup was really the only way to know otherwise.

Having the DMV change it to 66 is prolly a big hassle and we don't have any type of inspections here so I'm just gonna keep it a 65 on paper. When I got the tag the lady from the dmv office just came out and compared the door vin plate to the one I told her and asked me what color I was gonna paint it.

 

Thats not the warranty plate...thats whats called a buck tag...Thats what the guys referred to in large part for certain specifics as the truck was assembled. As far as registation stuff goes, it has no legal weight...I have one of those also that I got off of a truck I got some parts from...The warranty number plates will also always be aluminum, vs the steel buck tags which are screwed/bolted to the cab...the warranty plates will always be riveted to the door area I mentioned prior, or to the inside of the glove box door on earlier years..I believe thru the full 63 model year run...I think that was changed to the door area during the early part of the 64 model year run.
The frame is the ultimate decider though...and since it matches the door...all is well.



- cs65

 

I have a 1964 f100 and I don't know much about it,this is my vin can you help me decode it f10jk541233/114/m/f100/381/a/12/5000/114/3600/55

 

Through the 62 model year, the 63 was/is on the drivers door.

 

Welcome to FTE

F10 = F100 2WD

J = 223 I-6.

K = Kansas City Assembly Plant.

541233 = May 1964 Numerical Sequence of Assembly (the truck's specific serial number).

114" Wheelbase.

M = Wimbledon White.

F100 2WD, 5,000 lbs. GVWR

381: 3 = Medium Green Crush Vinyl & Medium Green Rib Vinyl // 81 = 81A Standard 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

55 = St. Louis MO Ford District Sales Office, where the original selling dealer ordered the truck from.