Date; Dso; Consecutive Unit Number - Ford 1963 Thunderbird Shop Manual

THUNDERBIRD IDENTIFICATION
Code
52...
57...
59...
54...
56...
55...
50...
58...
51...
Code
82...
84...
86...
85...
Crinkle Vinyl
Vachette Vinyl
Med. Blue D/L
Lt. Blue D/L
Med. Turquoise D/L
Lt. Turquoise D/L
Med. Chestnut D/L
Med. Chestnut D/L
Pearl Beige
Pearl Beige
Black
Black
Red
Red
Med. Silver Blue Met Lt. Silver Blue D/L
Lt. Gold D/L Lt. Gold D/L
Lt. Rose Beige D/L LL Rose Beige D/L
Crinkle Leather Vachette Leather
Lt. Blue D/L Lt. Blue D/L
Pearl Beige Pearl
Black Black
Red Red
AXLE
Code Ratio
1
A*
*Equa-Lock Type.
TRANSMISSION
Code
4
.3.00:1
.3.00:1
Type
Cruise-O-Matic
DATE
The
code
letters for the
month are preceded
by
a numeral
to
show
the day
of
the
month when
the
Thunderbird
was completed.
The
second year code
letters
are
to be
used
if
model production exceeds
12
months.
First Second
Month Model Year
Model
Year
January
A
N
February
B
P
March C
Q
April
D
R
May
E S
June
F
T
July
G
U
August
H
V
September J W
October K X
November L Y
December
M
Z
DSO
Thunderbirds built
to
a
Domestic Special
Order,
Foreign Special
Order,
or
Pre-Approved Order have
the
complete order number recorded
in
this
space.
Also appearing in this
space
is the two digit
code number of
the
District
which ordered
the
unit.
If the
unit
is
regular
production, only the
District
code number will appear.
DISTRICT CODE
Code District
11 Boston
12 Buffalo
13 New York
14
Pittsburgh
15 Newark
21 Atlanta
22
Charlotte
23
Philadelphia
24
Jacksonville
25 Richmond
26
Washington
31
Cincinnati
32
Cleveland
33 Detroit
34 Indianapolis
35 Lansing
36
Louisville
41
Chicago
42
Fargo
43
Rockford
44
Twin Cities
Code District
45 Davenport
51 Denver
52
Des Moines
53 Kansas
City
54 Omaha
55
St. Louis
61 Dallas
62 Houston
63 Memphis
64 New Orleans
65 Oklahoma
City
71
Los Angeles
72 San Jose
73 Salt Lake
City
74 Seattle
81
Ford
of
Canada
83 Government
84 Home Office Reserve
85 American Red Cross
89 Transportation Services
90-99 Export
VEHICLE WARRANTY NUMBER
Example (Fig. 1): 3Y83Z1000O1
3
1963 Model
Y Wixom
Assembly Plant
83
Tudor
Hardtop
Z 8-Cylinder 390 Cubic
Inch Engine
1 00001
First Unit Built
MODEL YEAR
The
number
"3"
designates 1963.
ASSEMBLY PLANT
Code
Location
.Wixom
Assembly
Plant
Pilot Plant
MODEL
Code
Type
83
Tudor
Hardtop
85
Tudor Convertible
87
Tudor Landau
89
Tudor Roadster
ENGINE
Code
Type
M 8-
Cylinder 390 Cubic Inch
(6-barrel
High
Performance)
9 8-Cylinder 390 Cubic Inch (4-barrel Low Compression
Export
84
Octane)
Z 8-Cylinder
390 Cubic Inch
(4-barrel)
CONSECUTIVE UNIT NUMBER
The assembly plant,
with each model
year,
begins
with
consecutive
unit
number
100001
and continues on
for
each unit
built.