Serial Number; Date; Dso; Consecutive Unit Number - Ford 1962 Thunderbird Shop Manual

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 1962
model production exceeds
12
months.
Month
First Model Year Second 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.
If
the
unit
is
regular
production,
this
space will remain
blank.
SERIAL NUMBER
Example (Fig. 1): 2Y83Z100001
2
1962 Model
Y Wixom Assembly
Plant
83
Tudor Hardtop
Z
8-Cylinder 390 Cubic Inch Engine
100001
First Unit Built
MODEL YEAR
The
number
"2"
designates 1962.
ASSEMBLY PLANT
Code
Location
Y
Wixom
Assembly
Plant
S
Pilot Plant
MODEL
Code
Type
83
Tudor Hardtop
85
Tudor Convertible
AXLE
Code
1
A*
*Equa-Lock type.
Ratio
3.00:1
.3.00:1
ENGINE
Code
R
Type
8-Cylinder 390 Cubic Inch (4-barrel Low Compression
Export, 84
Octane)
8-Cylinder 390 Cubic Inch
(4-barrel)
TRANSMISSION
Code
4
Type
Cruise-O-Matic
CONSECUTIVE UNIT NUMBER
The assembly
plant,
with each model year,
begins
with consecutive unit
number
100001
and continues on
for
each unit
built.