Please if I cant post this let me know. I have not yet seen it on here. Vin Decoder for 1960-1979 Ranchero's (FIRST DIGIT) Model Year Code 0 = 1960 or 1970 1 = 1961 or 1971 2 = 1962 or 1972 3 = 1963 or 1973 4 = 1964 or 1974 5 = 1965 or 1975 6 = 1966 or 1976 7 = 1967 or 1977 8 = 1968 or 1978 9 = 1969 or 1979 (SECOND DIGIT) ASSEMBLY PLANT CODE (same for all years) A = Atlanta, GA B = Oakville, Ontario, Canada C = Ontario Truck D = Dallas, TX E = Mahwah, NJ F = Dearborn, MI G = Chicago, IL H = Lorain, OH J = Los Angeles, CA K = Kansas City, KS L = Michigan Truck N = Norfolk, VA P = Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN R = San Jose, CA S = Allen Park, MI T = Metuchen, NJ U = Louisville, KY V = Kentucky Truck W = Wayne, MI Y = Wixom, MI Z = St. Louis, MO THIRD & FOURTH DIGIT Series Code 1960 - 1966 27 - Ranchero 29 - Sedan Delivery (1961-1965) 1967 - 1969 47 - 2dr bench (Ranchero) 48 - 2dr (500) 49 - 2dr buckets (500XL, GT) 1970 - 1979 47 - 500 48 - GT 49 - Squire FIFTH DIGIT Engine Code A 289 V-8 225 hp (1965-73) 460 V-8 215 hp (1974) 460 V-8 (1975-76) C 289 V-8 200 hp (1965-69) 429 V-8 370 hp (1970-74) F 260 V-8 (1960-67) 302 V-8 210 hp (1968-71) 302 V-8 141 hp (1972-74) 302 V-8 (1977-79) H 390 V-8 275 hp (1960-67) 390 V-8 280 hp (1968) 351 V-8 250 hp (1969-70) 351 V-8 240 hp (1971) 351 V-8 164 hp (1972-74) 351 V-8 (1975-79) J 302 V-8 230 hp (1965-69) 429 V-8 375 hp (1970-74) K 289 V-8 271 hp L 250 6-cyl. 155 hp(1960-70) 250 6-cyl. 145 hp(1970-71) 250 6-cyl. 99 hp(1972-74) M 351 V-8 290 hp (1969-70) 351 V-8 285 hp (1971-74) N 429 V-8 360 hp (1970) 429 V-8 205 hp (1972-74) Q 428 V-8 335 hp (1969) 351 V-8 248 hp (1972-74) R 428 V-8 335 hp (w/Ram Air in 1969) S 144 6-cyl. (1960-66) 390 V-8 315 hp (1967) 390 V-8 325 hp (1968) 400 V-8 168 hp (1972-74) 400 V-8 (1975-79) T 200 6-cyl. U 170 6-cyl. V 223 6-cyl. W 292 V-8 X 352 V-8 220 hp Y 352 V-8 300 (1960-66) 390 V-8 265 hp (1967-68) 390 V-8 320 hp (1969---) Z 390 4-V 315hp (1967-?) SIXTH thru ELEVENTH DIGITS Numerical Sequence of Assembly 000000
Hi Don here, do you know if ford made special order sedan delivery for 66 according to my vin i have a sedan delivery so far ever place i'v looked has said it ended in 65 all help would be appreciated a BIG THANKS
Based on your VIN, yes they did. The Ford Master Parts Catalog (MPC) shows the body series 29 as Sedan Delivery (Body Series 78A) and also Custom Ranchero (two trim levels (identified as 66B and 66C). Check the data plate for body 78A. It looks like, per the MPC, that 1966 was the last year of Sedan Delivery manufacture, and the Ranchero line moved to the Fairlane/Torino class car in 1967, and sedan delivery has no call out or matching codes beginning in 1967.
Hi don here, To start thanks for your help, the data tag is still on the door it states body as 66B coloras X trim as 46 date 16F DSO 27 axle as 1 and trans as 6 also do i just google the ford master parts catalog to get one? THANKS again
That body code translates to a Custom Ranchero - and it may be how Sedan Delivery were produced in '66. Yes, and a set of PDF on CD may pop up in ebay from a google search. FWIW, there are only about 6 parts per side unique to a Sedan Delivery from a Falcon Wagon roof/Ranchero - the sides in place of the windows and the supporting braces in place of fixed glass/windows, and they are the same '65 and '66.
Hello, On the vin on my Ranchero is 46 for the THIRD & FOURTH DIGIT. any ideas? do I have fake vin? Regards from Iceland and sorry for bad english
Wonder if its a 48,just a bad stamp.Is your ranchero a GT?Compare with door sticker,original title vin.May be vin# stamped under dash pad on metal below windshield.Always Kevin Marti...
Learn something every day.46 must be base 70 ranchero.Did ford do this on other year(s) rancheros?Anyone else have 46 vin?
I have a 7A48H I am trying to match the Paint on, it is kind of a Cranberry dark red, I don't really care about the decals, but it would be nice to be able to buy them somewhere premade, I am wanting to repaint the car the original color, I love that red, but when I bought it I guess they had done some respray on it and the color doews not quite match, I cannot read my door sticker it is faded out. I have the vin I can get it if I need to, but Where in the vin would it say the Paint color code for it or would it. It is a 1977 Ford Ranchero GT, has a 351 Windsor, 5.8 Liter V8
The paint code is not in the VIN. The paint code is only on the driver door jamb sticker. If you have a auto paint store or a body shop that still has older paint books you can get the code by matching a paint chip from the book to a place that still has good paint. We still have our books back to the mid fifties, crash books too.. Paint stores can take a picture with a computer and get something real close and tint from there but will be a clear coat formula. My 77 Dupont book shows a code 2M dark red non metallic and the 78 page shows a code 81 Russet Metallic along with the 2M dark red. Occasionally a mid year color is not with it's year because the color chip pages are done at the beginning of the model year. The problem is getting a formula for a color that uses obsolete paint types, nobody has the paint to mix it.
