Ford Thunderbird 1964 - VEHICLE WARRANTY NUMBER; ASSEMBLY PLANT AND MODEL CODES; ENGINE CODES

THUNDERBIRD
IDENTIFICATION
TRIM
(Continued)
Code
Crinkle Vinyl
55
Red
56
Black
57
Light
Turquoise
D/L
58
Light
Aztec Gold
59
Light Palomino
Pompeii Cloth
and Crinkle Vinyl
71
Silver Blue
Light Silver
Blue
Metallic
72
Blue
Light Blue D/L
74
Beige
Pearl
Beige
76 Black
Black
Crinkle
Leather
82
Light Blue D/L
83
White
85
Red
86
Black
89
Light Palomino
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.
AXLE
CODE
Code
1.
Ratio
.3.00:1
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
TRANSMISSION CODE
Code
4
Type
Cruise-O-Matic
VEHICLE
WARRANTY
NUMBER
Example (Fig.
1):
4Y87Z100001
4
1964
Model
Y Wixom
Assembly
Plant
87 Tudor
Landau
Z
8 Cylinder 390 Cubic
Inch
100001
First Unit
built
MODEL YEAR
The number
"4"
designates 1964
ASSEMBLY PLANT
CODES
Code
Y
5
Location
Wixom
Assembly
Plant
Pilot Plant
MODEL
CODES
Code
Type
83
Tudor
Hardtop
85
Convertible
87
Tudor
Landau
ENGINE
CODES
Code
Type
Z 8
Cylinder 390
Cubic Inch
(4
barrel)
9
8 Cylinder
390
Cubic Inch
(4
barrel Low
Compression)
CONSECUTIVE
UNIT
NUMBER
The
assembly plant,
with
each
model
year,
begins with
consecutive
unit
number
100001 and
continues
on
for each
unit built.