Ford Division 11-character vehicle identification number, 1970–1979

Character by character

Where to find it: The VIN is on a plate visible through the windshield at the driver's side of the instrument panel, and is repeated on the certification label on the driver's door or lock pillar with body, color, trim, transmission, axle and DSO codes (1970–1973 Car Shop Manuals, section 10).

Model year codes

Assembly plant codes

Body serial code codes

Engine codes

Where the sources disagree

• {"topic":"1971 Torino Brougham body codes 33 and 36","claims":[{"claim":"36 = 57E \u00272-Dr Hardtop-Formal\u0027 and 33 = 65E \u00274-Dr Hardtop\u0027 (style codes contradict their own descriptions).","source":{"id":"vin-ford-1971-car-shop-manual","locator":"pp. 10-00-01 to 10-00-03, body serial codes, Torino Brougham"}},{"claim":"33 = 2-door hardtop Torino Brougham; 36 = 4-door hardtop Torino Brougham.","source":{"id":"vin-ford-torino-de-vin-decoder","locator":"Model year 1971 page"}}],"resolution":"The factory page is internally inconsistent; neither 33 nor 36 is published for 1971."}
• {"topic":"1972 Torino body codes 25 and 27","claims":[{"claim":"27 = 53B 4-door sedan hardtop, 25 = 65B 2-door hardtop.","source":{"id":"vin-ford-1972-car-shop-manual","locator":"pp. 10-00-01 to 10-00-04, body serial codes, Torino"}},{"claim":"27 = 2-door hardtop, 25 = 4-door sedan.","source":{"id":"vin-ford-torino-de-vin-decoder","locator":"Model year 1972 page"}}],"resolution":"The factory manual (and ford-torino.de\u0027s own 1973 page) is followed."}
• {"topic":"1973 engine W displacement","claims":[{"claim":"W = 4-cyl 91 cu in (1V) 1600 cc.","source":{"id":"vin-ford-1973-car-shop-manual","locator":"pp. 10-00-01 to 10-00-04, engine codes"}},{"claim":"W = 4-cyl 98 cu in 1/B, 1600 cc (73).","source":{"id":"vin-ford-1973-79-master-parts-catalog","locator":"pp. 28\u201330, engine identification"}}],"resolution":"Both agree on 1600 cc; the published meaning states the 1600 cc displacement only."}
• {"topic":"Gran Torino Brougham codes 32 and 33 in 1973","claims":[{"claim":"32 and 33 are listed for 1973.","source":{"id":"vin-ford-torino-de-vin-decoder","locator":"Model year 1973 page"}},{"claim":"32 and 33 are dated 74/76; the 1973 shop manual has no 32 or 33.","source":{"id":"vin-ford-1973-79-master-parts-catalog","locator":"pp. 28\u201330, Torino series codes"}}],"resolution":"Published for 1974\u20131976 only."}
• {"topic":"1974 engine S","claims":[{"claim":"S = 400 4-barrel.","source":{"id":"vin-ford-torino-de-vin-decoder","locator":"Model year 1974 page"}},{"claim":"S = 8-cyl 400 2/B, 73/.","source":{"id":"vin-ford-1973-79-master-parts-catalog","locator":"pp. 28\u201330, engine identification"}}],"resolution":"The parts catalog is followed."}
• {"topic":"1978 body code 65","claims":[{"claim":"65 = 53L 78 LTD Landau 4-door pillared hardtop, while 64 = 53L 75/78 LTD Landau 4-door pillared hardtop as well.","source":{"id":"vin-ford-1973-79-master-parts-catalog","locator":"pp. 28\u201330, Ford series codes"}}],"resolution":"The catalog gives the same body to two codes for 1978; 65 is not published for 1978."}
• {"topic":"1975\u20131976 four- and six-cylinder displacements","claims":[{"claim":"Y = 4-cyl 139-2V (2.3L) and Z = 6-cyl 169-2V (2.8L), as read from OCR of the 1975-1976 Car Shop Manual (FPS 365-126-76A).","source":{"url":"https://archive.org/details/ford19751976carshopmanualvolumevchassisfps36512676aocr532pages"}},{"claim":"Y = 140 CID 2300 cc; Z = 171 CID 2800 cc.","source":{"id":"vin-ford-1973-79-master-parts-catalog","locator":"pp. 28\u201330, engine identification"}}],"resolution":"The parts catalog page image is followed; the OCR reading was not checked against a page image."}

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