How Late of A Build Is My Car

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How Late of A Build Is My Car

August 22, 2013, 11:50:11 PM

I was looking at the Door Tag on my car and noticed it was a late build car. Can anyone tell me what sequence number it might be?

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #1 – August 23, 2013, 07:58:44 PM

118978? That doesn't make sense though if there was less than 114,000 made that year.

http://www.coolcats.net/library/vincode.html

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #2 – August 23, 2013, 08:29:23 PM

First of all...I am impressed with the shape of both your car and your door sticker. Impressing me is not easy, so take that at face value.

Not every VIN is fulfilled...there are always sequence gaps. But it is over 100,000. I cannot remember if there was August 1988 production or not...it was possible.
If you get a Ford 999 report, you'd know a little more.

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #3 – August 23, 2013, 09:38:25 PM

That IS interesting. Will you post pics of the rest of the car? Looks like a pretty nice machine. :)

Mine:

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #4 – August 23, 2013, 11:43:52 PM

Gents, I've been put out as the newest Fox Bird/Cat owner here.

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #5 – August 24, 2013, 10:47:34 AM

Quote from: EricCoolCats;420508

First of all...I am impressed with the shape of both your car and your door sticker. Impressing me is not easy, so take that at face value.

Not every VIN is fulfilled...there are always sequence gaps. But it is over 100,000. I cannot remember if there was August 1988 production or not...it was possible.
If you get a Ford 999 report, you'd know a little more.

How do I obtain a Ford 999 report?

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #6 – August 24, 2013, 10:51:15 AM

Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;420509

That IS interesting. Will you post pics of the rest of the car? Looks like a pretty nice machine. :)

Here's a couple more pics.

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #7 – August 24, 2013, 11:55:16 AM

wow , great looking cougar...............really like that color!!!

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #8 – August 24, 2013, 09:00:13 PM

Quote from: Chooglin;420536

wow , great looking cougar...............really like that color!!!

Funny story with that. My Dad, who bought it new, was absolutely hooked on the Cinnabar color, maybe because it was only made that year. He looked all over New York for one, and he also wanted the V8 with the digital dash. After much searching, it so happened that the local dealer ended up getting one delivered, so he bought it. Guess it was meant to be! :o

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #9 – August 25, 2013, 03:25:37 PM

Great car, great story. Hopefully it'll stay in your ownership for a long long time. :)

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #10 – November 25, 2013, 12:42:51 AM

ok i got one for ya. i know theres a code on the door tag to tell where it was sold origionally. Graham was the one who found it i think and i would like to find it since i am looking at a 87 tc tomorrow.

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #11 – November 25, 2013, 01:34:55 AM

It's the DSO (District Sales Office) number.
On 6hayden9's Cougar it is 35. This is not shown in my 84 dospoogeentation.
On thundersport302's T-Bird it's 28. This is Louisville in my 84 dospoogeentation.

84 Shop manual:

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #12 – November 25, 2013, 01:58:43 AM

Interesting... Power recliners, but manual HVAC. Not sure about production sequence #'s, but I do know that August was the cutoff for Fords. I had a '03 Ranger that was built 09/02, (I was even able to find out that it was made the first week of Sept).

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #13 – November 27, 2013, 01:01:52 AM

ok the bird i looked at has 2 codes that are odd. the dso code is 13 and it is not listed in the above pic. and the axle code is a k and its not listed on the cool cats site. so now i know the car was built in the ohio plan so i would venture to say its been a northern car all its life. But it has been cared for very well. ok found a sire where the dso code is listed and im sure this will help others. mine was sold in ny. http://www.sspmustang.org/technical/DSO_data.htm

How Late of A Build Is My Car

Reply #14 – December 05, 2013, 12:54:49 PM

720929 was supposedly last VIN issued for a 1988 Cougar built at Lorain...