vin numbers, passengers side

[celtic]

does anyone know what the number on the passengers side strut top mounting plate signifies?its a 5 digit number usually. ive asked a few people at shows etc and they havent been able to say with certainty what its for.anyone ???

[gen mk 1rs2000]

ask nev B he knows all that stuff

[Neville Bertwistle]

[Gary P.]

Didn't someone on here have connections to a bloke that worked on the assembly line?

[gen mk 1rs2000]

hhhmmm
my 2 historians
have failed on this subject
i might have to dig out some
old paperwork , as i have seen these codes
somewhere

[INBreplica]

Are the numbers 11918 or 11934? if so ,11918 is for 2Door and 11938 is 4Door.
Found it here.. http://z7.invisionfree.com/CEOCI/index. ... topic=3438

[Neville Bertwistle]

[celtic]

i dont recall any numbers on the passengers side of any of the escorts i had in ireland or england,and i had five in total over there. maybe its a ford australia code?would love to know its significance

[Roger Miller]

Chaps,

very interesting.

On GK s twink, it has this.

Is this what we are on about ?

[Mik Kay]

This answer was given a while back www.rsmotorsport.com.au/forums/viewtopi ... 557#p12557

Mik

[celtic]

THANX MIK.

[celtic]

spoke to a bloke today who is trying to sort this code out, from what he has seen, the first number represents the build year, e.g.2 represents 1972.this seems to be across the board,be it an escort ,capri etc.the other numbers are still a mystery, but he knows a person working for ford that will check the archives and hopefully shed a little light on the matter.