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Warranty Plate Information 1960-69

Warranty Plate Information 1970+

Model Year Code

Assembly Plant Code

Body Type Codes

Production Date Code
or Date of Manufacture

Transmission Id Code Chart

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Warranty Plate Information 1960-69

Location: Rear face of the left (driver’s side) front door

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Warranty Plate Information 1970+

Location: Rear face of the left (driver’s side) front door

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Model Year Code

The first character = Last digit of model year:
“5” = 1965 or 1975; “2” = 1962 or 1972; “8” = 1968 & so on.

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Assembly Plant Code

The second character = Assembly plant where the car was manufactured.

A = Atlanta	B = Oakville
C = Chester	D = Dallas
E = Mahwah	F = Dearborn
G = Chicago	H = Lorain
J = Los Angeles	K = Kansas City
L = Long Beach	M = Memphis
N = Norfolk	P = Twin Cities
R = San Jose	S = Pilot Plant
T = Metuchen	U = Louisville
W = Wayne	X = St. Thomas
Y = Wixom	Z = St. Louis

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Body Type Codes

53 = 4-Door Pillared Hardtop	63 = 2-Door Hardtop
54 = 4-Door Sedan	64 = 2-Door Sedan
57 = 4-Door Hardtop	65 = 2-Door Hardtop
58 = 4-Door Sedan	71 = Station Wagon
59 = 2-Door Station Wagon	75 = 4-Door Hardtop
62 = 2-Door Sedan	76 = Convertible

Note: The letter after the body type numbers denotes
trim level of your car.

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Production Date Code or Date of Manufacture

1960-1969: Date is listed by date (number) & month (letter), (17K = October 17th, 23E = May 23rd & so on):

A = January	G = July
B = February	H = August
C = March	J = September
D = April	K = October
E = May	L = November
F = June	M = December

1970–72: Month & year are indicated numerically before safety standard certification statement (07/70 = July 1970, 03/71 = March 1971 & so on).

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Transmission Id Code Chart

Year	Code	Transmission
60-64	1	3-Speed Manual
60-64	2	Overdrive
60-64	3	Ford-O-Matic / 2-Speed
60-64	4	Cruise-O-Matic
60-64	5	4-Speed Manual
1964	6	C4 Automatic XP
60-64	C	Ford-O-Matic / 3-Speed
1965	1	3-Speed Manual
1965	4	Cruise-O-Matic
65-66	6	C4 Automatic / XP
65-67	2	Overdrive
65-67	5	4-Speed Manual
1966	4	C6 Automatic / XPL
1966	7	Cruise-O-Matic
1966	8	Cruise-O-Matic
66-67	1	3-Speed Manual / 2.77
66-67	3	3-Speed Manual / 3.03
1967	W	C4 Automatic / XP
1967	X	Cruise-O-Matic / F
67-69	Y	Cruise-O-Matic / MX
67-72	U	C6 Automatic / XPL
67-72	Z	Cruise-O-Matic / XPL
1968	1	3-Speed manual / 3.03
1968	5	4-Speed manual / 2.78
1968	T	Cruise-O-Matic / fmx-l
68-71	6	4-Speed Manual / 2.32
68-72	W	C4 Automatic / XP3
68-72	X	Cruise-O-Matic / fmx
1970	V	C4 Semi-Automatic
71-72	E	4-Speed Manual / Colt

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Assembly Plant Code

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Production Date Code or Date of Manufacture

Transmission Id Code Chart

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