Interpreting your VIN
Posted Jul 21, 2002 - 02:21 AM
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Typical VIN -- 1FACP54Y2MA100001 -- for 1991 breaks down as shown: | 1FA | Ford passenger car | | C | Restraint system A - Active belts B - Passive belts front C - Active belts and driver air bag (typical) | | P | Passenger car | | 54 | Line, series, body type (54 = SHO) | | Y | Engine type ( Y = 3.0L EFI DOHC) | | 2 | Check digit | | M | Model year (G,H,J,K,L,M = '86,'87,'88,'89,'90,'91) | | A | Assembly plant ( A = Atlanta) | | 1000001 | Production sequence number (100,001 is the first Ford) | Should you want to know more about VIN's in general, please have a look at http://www.pi.net/~fransang. |