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VIN plate decoding

Passauf

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Aug 16, 2001
Messages
602
Can someone help decode this.
U15GLV29471
092 Z U151 C4 G 18J
04600 1975 17

Thanks for your help !!
 

Viperwolf1

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electron whisperer
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Aug 23, 2007
Messages
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U15- Bronco wagon
G-302 engine
L-Michigan Truck Assembly Plant
V29471-sequence number, produced Aug '74
092-wheelbase
Z-color code, Hot Ginger Met
U151-4600 lb GVWR
C4-interior trim, parchment/ginger with rear seat (Ranger or Explorer option)
18J-axle codes, 2780 lb open rear axle, power steering
04600-GVWR
17-DSO code, Washington DC
 

csjr

Sr. Member
Joined
Apr 18, 2007
Messages
675
Loc.
Lighthouse Point, FL
I have the 1973 shop manuals but I can't find a color code "Y". It skips from X to Z. The truck has been repainted dark blue, but it was a quickie home job by a PO and there's a burnt orange color behind dash, in parts of the wheel wells ect. Any clues??
Thanks all wonderful gurus...

I also have a DSO code of 71 which shows this was maybe originally delivered to Los Angeles?
 

broncodriver99

Bronco Guru
Joined
Jan 27, 2008
Messages
4,780
Loc.
Glen Allen, VA
U15=Full Top
N=289 V8
L=Michigan Truck Plant
B27103=Sequence Number('67)

If you get the other info off of the data tag it will tell you a little more.
 

ilovemaui

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Jul 10, 2010
Messages
1,651
Loc.
Pacific Moist West
Mine is a little tough to read because someone sanded it when they repaited the dash:

U15GLT75944
092 B U150 O B8Q
04300 55

I'm not sure on the letter after U150.
 

Viperwolf1

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Messages
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Mine is a little tough to read because someone sanded it when they repaited the dash:

U15GLT75944
092 B U150 O B8Q
04300 55

I'm not sure on the letter after U150.

U15-Bronco wagon
G-302 engine
L-Michigan Truck Assembly Plant
T75944-sequence number, produced Jan '74 (same month as mine)
092-wheelbase
B-color code, Lt Blue
U150-4300 lb GVWR
missing-body code/interior trim (3 for parchment front buckets, 34 for same with rear seat)
missing-trans code (C for manual 3 spd, G for C4 auto)
B8Q-axle codes, 2780 lb rear axle with traction-lok, power steering and limited slip in front
04300-GVWR, standard
55-DSO code, St Louis
 
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