[Hawk66]

1966 Mustang Data Plate Information? I have a 1966 Mustang Coupe and the data plates is missing. The vehicle identification number is 6R07C157380. Does anyone know where I can find the information? Does anyone have any good guesses? Thanks!

[Jay H 237]

The information isn't available. You're best guess is to go by what the car appears to be, original color, what the interior is, see what rear it has in it and what tranny.

DSO would be near impossible to ever find out. If you decide to get a new tag you can just make it where the car is closest location now.

The build date according to your VIN would be around 22A to 25A (January 22 - 25), I have no VINs close to yours. I don't know what days were the weekend and it wouldn't have been those days. Veronica might have a car closer to your VIN with a date.

[Veronica]

Hello. The only one that I have which is close enough to matter would be 6R08A157914. It had a scheduled production date of 02B. A Wednsday car.
Here you go, Jason. This might help out.
http://www.hf.rim.or.jp/~kaji/cal/cal.cgi?1966

[Jay H 237]

Originally Posted by Veronica

Here you go, Jason. This might help out.
Calendar [1966]

Thank you!

It intrigued me how you were coming up with what days were what back then, I couldn't find any info on that.

[busybee1]

Jay,
This may help you in building your data plate.
Harold

WARRANTY PLATE INFORMATION FOR MODELS AND EQUIPMENT

WARRANTY PLATE
The Mustang Warranty Plate is Located on the Left Front Door Lock Face Panel
EXPLANATION OF CODES
65A
Body Type (2-Door Hardtop)
J
Exterior Paint Color (Red)
85
Type and Color of Interior Trim (8-Vinyl, 5-Red)
9C
Assembly Date (9th of March)
11 101
Dealer Special Order (11-District No., 101-Order No.)
1
Rear Axle Ratio (3.00 ta 1)
1
Transmission Type (3-speed manual)

VEHICLE WARRANTY NUMBER 5 F 07 F 100001
5-Last Digit of Model Year, F-Assembly Plant (Dearborn), 07-Warranty Plate Code for 2-Door Hardtop, F-Engine Model (260 2-v V-8), 100001-Serial Number (each model year begins with 100001).
EXTERIOR PAINT COLORS
A-Raven Black
B-Pagoda Green
D-Dynasty Green
F-Guardsman Blue
H-Caspian Blue
J-Rangoon Red
K-Silversmoke Gray
M-Wimbledon White
3-Poppy Red
P-Prairie Bronze
S-Cascade Green
V-Sunlight Yellow
X-Vintage Burgundy
Y-Skylight Blue
Z-Chantilly Beige

INTERIOR TRIM
86-Black Vinyl
85-Red Vinyl
82-Med. Blue Metallic Vinyl
89-Med. Palomino Vinyl
42-Blue and White Vinyl
45-White Vinyl (w/Red*)
46-White Vinyl (w/Black*)
49-WhiteVinyl (w/Palomino*)
56-Black Cord Stripe Cloth and Black Vinyl (hardtop only)
*Instrument panel pad, carpet, and radio-defroster grille.

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

DSO CODE
Domestic special orders, limited production options, foreign special orders, and pre-approved special orders have the number of the district which ordered the part and the complete order number stamped on the plate. If the unit is regular production, the DSO space on the plate will not be stamped.


REAR AXLE CODE
1 - 3.00 to 1
5 - 3.50 to 1
8 - 3.89 to 1
9 - 4.11 to 1

TRANSMISSION CODE
1 - 3-Speed Manual (A)
5 - 4-Speed Manual (E)
6 - Cruise-O-Matic (F)
( ) Units built for Canada use the alphabetical code.

ENGINE CODE
U - 170-cubic-inch Six
F - 260-cubic-inch 2-v V-8
D - 289-cubic-inch 4-v V-8
K - 289-cubic-inch 4-v V-8-High Performance

[67ragtopStang]

The previous post applies to the '65 model year and some items are different for '66.

The Mustangs Plus website has great info - here: http://www.mustangsplus.com/tech/stats/stat01.htm

Classic Mustang Dataplate Decoder

The Warranty Number is the same as your VIN. you don't have to put all the data in to get info, just type in what you know.