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[FoxChassis]

Originally Posted by 28HopUp

As part of Tom's auction information, we found a lone 1985 Mustang that is part of a 10-car consecutive unit number block of VINs:

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info188603.htm

Note that this car's listed unit number is #F5-231, not #M5-231 (interesting!). All but one of these ten Mustangs show Texas DMV records, so we may be able to verify all ten cars as SSPs by pulling Marti Reports on the first and last ones of the batch.

That's pretty cool info!

Looks like unit numbers started with "F" through '85 and "M" from '86 through '93. I have EF184685 as unit #F4-413 but I don't know where I got that from.

Not sure about '83....haven't seen any unit numbers for any of them yet.

That '85 unit number also looks to be the EFI/AOD combo, per the "AT" indication in the auction lot number info. Being that the CUN is so high, it is the 180 HP version (headers and dual muffler & tailpipes).

[28HopUp]

Some of the "F" cars are Vics and trucks. I have seen a "C" used in the unit numbers for the Chevy Caprice and Camaro models. A "P" was used on a Plymouth van, and a "D" was used for Dodges.

[FoxChassis]

So looks like for the Mustang they used the make for the unit number in '84 and '85 and the model for the unit number in '86 and later. As in....

F = Ford
M = Mustang

Looks like the Crown Vic continued with the F designate, and Dodge continued with D, and and Plymouth continued with P, after '85.

[28HopUp]

Mick, Texas DPS may have made the change from F to M on the Mustangs during the 1985 model year. Here is one with a higher VIN and a #M5-xxx number:

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...info204948.htm

[FoxChassis]

Hmmm...interesting.

FF188608 was shipped to a dealer in TX but there are no other records for that VIN, which is why nothing is showing up in the TX title search. Wonder what happened to that one.

[28HopUp]

There isn't much listed about 188603 on AutoCheck:

Vehicle: 1985 Ford Mustang LX (1FABP26M5FF188603)
Event date Location Odometer reading Data Source Details

03/18/1985 TX Independent Source VEHICLE MANUFACTURED AND SHIPPED TO DEALER

12/18/1991 TX 80,690 Motor Vehicle Dept. ODOMETER READING FROM DMV

03/29/1996 AUSTIN, TX Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE (Title #:00022200050014898)


Using the Texas DMV site, the last title issued matches the AutoCheck report:

Vehicle Make: FORD
Vehicle Model: MLX
Vehicle Year: 1985
Vehicle Identification Number: 1FABP26M5FF188603
Title Issue Date: 1996/03/29
Title Number: 00022200050014898

[1989 Tx DPS SSP]

The F5 numbers were the Baby LTD's they had. If you look at the description it says 4DR.

Tom