Registry Number 1703 - 1967 Ford XL 2-door hardtop On Friday, September 19, 2014, member of the 1967 Ford Full-Size Registry Tom Dillon posted these pictures of his 1967 Ford XL 2-door hardtop - thank you! Toms Dad ordered and purchased this car brand new! This car was entered in the Registry as Registry Number 1703 on April 16, 2002 when it was submitted by Tom on behalf of his Dad. This car has the following VIN and production data: VIN 7E58Z253553, BODY 63C, COLOR I, TRIM 8A, DATE 03U, DSO 16, AXLE 4, TRANS 5 The VIN of 7E58Z253553 decodes as follows: 7 = model year: 1967 E = build plant: Mahwah Assembly Plant in Mahwah, New Jersey 58 = Body Serial Code: XL 2-door hardtop, bucket seats (21,053 produced during the 1967 model year) * Z = engine: 390 Thunderbird Special V-8, 390-4V, 315 hp @ 4600 rpm, 427 lb-ft @ 2800 rpm, 10.5:1 compression ratio 253553 = Consecutive Unit Number (CUN): 153,553rd Ford car scheduled to be built at the Mahwah Assembly Plant during the 1967 model year (Job 1 was CUN 100001) The production data of 63C I 8A 03U 16 4 5 decode as follows: BODY 63C = Body Style Code: XL 2-door hardtop, bucket seats (21,053 produced during the 1967 model year) * COLOR I = exterior paint color: Lime Gold (medium green metallic) TRIM 8A = interior trim color, material and front seat style: charcoal black Crinkle grain vinyl cushions and bolsters, bucket seats DATE 03U = scheduled build date: Monday, July 3, 1967 DSO 16 = District Sales Office: car was originally ordered through the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sales district, which covered southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and peninsular Maryland AXLE 4 = rear axle ratio, type and ring gear diameter: 3.25:1 non-locking, 9-3/8 TRANS 5 = transmission type and shift location: Toploader 4-speed manual, console shift * Over the years, you may have seen a production figure of 18,174 XL 2-door hardtops built during the 1967 model year, but amazingly enough, Ford neglected to include the units built at the Oakville Assembly Plant (located in Oakville, Ontario, Canada) in this total! The actual number produced is therefore 2,879 units higher at 21,053. According to the production records of Ford Motor Company, your car was produced with the following optional equipment: - 390 Thunderbird Special V-8, 390-4V, 315 hp engine: $158.08 - Toploader 4-speed manual transmission (zero-cost option on XL models with the 390-4V and 428-4V engines): $0.00 - power steering: $94.95 - Visibility Group (includes ash tray light, glove box light, trunk light, parking brake light, and left-hand remote control outside mirror): $14.64 - push-button AM radio: $57.51 - rear seat speaker (mandatory option on XL and LTD models with push-button AM radio): $13.22 - black vinyl roof: $74.36 - wheel covers (standard on XL models): $0.00 - (5) 8.15x15 4-ply rated white sidewall Rayon tires: $36.37 The base price for this XL 2-door hardtop was: $3,243.24 The cost of the 7 extra-cost options installed on this car was: $449.13 The total MSRP of this car was therefore: $3,692.37 This represents a 13.85% increase over base price Of the 21,053 XL 2-door hardtops built during the 1967 model year, this car is: - 1 of 819 with COLOR I, an installation rate of 3.89% - 1 of 9,500 with TRIM 8A, an installation rate of 45.12% - 1 of 7,198 with a black vinyl roof, an installation rate of 34.19% - 1 of 337 with COLOR I, TRIM 8A, and a black vinyl roof, an installation rate of 1.60% - 1 of 5,455 with Engine Z, an installation rate of 25.91% - 1 of 1,081 with TRANS 5, an installation rate of 5.13% - 1 of 753 with Engine Z and TRANS 5, an installation rate of 3.58% - 1 of 7 with COLOR I, TRIM 8A, a black vinyl roof, Engine Z, and TRANS 5, an installation rate of 0.033% Of the 21,053 XL 2-door hardtops built during the 1967 model year, this is the ONLY ONE built EXACTLY like it! Please send me a Facebook message with your mailing address, phone number(s), and email address so that I can update your Registry entry. If you havent done so already, I strongly recommend that you order a Deluxe Marti Report ($40) or an Elite Marti Report ($200) from Marti Auto Works (martiauto) for your car to learn all of the important dates (order received date, actual build date, sold date, etc.), the selling dealership, and other build statistics. I have DMRs for all 6 of my 1967 FoMoCo products, and EMRs for 2 of them. Thank you again for contributing to the Registry, Tom.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 23:44:27 +0000
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