Talk:Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN codes)/Ford/VIN Codes

maybe i am missing something here........i believe this subject could benefit from some year qualifications.......for example i am the owner of several ford e-series vans the chart for light trucks engine codes designate engine code H to be a v8 4.6 liter ......while this information which i have not verified .....may be true for all production after 1996.......it is definitely not correct for producton before late 1996 or 1997.........and isn't verified by the Ford vin tool linked to this page.

The engine code vin H for 1996 and previous years to 1992 I believe to be the 5.8L efi (351 cubic inch) which is the motor and the vin engine code on the verifiable 1996 E150i own....... and which is verified by the vin code tool linked to from Ford..........

review of the charts or tables only show this particular engine "windsor" belonging to the 300 horse cobra family........when in reality the four known years and possibly more of the 5.8 liter EFI windsor would apply to all E- and F series light trucks as well as some car application ......everyone knows who knows ford motors that it was the predecessor of the 351W, 351M carbuerated.......The W outlived it's intended replacement the 351C or cleveland a very popular motor with the public but which also had limited years of production just like the 5.8L EFI both having approximately four years I believe......please do correct me wherever I am wrong........i believe the production years on the 351 ci efi windsor 5.8L motor to be 1992 through 1996 and the Cleveland motor early to mid seventies.......personally myself i was never that impressed with the cleveland motors even though they were shorter and lighter and had marine application the actual ci was 335 ........and i owned a windsor in a 1970 xr7 which ate the lunch of clevelands all day long and out lasted them.......not trying to start a controversy with the adamant cleveland motor builders out there ......i believe the canadian motor was also manufactured in the states .....either in michigan or ohio.......the designations of C, W, M,H will tell you which one you have and where they came from.....M actually being a modified windsor......but that is all just ancient history I guess.......but the windsor is still offered as a remanufactured replacement motor today and and is still out there racking up the miles on the highway giving the same service it has for over three decades of proud ford service.

I have a 93 f350 with a 5.8l 351 and the engine vin is H

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I hvae a 95 ford escort that I know is a 1.9L with a J engine code. Here it says J is 1.6L.

Ford and Continental VIN codes
From 1981-1985 there was a VIN code of 1MR for Continental Mark VI and Continental Mark VII vehicles.

The reason for this is technically Continental Mark series vehicles were not Lincolns. Lincoln-Mercury Division managed and sold Continental as a make within its division for Continental Mark series vehicles only and did not badge them as Lincolns.

For 1986, Continental as a make was dropped from the Mark VII and the vehicles renamed Lincoln Mark VII with the first three characters of the VIN assigned 1LN.

There are VIN charts and historical Lincoln-Mercury book references to back this up.

This is a valid VIN sample for a 1985 Continental Mark VII:

1MRBP98F7FY725829

1= USA M= Continental R= Passenger Car B= Active restraints P= Ford 98= Mark VII 2-door coupe F= 5.0L CFI engine 7= Check digit F= 1985 model year Y= Wixom Assembly Plant 12–17= Sequential vehicle number

Every 1981-83 Continental Mark VI and 1984-85 Continental Mark VII will begin with a 1MR VIN code.

Also, the mid-sized 1982-85 Lincoln Continental 4-door sedan used the 1MR VIN code as well with 1MR meaning Continental as the make, though these Continental 4-door sedans also had visible Lincoln badging. These Continentals also switched to the 1LN VIN code starting with the 1986 model year to designate the make as Lincoln.

Here is an actual VIN sample from a 1985 Lincoln Continental sedan:

1MRBP97F0FY722725 1= USA M= Continental R= Passenger Car B= Active belts P= Ford 97= Lincoln Continental 4-door sedan F= 5.0L CFI engine 0= Check digit F= 1985 model year Y= Wixom Assembly Plant 12–17= Sequential vehicle number

Concerning the Ford Probe, it also shares the first three letters of the VIN "1ZV" with later model Mustangs. The 1989-97 Ford Probe was built at Auto Alliance on the platform of the Mazda MX6 and 626.

Here is a valid VIN for a 1991 Ford Probe LX V6 1ZVPT21U8M5124056

Watchdevil (discuss • contribs) 06:17, 16 September 2018 (UTC)