Decipher Ford Casting Codes

The first character:

This character is for the decade the part was produced.
A - 1940's
B - 1950's
C - 1960's
D - 1970's
E - 1980's
F - 1990's
G - 2000's

The second character:

This character is for the last numeral of the year the part was produced.
(With the first 2 characters you can decode the year of the part. A7xx - 1947, B5xx - 1955, C6xx - 1966, etc.)

The third character:

This character is for the product line that the the part was used on.
A - full size Ford (Galaxie, LTD, Custom, etc.)
B - Fairlane and Torino to 76, then 77-79 LTD II, then Festiva, then Aspire
C - Mercury Capri (60's - 70's), Escort
D - Falcon, Maverick, Granada, Taurus, 96 and later Taurus/Sable common parts
E - Escort
F - common Tempo/Escort parts (same parts, different body panels)
G - Mercury Montego, Monarch
H - Ford heavy truck
I - (Omitted because it could be misconstrued as a 1)
J - marine (boat engines, stationary power plants)
K - Tracer
L - Lincoln Mark series and regular 4-door Lincoln
M - full size Mercury for unique parts (otherwise, use A)
N - Ford tractor
O - 62 and up Fairlane and Torino, Mercury Montego, Sable, and Lincoln Continental
P - Bobcat and Pinto
Q - (Omitted because it could be misconstrued as an O)
R - Merkur, then Contour/Mystyque
S - T-bird
T - light truck (F-100, F-150, etc.), Bronco, Explorer
U - Econoline van
V - Lincoln Town car
W - Cougar
X - Villager
Y - Lincoln or Mercury/Lincoln non-vehicle-specific part
Z - Mustang or Ford non-vehicle-specific part
2 - Probe
3 - Tempo
4 - 96+ Sable body parts
6 - Topaz
7 - Ranger
8 - Windstar
9 - Aerostar

The fourth character:

This character is an engineering number. (Z - denotes an actual saleable part available off of the dealer's shelf)

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