The XPFalcon VIN Plate

 

Only the serial prefix is used in the top row to identify the car model. Below the serial prefix JG23EU will be used as an example and is underlined.

No 1. Serial Prefix – Company user only, (build location/

First letter ‘J’ stands for what country for us it is Australia
Second letter is the plant that built the car G = Broadmeadows, H = Brisbane, K = Sydney.

Unit number off the assembly line

Then there are two number (many of these are not applicable to the XP but I don’t know which yet). All below underlined are confirmed by XP Owners.

10 = (XP FUTURA COUPE)
11 = FUTURA SEDAN
12 = FUTURA TAXI
21 = FALCON SEDAN
22 = FALCON TAXI (XP Deluxe Coupe)
23 = FALCON SEDAN (XP Sedan)
24 = FALCON TAXI
30 = FALCON WAGON
31 = FALCON WAGON
32 = FAIRMONT GXL (XP squire)
33 = FALCON GT SEDAN
34 = FAIRMONT SEDAN
35 = FAIRMONT WAGON
36 = FAIRLANE CUSTOM
37 = FAIRLANE
38 = FAIRLANE CUSTOM TAXI
39 = FAIRLANE TAXI
40 = FALCON UTILITY (XP Ute)
41 = FALCON UTILITY (XP Deluxe Ute)
42 = FALCON VAN
43 = FALCON 4WD UTE
44 = ?
45 = FALCON 500 VAN
46 = ?
47 = FALCON SUNDOWNER VAN
62 = GALAXIE SEDAN
63 = FAIRLANE MARQUIS
64 = FAIRLANE GHIA
65 = FALCON 500 COUPE
66 = FALCON GT COUPE
67 = FAIRMONT COUPE
70 = LANDAU HARDTOP
71 = LTD

These are followed by another two letters which refers to year and date of manufacturer.

Month Build	D = 1964	E = 1965	F = 1966
Jan	B	J	L
Feb	R	U	Y
Mar	A	M	S
Apr	G	P	T
May	C	B	J
Jun	K	R	U
Jul	D	A	M
Aug	E	G	P
Sep	L	C	B
Oct	Y	K	R
Nov	S	D	A
Dec	T	E	G

No 2. Serial Number – Unique number

No 3. SIDO Number – Dealer order number

No 4. Model (the details of the car)

1st Digit Model Classification	2nd Digit Model	3rd Digit Body Type	4th Digit Transmission/ Engine Displacement
3. Australia Passenger	1. Falcon Standard 2. Falcon Deluxe 3. Falcon Futura/ Squire	1. 4-door sedan Bench Seats 2. 4-door wagon bench seats 3. 4-door sedan Bucket seats 5. 2-door hardtop Bench seats 7. 2-door hardtop Bucket seats	1. Manual 144CID 2. Automation 144CID (2 speed) 3. Manual 170CID 4. Automatic 170CID (3 speed) 6. Automatic 200CID (3 speed) 7. Low compression 144CID 8. Automatic 170CID (2 speed) 9. Automation 200CID (2 speed)
6 Australian Light Truck	1. Falcon Standard 2. Falcon Deluxe	1. Utility 2. Van	1. Manual 144CID 3. Manual 170CID 7. Low compression 144CID 8. Automatic 170CID (2 speed)

No 5. Paint Code Details

Colour                    Code

Arctic White            A
Jet Black                 B
Powder Blue          C
Sunlit Beige            D
Yellow Haze           H
Silver Gray              K
Red Satin                L
Honey Gold            N
Green Velvet          T
Castle Grey             V
Kurrajong Green   W
Caspian Blue          Y
Silver Blue               Z

No 6. Trim Code Details

1st Digit Model Classification	2nd Digit Model Type	3rd Digit Material Colours	4th Digit Material Combination
5. Falcon	1. Hardtop 2. Sedan 4. Futura 2-door Bucket seats 6 Future 4-door Bucket Seats 7. Wagon 8. Squire 9. Utility 0. Van	1. Blue 2. Red 5. Turquoise 6. Palomino 7. Ivy gold	1. Singletone Vinyl De Luxe 2 Tutone vinyl Standard 4. Tutone Vinyl (Metallic) 5. Vinyl & Bodycloth with Carpets 8. Singletone Vinyl Standard 9. Singletone Vinyl with Carpets 0. Tutone Vinyl with Carpets

Some other details:

Engine Number Prefixes, Engine Displacement  Prefix

144 CID                      E
170 CID                     D
200 CID                      SD

Engine Number Suffixes
Transmission Type      Compression Ratio      Engine Application     Suffix
Manual                            Low Compression       Passenger                    L
Manual                            Low Compression       Commercial                  LG
Manual                            High Compression      Passenger                    S or M
Manual                            High Compression      Commercial                  SC
Automation                     High Compression      Passenger                    A or B
Automation                     High Compression      Passenger                    AC