----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...> To: <ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 2:13 PM Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: Interesting figures> Obviously I messed up! The HB is NOT the build date! Could not have > been built in August & received in July! The HB is NOT the build > date. I don't know what it stands for. The McLaren dates of > receiving & shipping are indeed correct. > > SORRY > > > >
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...> > wrote: > > 618892 is a EuroCoupe, Oxford White. Received AT ascMcLaren on July > > 15th 1986 & shipped out on July 24th 1986. It's the 13th of the 47 > > EuroCoupes. They made 34 after it. It's one of 14 in color. > > Regarding the Buck-Tag:- > > 618892 is of course your sequence VIN. 61D is the code for a Capri > 3- > > Door Hatchback. The "M" is the code for the 302 Cu In V-8 with EFI. > > 9L is the code for Oxford White, while the PW is Power Windows. > > > > The HB is the build date of August 2nd H=Aug B=2 They built 1,977 > > 1986 Capris AFTER yours. > > > > Mustang took 93% of the build and Capri took 7% of the Dearborn > 1986 > > model year build, which was 245,279, or 20,869 Capri & 224,410 > > Mustang. > > > > S A N D Y > > > > > > > > > >
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Brent Abrams" <babrams@l...> > > wrote: > > > I don't have my door tag info handy but my body buck tag reads as > > follows: > > > > > > CAPRI > > > 618892 61D M 0127 > > > > > 9L DF ST > > > AC 06 HB > > > PW 02 > > > A EI 06 2 X 2 NLR > > > > > > And of course the other smaller tag next to it that reads: > > > > > > MCLAREN COUPE > > > MCLAREN COUPE > > > MCLAREN COUPE > > > > > > Brent > > > 1986 EuroCoupe, White, Automatic > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "negusm" <negusm@y...> > > > To: <ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:59 AM > > > Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: Interesting figures > > > > > > > > > > Yes, it would be nice if we could get some owners to post more > of > > > > their buck tags, door tags and any legible build sheets. > > > > > > > > My door tag as everyone probably has seen before is: > > > > http://www.ascmclarencoupe.com/History/MasiBefore/door_tag.jpg > > > > > > > > My buck tag is here but I don't have the info on it: > > > > http://www.ascmclarencoupe.com/ascParts/asc_BodyBuckTag.jpg > > > > > > > > Its in front of the radiator attached to the cross bar. > > > > > > > > -Mike > > > > > > > >
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Tom S." <tkm654@c...> wrote: > > > > > Again, the door tag DSO is different than the internal DSO > > code. > > > > > The door tag DSO is for the District Sales office. This 2 > > digit > > > > > code merely shows what district the car is/was intended for. > > For > > > > > cars that were special orders there is an additional 4 digits > > that > > > > > are undecipherible without internal paperwork. > > > > > > > > > > D32 is a code Ford used internally at the plant to identify a > > > > > McLaren build. > > > > > > > > > > IF everybody would offer up their door tag info we could try > to > > > > > narrow down what codes are common for these cars and use > those > > > > also > > > > > as identifiers. For instance, maybe all McLaren Capri coupes > > had > > > > > the same DSO or maybe they all used the same spring codes > which > > is > > > > > coded with the transmission on the tag or maybe they all have > > the > > > > > same Accesory Reserve Load codes that is printed above the > DSO > > on > > > > > the door tag. This could be done for the Coupes, Capri verts > > and > > > > > the Mustangs also. There is nothing except the VIN on this > tag > > to > > > > > identify the car so a picture or two of the tag, with only > the > > > > last > > > > > 6 digits of the vin blocked out if you so choose, would be > > great. > > > > > If Sandy wants to handle the load of pics or if Negusm wants > to > > > > > fine, or I can too. A few examples of the tags: > > > > > http://www.sspmustang.org/technical/doortags.htm > > > > > > > > > > Tom S. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, Peter Shear <tfs2121@y...> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > what about the door tag would it say anything about > > > > > > the D32 build code or something? > > > > > > > > > > > > ~Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > Search - Find what you're looking for faster > > > > > > http://search.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groups Links > > > > > >