I've got an email and voice mail to Mike Massara. Last time I spoke to him he worked in the Halrey / Ford Alliance division. Maybe he can help.
Man, you will be a HERO to many, many "orphans" like me if Mike can somehow track the production sequence #s. Mr. Pinter said no records were kept and there is no way to track down Build #s except thru direct contact with original owners (if they kept records). For example: I was able to speak to the PO of my truck but he had no clue about an owner's plaque
Didn't the 02's and 03's come with a plaque in the center console that had the VIN and build #? Its been a while since I had mine, but I thought it was there.
hence the delimna, truck is missing this. Got a blank plate, just need to find the build number for the truck so that I can get r done and give it to my boss.
00 were built in Canada.
01-03's were built in KC.
04's Kentucky?
There is a guy over at FTW that goes by the name of ShowYa (Brandon Ashlock) that oversaw the production of the 01-some of the 03's in KC before he took a different position within the company. He gave a play by play documention of the 03's only being built each night with VIN #'s also. I don't think this was done with the 01-02's just the 03's. He would post in sequence that they were built and give the VIN#'s also. The only way to narrow it down would be to find out your build date and find others with the same build date to narrow the build # to within 50 or so that they built each day.
Tazz
Stew,
I have tried the Dealer that first sold the truck: NO JOY! I have also contacted ShowYa: NO JOY!! Some owners got lucky and found build sheets underneath carpets & what not??
Best bet is what TAZZ suggested: and I have been contacting every '01 seller that I come across to check if their build date was close to mine(12APR2001). Seen an '01 with a MARCH build month (closest that I have seen) and his build # was in the 4,500 range.
What really kills me is that I have tracked and spoken to the original owner of my truck: NO JOY! Oh well....
Build date on the truck that I am trying to get build number for is:
1/29/2003. So lets see the build numbers closest to this date before and after. Maybe I can narrow it down a little.
Originally posted by Hrly6816 Krom,
Thanks for the car fax report. Gotta love the birth day of my truck. 1 week before mine. Guess we were meant to be together!