I've got a new to me 79 zephyr and was curious if someone could help me decode the door and buck tag. Pics attached of the tags and the car. Thanks in advance
I've got a new to me 79 zephyr and was curious if someone could help me decode the door and buck tag. Pics attached of the tags and the car. Thanks in advance
Welcome! Looks all sorts of like an ES to me, but your buck tag is missing the stuff my '79 Zephyr ES has that points to that. I think your paint code of 1G is silver though, which was a color they came in.
More pics?
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Brad
'79 Mercury Zephyr ES 5.0L GT40 EFI, T-5
'17 Ford Focus ST
'14 Ford Fusion SE Manual
I believe the paint code is 1C from what I can tell that's black code for 1979 I'll get some more pictures up
Interesting car! ES with stripper (i.e. none) exterior trim; looks like it has the rare-ish rear side window vents.
Engine/trans? How about some interior pics?
Mike
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VIN
9 = 1979 model year
E = Mahwah Assembly
31 = Zephyr 2-door sedan
F = 5.0L V8 engine
645655 = 45,655th 1979 Mercury scheduled for production at Mahwah Assembly
Door Tag
Date - 08-79 = August 1979 build
GVWR - 4160 lb/1886 kg = gross vehicle weight rating
Front GAWR - 2126 lb/964 kg = front gross axle weight rating
Rear GAWR - 2052 lb/930 kg = rear gross axle weight rating
F0090 = 0090 lbs front accessory reserve load
R0081 = 0081 lbs rear accessory reserve load
Exterior Paint Colors - 1C = Black
DSO - A7 = Pacific Ford of Canada district sales office
Body - 66D = Zephyr 2-door sedan
VR - [blank] = no vinyl roof
In Trim - VD = smooth-grain all vinyl seating with front vinyl bucket seats (V), Medium Red interior trim color (D)
AC - [blank] = no factory air conditioner
R - 2 = AM radio
S - [blank] = no sunroof
Ax - 8 = 2.73:1 axle ratio, conventional (non-locking) differential
Tr - 5 = Tremec SROD 4-speed overdrive manual transmission
XX = front springs
VV = rear springs
Buck Tag
645655 = 45,655th 1979 Mercury scheduled for production at Mahwah Assembly
E = ES option
F
- = no factory air conditioner (factory A/C would have been code "A")
R = road abrasion (lower bodyside protection)
-
B
T
X
Q
-
-LB
66Z = Zephyr model line (Z), 2-door sedan (66)
1C = Black exterior paint color
VD = smooth-grain all vinyl seating with front vinyl bucket seats (V), Medium Red interior trim color (D)
F5 = 5.0L V8 engine (F), Tremec SROD 4-speed overdrive manual transmission (5)
X
3
Last edited by FoxChassis; 12-01-2019 at 09:54 PM.
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Are the window frames gloss or satin black?
Love your wheel choice by the way!
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'79 Mercury Zephyr ES 5.0L GT40 EFI, T-5
'17 Ford Focus ST
'14 Ford Fusion SE Manual
The door window frames are gloss black but the quarter windows are flat black. It currently has a 302 and t5 with 8.8 with 373s from an 84 mustang. I like the 10 holes but I have a 5 lug swap going in and changing to black bullet wheels. So far I've got the mustang center console and dash trim in because I hate woodgrain lol but I still have the original dash trim put away.
Thanks foxchassis for the information on the tags!!!
Love this thing!! Keep the 4 lugs and 10 whole wheels. Looks proper this way
Pic of current engine setup
I have a foxbody twin turbo kit I've had sitting around for a couple years and I think this is the direction the car is going to go
Last edited by Foxfiend; 09-13-2019 at 12:12 PM.
Sorry I couldn't decode more on the buck tag. I just don't have enough data.
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Very cool. Looks like someone's made some tasteful mods to it. I wonder if the louvers were retrofit.
I'll bet your buck tag is so different from mine because yours was built at the other plant, and almost a year later.
Brad
'79 Mercury Zephyr ES 5.0L GT40 EFI, T-5
'17 Ford Focus ST
'14 Ford Fusion SE Manual
After looking at the other tags in the database I have decoded "66Z" as well.
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I decoded three more codes on the buck tag...
1st dash on second line = no factory A/C
E = ES option
R = road abrasion (lower bodyside protection)
Last edited by FoxChassis; 12-01-2019 at 09:56 PM.
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