Turbo GT Bucktag! (1983)

[ElaborateDream]

MUSTANG
211520 61B W MO  0297(Z?)
9D  TT      DF ST
      03
GT  BR    MBW 05
ELECTRIC-A   NLR

Also, stamped over the top of it are four more characters.

Between the GT and over the 2nd E in ELECTRIC there's an S (larger than the other characters, loops like it was struck after the rest of the tag was embossed). Past the end of the NLR there's an L mostly in the same plane.

Below the 9D there's an E and below it a P, rotated about 90* to the rest of the tag (so the "backbone" of the E is underlining the D.)

This is, to the best of my knowledge, a radio delete, normal locks, normal windows, factory sunroof, 9D/1C, 2.3T. (also known as a true moment of automotive zen... as soon as I get it running right)

[FoxChassis]

Please post the VIN and all of the codes from the Vehicle Certification Label (door sticker/tag). Thanks.

[ElaborateDream]

VIN 1FABP28W3DF211520
Codes from Door (top right block, no online decoder found: F0251 R0122)

The rest of the door tag is in pretty bad shape.

Ext Color: 9D 1C DSO: 72
Body: 61B Int Trim: 1A (presume HA, can't tell for sure) A/C: 2 R: can't make out if it's a 4 or a Y, going to go look again now that I've seen the font elsewhere. S: C

AX: R TR: 2 HH HH

07/83 Build Date (goes nicely with my 11/82 on the 5.0)

[ElaborateDream]

Yep, confirmed, R: Y

Prior owner said he'd installed the radio, and that statement is sadly, true. Two speaker holes in the quarter panel covers, and a bit of a gnarly radio hole up front.

//still gotta get it running, then I'll mourn the radio hole, and the recaros getting recovered and having their heads lopped off.

[psrumors]

Yep, confirmed, R: Y

Prior owner said he'd installed the radio, and that statement is sadly, true. Two speaker holes in the quarter panel covers, and a bit of a gnarly radio hole up front.

//still gotta get it running, then I'll mourn the radio hole, and the recaros getting recovered and having their heads lopped off.

I feel for you. I have been looking for quarter covers to replace my cut up ones.

[FoxChassis]

Does the care have...

tinted glass (not aftermarket)?
light group (light in glovebox, front ashtray, and underhood)?
tilt steering?
delay wipers?
standard or metric (TRX) wheels?

[ElaborateDream]

I do not recall tint (I'm not at home right now, and I've just barely started sorting out underhood, so I'll update this as I can)

No light group

No tilt steering

I believe it's got the same stalk with the twist on the end of it, so yes for delay wipers

It had TRX wheels, but prior owner got rid of them, put on some 10-holes. (could be worse)

[FoxChassis]

VIN
1FA = Ford, USA
B = manual seatbelts, no airbags
P = passenger car
28 = Mustang three-door hatchback
W = turbocharged 2.3L engine
3 = VIN check digit
D = 1983 model year
F = Dearborn Assembly (DAP)
211520 = 111,520th 1983 Mustang assigned a VIN at DAP

VC Label
DATE - 07/83 = July 1983 scheduled build month
F0251 = front accessory reserve spring code
R0122 = rear accessory reserve spring code
EXTERIOR PAINT COLORS - 9D 1C = Polar White w/ Black lower (Tu-Tone)
DSO - 72 = San Jose district sales office
BODY - 61B = Mustang three-door hatchback
VR - [blank] = no convertible roof
MLDG - [blank]
INT. TRIM - HA = black (A), Sport Performance seats (H)
A/C - 2 = paint stripe color code for Polar White
R - Y = radio delete
S - C = sunroof
AX - R = 3.45:1 w/ Traction-Lok
TR - 2 = T5 transmission
HH = E0BZ-5310-H front springs
HH = D9BZ-5560-M rear springs

Body/Buck Tag
MUSTANG = model line
211520 = 111,520th 1983 Mustang assigned a VIN at DAP
61B = Mustang three-door hatchback
W = turbocharged 2.3L engine
MO = sunroof
0297
9D = Polar White exterior paint color
TT = lower tu-tone paint treatment
DF
ST
03
GT = model
BR
MBW = T5 transmission
05 = hood scoop
ELECTRIC
-A = Black interior
NLR

[93-331-29PSI]

It amazes me how they would order AC on these cars but no Radio. Mine is the same way.

[FoxChassis]

Air conditioning was not ordered on this car. There is no "AC" code on the Body/Buck Tag.

[ElaborateDream]

Yep, the AC code is used for paint on non-AC cars, same deal with my V8 83GT. Will update thread tomorrow with rest of questions, was at Neil's BBQ today.

[FoxChassis]

Starting in late January or early February of 1983, the "A/C" column on the VC Label was used for tape stripe color instead, even if air conditioning was ordered.

The '85 and later VC Label (engineering number in lower left corner beginning with "E5") had a "TAPE" column instead of A/C. From all of the tags I have seen so far, the "E5" label wasn't used on Capris or Mustangs until the '86 model year.

[ElaborateDream]

Update, after driving the car a bit more, it does not have the infinitely adjustable wipers. It has "off" and "on" and "really on".

The sunroof has a touch of mirroring to it some days, which could be really old factory tint.

The windshield is aftermarket, so I can't comment as to the original glass.