Decode VIN

[LloydS]

Have 1974 Versailles…VIN code at drivers windshield reads F7W84H815131. Can somebody decode this for me please

 

[Action]

Sure. BTW you have a 1977 Versailles. 1977 was the first year Versailles was manufactured.

The F at the front is not part of the official VIN. That F is cursive and in a different font than the serial number. Just an official marking of Ford. And technically it was called a serial number back then not a VIN.

7W84H815131

7 = the year. This is a 1977 Versailles
W = is the assembly plant. Wayne as in Wayne Michigan. (All Versailles were either built at Wayne or Mahwah as in Mahwah, NJ)
84 = is the body. All Versailles are the same, 4 door sedan
H = the engine. 351 (The other engine choice was a 302)
815131 is the consecutive unit number. In this case it was 15131 unit built

1977 model year was the first. Sold about 15,000 copies. Second best sales year. But not enough sales to come anywhere close to the competition Cadillac Seville. Cadillac Seville sold 45,000 in 1977, 57000 in 1978 and 53,000 in 1979.

There was a lot to like in Versailles. There was also a lot to not like in Versailles.

Welcome to the LOG

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[LloydS]

Sure. BTW you have a 1977 Versailles. 1977 was the first year Versailles was manufactured.

The F at the front is not part of the official VIN. That F is cursive and in a different font than the serial number. Just an official marking of Ford. And technically it was called a serial number back then not a VIN.

7W84H815131

7 = the year. This is a 1977 Versailles
W = is the assembly plant. Wayne as in Wayne Michigan. (All Versailles were either built at Wayne or Mahwah as in Mahwah, NJ)
84 = is the body. All Versailles are the same, 4 door sedan
H = the engine. 351 (The other engine choice was a 302)
815131 is the consecutive unit number. In this case it was 15131 unit built

1977 model year was the first. Sold about 15,000 copies. Second best sales year. But not enough sales to come anywhere close to the competition Cadillac Seville. Cadillac Seville sold 45,000 in 1977, 57000 in 1978 and 53,000 in 1979.

There was a lot to like in Versailles. There was also a lot to not like in Versailles.

Welcome to the LOG

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Hey thanks…the car will be a project with my grandson, very low mileage and in outstanding condition…Lloyd

 

[Lincoln shopper]

Interesting there's a Versailles forum here. Used to see a few here and there growing up in the '80s.

Saw this a few months ago on a popular channel for rare-find restorations and such. Guy finds a 1978 Versailles (naturally, in a barn!) and gets it started and runs it a while....