Decoding vin tags

wrinkley, Apr 12, 4:12pm
the first 2 letters of my xw falcon are ML, apparently they are for the country and plant but i can find out what country and plant they stand for. anyone know! cheers

skin1235, Apr 12, 4:15pm

wrinkley, Apr 12, 4:20pm
tried that, it only goes from 1960-66, thanks though

skin1235, Apr 12, 4:25pm
give me the whole number, I may be able to find something
but most, like that site, want a number to work with as a start point

wrinkley, Apr 12, 4:27pm
thanks, found it. always happens as soon as you ask. its new zealand which i kinda thought but wanted to be sure for myself, cheers

lookoutas, Apr 12, 4:37pm
Found it where!
Some others might wanta know!

dr_blueoval, Apr 12, 7:59pm
ML means it was NZ assembled at Fords old Seaview plant, the L actually means Lower Hutt. If it was Australian (Broadmeadows, Melbourne) assembled the chassis code would start with JG.From 1972, ie the commencement of XA assembly at the new Wiri plant the prefix changed to MA, A standing for, you guessed it, Auckland. The last NZ assembled Falcon series was the EB2 in 1993.