Knowledgeable Series 1 people

[Ginge]

One of my pals is restoring a S1 that Gaz has just done a very nice job of painting, he bought it stripped and partly restored so it came with boxes of parts etc and amongst it all was this tag, im not that clued up on S1's and can never recall seeing one before. Is it a propper Ford fitted thing and if so where abouts is it supposed to go?

[Carlo]

This is my mates concourse s1 engine bay I've never seen a vin tag like that on a s1 , my old mk2 RS2000 had a tag like the one you posted

[luca]

Not seen one myself before on a S1.... but the man to ask is Paul B

[Ginge]

Thats what I was thinking Carlo it could be a mk1/mk2 tag and its just found its way into his spares some how, it looks like the number could be an old chassis number.

[Nick.W]

Nope not seen one of those before and my old one didn't have one.

[WENNY]

ginge thats how short my vin number is as it was 1 of the early mk3`s which have short chassis numbers like mk2 escorts, be worth a few quid if he can get a logbook to go with it if its from a mk2

[Dave]

It's a correct number for a S1 but it's on an old style VIN plate - FU = Feb 1985

I guess someone has bought a blank VIN and stamped it themselves as if it were a geniune tag it would have been stamped from the rear.

Unless of course this car is a prototype or something which was handbuilt and had a special tag, but I doubt it as there would surely be a serial number or something on there

[The Radman]

it doesnt look like a factory stamped one as the digits are all over the place

[turbocat]

I've had a couple s1,s never seen that tag before mate

[Joe-Tait]

G-Germany
C-Assembled Langley
A-Escort and Orion
B-3 Door hatch (RS1600/Turbo)
F-1985
U-February

Those Plates finished in 1970 my mk2 doesnt even use one of those

[AJC]

Joe. Have you a list of what the letters mean?

If so, would you please share.

[Dave]

Joe. Have you a list of what the letters mean?

If so, would you please share.

do a search under vin decoder and you'll find it Andy

[Paulb]

As above this plate doe's not belong to an S1.

Looks like an old skool tag made up to match the chassis number, has he got both the vin tag and the colour plate??

[Ginge]

Yeh Paul he has both vin and colour tags, I did ask him if the number on that tag matches his vin but it does not, looks just like a random part then in all the spares he got with the car then. Cheers for the info

[Paulb]

If you get stuck with anything else just ask