Thanks for the reply, Bob. I assumed as much, but I wanted to verify it with you.
Let me explain my inquiry. I’ve undertaken a project where I’m attempting to decode 1966 build sheets. I’ve been chronicling my efforts on my blog.
Part of my current study is an understanding of Ford’s special order system - which results in a 6-digit DSO. The first two digits indicate the district sales office. And the last four represent a unique order number. Special order paint cars, exports, Shelby’s, and High Country Special all utilize these 6-digit codes. A 6-digit code is generated at the time of the sales order, and may represent a single vehicle, or group of vehicles on a single order. As new special orders are received from the same sales district the 6-digit DSO increases incrementally.
My study has lead me to Jim Smart’s Mustang Production Guide, as it lists many of these special order vehicles. Attached is a spreadsheet of 1966 San Jose special orders from the book. I’d like to draw your attention to DSO 510224. It says that this order number was used for part of the HCS order, for VIN # 6R08C232735 with a schedule build date of 15G – which you indicate is the common scheduled build date for all HCS’s. This order number may represent one car, or one of a group of cars from one of the participating dealers.
I’d like you to look a couple of lines up from that particular vehicle. You’ll see another entry for DSO 510224 on 10F, over a month prior to the rest of the order. It would be highly unusual that this particular order number was used for both HCS’s and non-HCS’s.
First, I wonder if you might verify that DSO 510224 is actually a valid HCS DSO. And second, if it is, can you explain why a vehicle built a month prior would share this same DSO?
Could Thurlo Newell have ordered an advance vehicle for promotional purposes? Part of the same order, but sent a month earlier than the other 333.
