1968 Registry Data

[Mosesatm]

For those of you who are interested in such things here are some data based on 494 Marti Reports and 1657 cars listed in the registry.

17 Clock
22 HD Suspension
8 Convenience Panel
1 Shoulder Belt Delete
5 Wheel Arch Mldg
3 Heater Delete
13 Dlx Steering Wheel
8 Tilt Steering
3 Bumper Guards
20 Canada Emissions
2 Extra Cooling
1 Block Heater
368 Tinted Windows
253 Deluxe Belts
74 Remote Mirror
46 GT
131 Air
49 Dlx Interior
28 Headrests
4 Visibility
4 Rear Defogger
13 HD Battery
23 Tach
140 Console
170 PDB
402 PS
9 Blackout Hood

494 Marti Reports
12 Invoices
212 "M' In Paul's Books
14 Invalid VINs

24 Added Early Cars - We're pretty sure some of the early cars are not shown as California Specials in Ford’s database. 24 possible cars have been identified.

Sales Type
52 Basic Off Standard
1 Fleet
2 Local Promotion
13 Retail
110 Stock

Acutal Build Month
24 Jan
113 February
140 March
100 April
19 May
54 June
32 July
2 Nov
9 Dec

Wheels
43 Argent
25 Chrome
120 Covers
167 Dlx Covers
12 Wire

Vinyl Top
63 Black
23 White

Radios
12 8-Track
453 AM
9 AM/FM

Tires
9 6.95 Black
125 6.95 White
35 7.35 White
10 E70 Oval
4 E70 White
3 F70 Black
5 F70 Traction
281 F70 White
6 Radials
2 Goodyear 6.95 Black
1 Goodyear 6.95 White

Pinstripes
16 Black
2 Blue
4 Red
15 White

Transmission
130 3-Speed
174 4-Speed
82 C6
1150 C4

Axles
35 2.75
919 2.79
21 2.83
379 3.00
33 3.20
76 3.25
6 3.50
1 3.10
28 3.00 Loc
1 3.20 Loc
13 3.25 Loc
1 3.50 Loc
3 3.91 Loc
1 4.30 Loc

DSO
1 89
1 720945
1 710784
141 51
39 53
10 61
3 62
5 65
654 71
349 72
52 73
77 74
124 75
4 741111
8 B6
50 B7

Engine
1082 C-Codes
397 J-Codes
8 R-Codes
81 S-Codes
49 T-Codes
37 X-Codes
6 Missing Engine Code

Body
1386 65A
116 65B
30 65C
7 65D

Color
6 6-Pebble Beige
29 A-Raven Black
59 B-Royal Maroon
1 D5-Acapulco
166 D-Acapulco
114 F-Gulfsteam
2 I5-Lime Gold
221 I-Lime Gold
130 M-Wimbledon White
37 N-Diamond Blue
50 O-Seafoam Green
46 Q-Brittany Blue
139 R-Highland Green
1 T5-Candyapple Red
253 T-Candyapple Red
28 U-Tahoe Turquoise
1 W5-Meadowlark Yellow
107 W-Meadowlark Yellow
36 X-Presidential Blue
4 Y5-Sunlit Gold
105 Y-Sunlit Gold
2 Special

 

[Ruppstang]

Very cool information. That was a lot of work, thank you.

Does this include the HCS's? The reason I ask is I see that there are 8 R codes listed and I thought there are only 3 GT/CS R codes?
Marty

 

[Mosesatm]

Yes, it includes 141 DSO 51 cars.

 

[stangfan]

Thanks for compiling that list. It makes for some very interesting reading.

 

[J_Speegle]

Plenty of work and time invested.

Nice effort - Thanks.

Of course it will invite additional questions

 

[prototypefan]

Thanks for your efforts, great information!!!

I'd love to see what the single 89 DSO car was.

 

[Mosesatm]

Here's the Marti Report for that car. It is also one of the 24 that may be an early GT/CS not if Ford's database.

 

[Mosesatm]

Here are the Local Promotion and Fleet cars.
The GNS may be another of the 24 early cars.

 

[CougarCJ]

The Local Promotion car 8R01C150282 precedes "DSO outside of California production".
We could surmise that this car was one of those GT/CS's used to market the GT/CS in the greater Seattle, Washington area. It has a late release date as noted on the Marti.

 

[prototypefan]

A tach equipped, 4 spd, J code...….some great options
:smile::smile::smile:

 

[robert campbell]

GREAT STUFF, Arlie!!

 

[Ricky Knapik]

WOW! You must have too much extra time on your hands! Fun to read through that. Thanks!!I'm fairly certain you have my Marti???

 

[Mosesatm]

We've added 387 cars to the registry since 2011. They're still out there.....

 

[stangfan]

We've added 387 cars to the registry since 2011. They're still out there.....

This is so cool!!! :grin:

 

[Mosesatm]

We just picked up another production figure.
Meadowlark Yellow - 289 - Auto = 188 cars

 

[franklinair]

Outstanding. Thanks Arlie.

Neil

 

[CaliStang68]

Great Stuff here Arlie. You ROCK!

 

[robert campbell]

Arlie, YOU ARE DA MAN!

 

[Mosesatm]

There were 11 S-Code Acapulco Blue automatic cars.

 

[Willy 1]

Just a question about the registry. Do you try to update the owners as these cars change hands?