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Decoding my VIN

Old 06-22-2006, 08:50 PM
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Model Specific: BP40E Unknown

theres 5 digits that represent your specific model

and mine are BP40E

and every VIN decoder i use says unknown.

can anyone tell me about my car?
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Old 06-22-2006, 08:56 PM
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B= active belts (seatbelts)
P= passenger car
40= lx sedan (coupe)
E= this one is not listed in my book, but based on the codes for other years i would say 1984. maybe not though because they seem to skip vowels... f=1985,g=1986,h=1987,j=1988,k=1989,l=1990
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Old 06-22-2006, 09:02 PM
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The E is the engine code.

A=2.3L
E=5.0L
D=5.0L Cobra
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Old 06-22-2006, 09:03 PM
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whats the full vin#?
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Old 06-22-2006, 09:03 PM
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E is in the 8th digit spot,

and the 10th digit is the year, which is J or 88.

but the rest of your info was real helpful.

im trying to find out whether mine had a sunroof stock or not, and its proving to be rather difficult
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Old 06-22-2006, 09:04 PM
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ok its the engine code, thanks a bunch, i got it all figured out now.
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Old 06-22-2006, 09:06 PM
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any way of telling if my car has the factory sunroof from the VIN?
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Old 06-22-2006, 09:22 PM
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not that i'm aware of they usually just cover motor. I'm not sure about on a ford but chevy has a panel right on the inside under the hood on the firewall on the drivers side. that just covers seat type (bucket etc. upper and lower paint color, motor and a couple other things
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Old 06-22-2006, 09:38 PM
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all right thanks, ill look into it one of these days.
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Old 06-22-2006, 09:57 PM
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you'd have to find your RPO codes to know if it had a factory sun roof. try to find the build sheet maybe or the metal label that lists all the rpo's. as to where they'd be located, i have no idea.
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