Get build information on your 2002-2005 Thunderbird.

[Quickdraw]

Randal, Here is the build dates of all the NMs, keep in mind that for cars built the same day, any one of them may have gone down the line ahead or behind another built on the same day. I use Microsoft Access for these tables and that makes it pretty easy to extract data.

6/11/2001	100162
6/12/2001	100166
6/12/2001	100174
6/12/2001	100172
6/12/2001	100171
6/12/2001	100175
6/12/2001	100173
6/12/2001	100167
6/13/2001	100169
6/13/2001	100044
6/13/2001	100170
6/13/2001	100047
6/13/2001	100055
6/13/2001	100045
6/13/2001	100043
6/13/2001	100053
6/13/2001	100148
6/13/2001	100150
6/14/2001	100049
6/14/2001	100032
6/14/2001	100157
6/14/2001	100152
6/14/2001	100040
6/14/2001	100156
6/14/2001	100029
6/14/2001	100039
6/14/2001	100159
6/14/2001	100030
6/14/2001	100027
6/14/2001	100154
6/14/2001	100038
6/14/2001	100031
6/14/2001	100026
6/14/2001	100028
6/14/2001	100041
6/15/2001	100034
6/15/2001	100035
6/15/2001	100036
6/18/2001	100033
6/18/2001	100093
6/18/2001	100091
6/18/2001	100092
6/18/2001	100097
6/18/2001	100098
6/18/2001	100099
6/18/2001	100096
6/18/2001	100095
6/18/2001	100094
6/18/2001	100101
6/19/2001	100083
6/19/2001	100081
6/19/2001	100090
6/19/2001	100085
6/19/2001	100087
6/19/2001	100088
6/19/2001	100084
6/20/2001	100077
6/20/2001	100076
6/20/2001	100080
6/20/2001	100072
6/20/2001	100074
6/21/2001	100069
6/21/2001	100062
6/21/2001	100065
6/21/2001	100068
6/21/2001	100064
6/21/2001	100067
6/22/2001	100048
6/22/2001	100046
6/25/2001	100056
6/25/2001	100058
6/25/2001	100052
6/25/2001	100057
6/25/2001	100059
6/25/2001	100054
6/26/2001	100153
6/26/2001	100145
6/26/2001	100149
6/26/2001	100142
6/26/2001	100151
6/26/2001	100143
6/26/2001	100147
6/26/2001	100144
6/26/2001	100146
6/28/2001	100127
6/28/2001	100122
6/28/2001	100123
6/28/2001	100121
6/28/2001	100125
6/28/2001	100128
6/28/2001	100124
6/29/2001	100139
6/29/2001	100133
6/29/2001	100140
6/29/2001	100138
6/29/2001	100132
6/29/2001	100137
6/29/2001	100134
6/29/2001	100136
6/29/2001	100135
6/30/2001	100066
6/30/2001	100086
6/30/2001	100160
6/30/2001	100141
6/30/2001	100060
6/30/2001	100037
6/30/2001	100071
6/30/2001	100042
6/30/2001	100131
6/30/2001	100163
6/30/2001	100126
6/30/2001	100129
6/30/2001	100082
6/30/2001	100079
6/30/2001	100051
6/30/2001	100063
6/30/2001	100161
6/30/2001	100158
6/30/2001	100130
6/30/2001	100168
6/30/2001	100073
6/30/2001	100078
6/30/2001	100089
6/30/2001	100075
6/30/2001	100061
6/30/2001	100070
6/30/2001	100050
6/30/2001	100155
6/30/2001	100165
6/30/2001	100164
7/17/2001	100108
7/17/2001	100103
7/17/2001	100104
7/17/2001	100102
7/17/2001	100107
7/17/2001	100110
7/17/2001	100109
7/17/2001	100100
7/18/2001	100116
7/18/2001	100119
7/18/2001	100114
7/18/2001	100115
7/18/2001	100118
7/18/2001	100117
7/18/2001	100113
7/18/2001	100112
7/19/2001	100208
7/19/2001	100206
7/19/2001	100207
7/20/2001	100212
7/20/2001	100215
7/20/2001	100213
7/20/2001	100210
7/20/2001	100209
7/20/2001	100211
7/20/2001	100214
7/23/2001	100225
7/23/2001	100220
7/23/2001	100217
7/23/2001	100218
7/23/2001	100219
7/23/2001	100223
7/23/2001	100216
7/23/2001	100224
7/23/2001	100222
7/25/2001	100192
7/25/2001	100193
7/25/2001	100198
7/25/2001	100203
7/25/2001	100189
7/25/2001	100186
7/25/2001	100190
7/25/2001	100200
7/25/2001	100195
7/25/2001	100196
7/25/2001	100201
7/25/2001	100205
7/25/2001	100188
7/25/2001	100187
7/25/2001	100194
7/25/2001	100199
7/25/2001	100204
7/25/2001	100197
7/25/2001	100111
7/27/2001	100182
7/27/2001	100181
7/27/2001	100184
7/27/2001	100178
7/27/2001	100176
7/27/2001	100179
7/27/2001	100180
7/27/2001	100185
7/27/2001	100183
7/27/2001	100177
8/7/2001	100191
8/7/2001	100202
9/24/2001	100221
9/24/2001	100120
9/30/2001	100106
9/30/2001	100105

[Rhudy]

Wow that is some great information there. And to your point earlier proves the vin’s are in no sequence at all. That is exactly the info I was looking for. Thank you again for all your time and info. You are a valuable resource to this group.

[Quickdraw]

Wow that is some great information there. And to your point earlier proves the vin’s are in no sequence at all. That is exactly the info I was looking for. Thank you again for all your time and info. You are a valuable resource to this group.

The VINs are more closely corelated to build date than the NM table would indicate. This was startup for a BRAND NEW automobile and brand new year. While the NMs show a VIN spread of only 200 digits over three months, the regular production Tbird VINs were into the mid- 002500s by September of 2001.

[Rhudy]

I just didn’t imagine that it took three months to build all the NM. Somehow I figured they ran so many done the line to start then did all the NM back to back. So if you don’t mind me asking, how did you learn all this info? And have you looked or do you know if the other year limited editions were done the same way. For example the James Bond 007 and the pacific coast roadster and the cashmere editions?

[Quickdraw]

Yes, all were done in a similar fashion... they didnt run all the same model or color down the line one after another. While i worked at Ford i gathered data to support the online Thunderbird community and continue to do so years after retiring.
Further info, the 03-05 Special Editions had a numbered plaque in the glove box - like for the Bond Birds a plaque would read # 349 of 700 We've learned these number plaques were also assigned "not exactly" in build or VIN sequence but generally did follow in order.

[007Cruiser]

So the NMs don’t have a glovebox plaque?

[4LOWBIRDS+7]

So the NMs don’t have a glovebox plaque?

They do not.

[Rhudy]

You read my mind QuickDraw. I was wondering if the glove box plaques followed any order or not. And it’s too bad the NM didn’t have the plaques. Thank you again for all the info. It has been invaluable to me. And saved me from buying another NM bird (for now at least).

On a side note. There’s a pretty sweet NM T-bird in Oregon for sale. $25k with a little over 10,000 miles. If anyone on here is interested I’d be glad to pass along his name and number.

[5bird7]

The vin#s for the NM are their plaque and the body code of 64 in the vin is unique to the NM. The other special/limited editions also have their own unique body codes along with their plaques. 007 = 62, PCR=63, and Cashmere=69

[wcoates]

Harry could you please check 1FAHP60A75Y107281.

THANKS MUCH

[Quickdraw]

1FAHP60A75Y107281
Dealer Name: Ford Company Lease Plan, MI
Date Ordered: 2/28/2005
Date Built: 4/28/2005
At Dealer: N/A
Sold Date: 5/6/2005
Description: 2005 Premium, Platinum Silver body, no hardtop, partial Steel Blue interior, no SST, 7 spoke chrome wheels
Dealer Cost: N/A
One Of: 8

[wcoates]

Thanks Harry

[wcoates]

The first day of recorded production was 3/14/2001 when they built 23 units. Two of those 23 were NMs. Here are the first 23 built but I lack the data to sort them in order of build so anyone of these could have been the first built. Keep in mind # 245 and 246 were destroyed by the company.

Body Color	Hard Top Color	Base Vin
Torch Red	None	100247
Torch Red	Evening Black	100250
Evening Black	Evening Black	100242
Evening Black	Evening Black	100256
Torch Red	Torch Red	100248
Evening Black	None	100251
Evening Black	Evening Black	100226
Evening Black	None	100243
Evening Black	None	100257
Evening Black	Evening Black	100260
Torch Red	Torch Red	100249
Evening Black	Performance White	100252
Evening Black	None	100227
Evening Black	Evening Black	100244
Evening Black	Evening Black	100258
Torch Red	Performance White	100253
Evening Black	Evening Black	100259
Evening Black	Evening Black	100240
Evening Black	Performance White	100254
Evening Black	Performance White	100241
Evening Black	None	100255
Evening Black	Satin Silver (NM)	100245
Evening Black	Satin Silver (NM)	100246

Missed this info Harry. Very interesting to me as to how many were built without hardtops. Do you know of the 68000+ how many came without hardtops?

[Quickdraw]

Missed this info Harry. Very interesting to me as to how many were built without hardtops. Do you know of the 68000+ how many came without hardtops?

I had this broken down before on the Random Useless Facts thread but those tables got trashed in the last TBN "upgrade"

There were 6,979 of the 68,098 2002-2005 Tbirds built without hardtops. By far 2005 was the year with the fewest hardtops due to problems with the supplier of the hardtops, this was also the final straw that caused cancelation of the 2006 Thunderbird. Ford offered a super low lease price to their executives on 2005 models WITHOUT hardtops.

2002 = 31,068 built, 2,004 did not have hardtops (6.45% had no hardtop)
2003 = 14,678 built, 1,574 did not have hardtops (10,72% had no hardtop)
2004 = 12,757 built, 1,094 did not have hardtops (8.57% had no hardtop)
2005 = 9,295 built, 2,006 did not have hardtops (21.58% had no hardtop)

[merlin9911]

Are you still doing this? I'd love to get more info on my baby. Last 5 right? 07157

thanks in advance!