Introduction


The Mustang pictured below (bottom) was first purchased by my father-in-law, Buddy, in 1986, in Connecticut. Shortly after, he purchased a second six-cylinder convertible and sold the pictured one to my wife's cousin, Ronnie. Dad died in 1994. When Ronnie decided to sell the car to finance an in-ground swimming pool in 2006, my wife Sharon and I decided to buy it, and brought it home to Tennessee.
The car had undergone a cosmetic restoration before Dad bought it, and apart from some minor detailing since then, was still in the same condition when we bought it.
In June 2010, I found out it was a Sprint 200, Package A, 3-speed manual transmission. And after reading an article in the archives of the Mustang Times by Jim Smart, went looking for the Broadcast (Build) Sheet. I found it wrapped around the wiring harness behind the speedometer. After a brief search to find out what all the codes meant, I realized that surprisingly little is known or published about these documents. So I decided I'd try to attempt to decode it myself. This blog is a journal of that research.
All discussions below currently pertain to only 1966 Mustangs.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

A Meager Beginning

I made a few contacts over the little time I've been a Mustanger. I've emailed some of these individuals  and requested build sheet samples and decoding info. I've also searched online for samples embedded in forum posts. To-date I've managed to obtain (11) 1966 and (6) 1965 build sheets.  All of these samples have been from the  Metuchen assembly plant.
There were 607,568 Mustangs built in 1966, 559,451 Mustangs built in 1965, and 121,538 Mustangs built for 1964-1/2. And I've only managed to collect 17!!! More samples are going to be needed to explain some of the more difficult codes. But I am beginning to make some progress.
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  1. KlausDecember 30, 2012 at 5:32 AM

    I have 3 build sheets from the same car, one available to see on my site at:
    www.early-mustang.com/rambo/docs/rambo20.jpg
    Let me know if you are still looking for more...

    Klaus

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