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.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Region District

The 2nd box from the right on the top line is the Region District. In January of 1966 Ford changed some of the district codes. The table below is divided into two categories: 1966 codes from August '65 to December '65 (H-M), and January '66 to August '66 (A-V).


REGION DISTRICT

’65 H-M
’66 A-V

’65 H-M
’66 A-V

’65 H-M
’66 A-V
11
Boston
Boston
36
Louisville

73
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City
12
Buffalo

37

Buffalo
74
Seattle
Seattle
13
New York
New York
38

Pittsburg
75
Phoenix
Phoenix
14
Pittsburg

41
Chicago
Chicago


15
Newark
Newark
42
Fargo
Fargo
81
Ford of Canada
16

Philadelphia
43
Rockford
Rockford
83
Government
17

Wash. DC
44
Twin Cities
Twin Cities
84
Home Office Reserve
21
Atlanta
Atlanta
45
Davenport
Davenport
85
American Red Cross
22
Charlotte
Charlotte
51
Denver
Denver
89
Transportation Services
23
Philadelphia

52
Des Moines
Des Moines


24
Jacksonville
Jacksonville
53
Kansas City
Kansas City


25
Richmond
Richmond
54
Omaha
Omaha
90-99
Export
26
Wash. DC

55
St. Louis
St. Louis


27

Cincinnati
61
Dallas
Dallas


28

Louisville
62
Houston
Houston
B1
Canada Central Region
31
Cincinnati

63
Memphis
Memphis
B2
Canada Eastern Region
32
Cleveland
Cleveland
64
New Orleans
New Orleans
B3
Canada Atlantic Region
33
Detroit
Detroit
65
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
B4
Canada Midwest Region
34
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
71
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
B6
Canada Western Region
35
Lansing
Lansing
72
San Jose
San Jose
B7
Canada Pacific Region

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