decoding the VIN for Mexican Maverick

I'm trying to decode the serial number of my Maverick (built in Mexico City D.F.)
I found a tag with the following info:
model year: 1974
Ident. nr of vehicle: AF91PM38177
Steering: A
engine: A
trans.: A
Axle: A
brakes: B
"vestidura" (?): .UY (there is a rivet over one of the characters)

Does this make any sense to anyone?

On the engine is a tag with the following numbers:
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302 74
G M4B1E A
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I also found following numbers stamped in the left front sidepanel at the edge of the hood:

7 2 D3

To see some images of my car, go to:

http://users.skynet.be/fa020823/maverick/Page.html

 

Interesting combo

Your front bumper and the presence of a package tray instead of the glove compartment may it appear to be an early '73.
However your rear bumper is not set back like all of the '73
cars that I have seen.
I do not know what to tell you about the VIN codes. I am a bit
surprised to see anything mentioning emissions, as I doubt that Mexico had requirements back then. Perhaps it was easier to use some of the same requirements there that they did here.

I would guess your rear end is the standard 2.79 or 3.0 to 1
open-non positrac rear.


Seth

 

VIN in Brazil - very similar

Hi friend,

In Brazil, the VIN system are very similar, like this:

first 2 letters - name and location of the FORD plant were the Mav are made

next 2 (one number + one letter) - type of car = 4 door, 2 door, GT

next letter - year of production
next letter - month ....
numbers - how many are made since the production starts

If you want all the VIN structure in Brazil, tell me, and I send it to you, ok ?

Paul

 

The stamping on the hood means that your hood was installed July 2 by the D3 shift.

 

Picking up the investigation

It's been a while since I had time to look into the VIN of my Mav. As of this month I have restarted the rejuvenation project of my 74 Mav.

If anyone has info on Mexican built Mavericks, please let me know.

I now live in Belgium, and I believe I'm the only one here with a Maverick. I wanted to join a Mustang and Cougar club (update: they refused), as they were the only ones allowing classic FORDS and most members live around the same city I live in (Antwerpen) (update: classic means before 1960). None of the members have ever seen a Maverick (except for pictures in FORD history books).

I'm looking for any info on partcodes and the compatibility with other types in the FORD range.

Any info, just point em to it and I will look into it.

Gert

 

"vestidura"=it means clothes so its probally the interior

 

hi maverick75, I thought so too, but the real question is: what do the codes mean? All I can find are the codes for the US made cars (found in several shopmanuals and online). But I have so far failed to find any info relevant to Mexican built Mavericks. Given the history as described in the Shelby de Mexico stories, quite a few Mavericks must have been made in de plant in Mexico City, using local parts for about half of the car.

An example is my carburator, which I have now identified as a CARTER ABD. However the top part of the carburator has a "hecho en Mexico" stamp on it, so that part was made locally, and when comparing my carb with a picture found on the Ponycarburators.com site, there are small differences.

I was wondering how many Mexican owners there are on this board, and if any have access to specifications or information relating to mexican built Mavericks. The plant in Cuatitlan (northern part of Mexico City D.F.) was next to the offices where I worked for a year (Alcatel de Mexico), too bad I never stepped into their offices to ask for info on the older cars they made there.

 

i have mexican built 1970 that i am trying to decode to can anyone help original 289 but what differential do i have a dana or a8 inch

 

US mavericks never had danas. So its probaly an 8" when i went down to mexico i failed to look at the differentials to see what they had.

 

This is an old post I have never seen...very interesting.

 

i had a 84 mustang that everyone thought it was a7.5 and turns out it was a dana. my friend has a 1970 us maverick and they dont look the same what should i look for. thanks

 

mavericks come with dana 44s,at least most of them, I think...they're 3.01 , not 2.79 or 3.00 like ford's 8".

I guess if there were local Dana Heavy Axle factories in Mexico, it'd have been cheaper to manufacture instead of bringing all the stuff from U.S.A. Actually there's a factory 15 miles away from my house.

Just like the transmissions. Transmisiones y Mecánicos, TRAMEC (now Tremek), produced the 3 and 4 speed toploaders in Nuevo León, and that's why stock mexican Mavericks are 4 speed equipped.

 

thanks for the info

 

hello. I am sure that my mexican maverick has a dana 44

 

Post up a picture. This is an OLD thread. I have learned quite a bit about mexican mav since then. But yeah i need a pic for a thread i made