right hand drive bump?

[cheek]

haha.....not

[quantumleap]

think id trade my pinky finger for a right hand driver over here

[TheEskimo]

hey eskimo--where is lower lake?

It's in Lake County, right next to Clearlake. Lake County is just above Napa County if that helps.

sure does thats like mid california right?

It's considered Northern, but not by much. Or I have heard it called Far North Bay. Nice scenery, come for the vacation and stay for the probation.

[quantumleap]

HA farthest north i been is a hair past fresno.....the bump took me there for only about 5 tanks o' gasoline

[GSequoia]

HA farthest north i been is a hair past fresno.....the bump took me there for only about 5 tanks o' gasoline

Ouch man! Furthest I've traveled in my Bump is Ventura from the South Bay, them 390s are thirsty

[quantumleap]

u know it..but even though the trips to the fuel stations are more frequent..i dont get those nagging finance companies asking me for hundreds of $$$$$$ every month plus i get more head turns than any kia i might have picked up instead..well worth it in my book... and u still gotta add in the cool factor

[mk]

Getting back to the trucks, just about all of the Fords (cars and trucks) exported to rhd countries were sourced out of the Oakville, Ont plant (Ford of Canada). This was because of Canada being a member of the British Commonwealth group of countries and of course Australia too. All the Canadian master parts catalogs like my '61 and '68 Ford/Mercury truck books show rhd parts. Sometimes the vehicles were sent knocked down for assembly and further conversion work in the territories.

mike

[smclaren]

My truck was built in Gary Indiana, then shipped and assembled in Sydney, Australia.

Our trucks have VID plates (Vehicle ID Plates). All the info is very different to the US plates.



The VIN on the engine or car will be 6 characters long, for example, JG63UM or AL1JYM. These are decoded as follows;

First character = Product source.
A = USA, C = UK, J = Australia and S and U = Japan.

Second character = Assembly plant.
G = Broadmeadows - (Passenger), L = Broadmeadows – (Truck), H = Brisbane and K = Sydney

3rd & 4th characters = Body Series
See below

5th & 6th characters = year and month of production respectively

1969
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IDENTIFICATION PLATE DETAIL
MODEL CODE — 1969
CODE BODY TYPE
61911 F100 C. CAB - 155 W.B. - 5400 G.V.W.
ENGINE CODE 1969
CODE TYPE
D 240 CID - 6 CYL. - PETROL
E 300 CID - 6 CYL. - PETROL
T 330 CID - 8 CYL: - EETROL
S 391 CID - 8 CYL. - PETROL
K 464 CID - 6 CYL. - DIESEL

TRANSMISSION CODE 1969
CODE TYPE
4 FOUR SPEED
5 FIVE SPEED

REAR AXLE CODE
CODE TYPE
1 SINGLE SPEED
2 TWO SPEED

PAINT CODE
CODE TYPE
E WHITE
S GREY
L RED
J GREEN
4 GREY

TRIM CODE
CODE TYPE
Y PALOMINO
B BLACK

1969 F100
ENGINE
DISPLACEMENT 240 C.I.D. PETROL
NO. 01: CYLINDERS 6 CYL. O.H.V.
BORE 4.00"
STROKE 3.18"
HORSE POWER (RAC) 38.4
HORSE POWER (BHP) 150 @ 4000 R.P.M.
COMPRESSION RATIO 8.75 : I

TRANSMISSION 4 SPEED
SUSPENSION FRONT - COIL REAR - SEMI ELLIPTIC
REAR AXLE RATIO 3.70 : 1
BRAKES HYDRAULIC - DRUM DIA. FRONT - 11" x 3" REAR - 11" x 21/4"
TYRES 6.50 x 16
WHEEL BASE 114.8 IN.
CRANKCASE CAPACITY 4 QUARTS (INCL. FILTER CHANGE)
FUEL TANK 161/4 GALLONS
ELECTRICAL 12 VOLT
SYSTEM

Thanks to Paul in Perth for the above info.

[mk]

Interesting. That's the first I've heard of US production on these. How exactly does he pull Gary, Indiana out of that?

mike

[mk]

Sorry, double post

[smclaren]

Hi Mike

Ford Australia told me that when I investigated my vehicle history. Ford maintain a significant owner research section in Australia. All you gotta do is ask ! Sweet .....