Reply to "Marti Report shows serialized date a year after build date?"

Dfort, I beleive that the original dealer may have been the one to throw the wrench in this information. The Marty Report clearly states it is a 1972, also If you refer to the VIN decoder in the DeTomaso/ Ford documentation the car IS a 1972   M=1972 B=January so somehow someone decided it was a 1971.  The other dates are interesting but again can be manipulated by the Sales office. I remember a certain year we (our Regional Sales Office  sold a bunch of F150s to ensure we had the Truck Leadership numbers. The trucks were sold and serialised weeks ahead of being, bucked (just body) or build (completed)   Now I beleive it is possible your car may have been built (and therefore it has the Jan72 serial number) it was in fact serialized on Jan72 and may have sat in a queue waiting for some reason (for a long time yes)  before being released to Ford and shipment to dealer.