1963 Mercury VIN Plate

Figure 3 illustrates the 1963 Monterey Warranty Plate. The plate is located on the rear (lock) face of the left front door panel.
The 1963 Warranty Plate is similar to the one used for 1962. However, the SERIAL NUMBER has been changed to VEHICLE WARRANTY NUMBER. Also, shown in the 1963 DSO space is a two-digit code number of the district which ordered the vehicle.
The official Vehicle Identification Number for title and registration purposes is stamped on a tab attached to the top right side (weld flange) of the dash panel in the engine compartment (Fig 4). Do not use the "Vehicle Warranty Number" which appears on the Warranty Plate for title or registration purposes. Mercury63VinGIF.gif (34203 bytes)

Vehicle Data

Example (Fig 1.):

(65A HM 22 27H 11 1 4)

65A............2-Door Hardtop
HM ............Blue Satin and Sultana White
22.................Med. Blue Dot Pattern Fabric and Lt. Blue Met. Crush Vinyl
27H..................27th Day August
33.....................Boston District
1.......................3.00:1 Ratio
4.......................Multi-Drive

Monterey
     54A ...............4-Door Sedan
     62A ...............2-Door Sedan
     63A ...............2-Door Fastback Hardtop
     65A ...............2-Door Hardtop
     75A ...............4-Door Hardtop
Monterey Custom
     54B ...............4-Door Sedan
     63B ...............2-Door Fastback Hardtop
     63C ...............2-Door "S55" Fastback Hardtop
     65B ...............2-Door Special Hardtop
     65C ...............2-Door "S55" Hardtop
     75B ...............4-Door Special Hardtop
     75C ...............4-Door "S55" Hardtop
     76A ...............2-Door Convertible
     76B ...............2-Door "S55" Convertible
Station Wagons
     71B ...............4-Door 6-Pass. Colony Park
     71D ...............4-Door 9-Pass. Colony Park

Color
Two-tone paint codes us the same symbols as the single colors except that two symbols are used.
The lower body color will appear first in the warranty plate paint color space.

Code	*M-30-J Number	Color	Sales Name
A	1724	Black	Onyx
B	1613	Lt. Turquoise	Peacock Turquoise
D	1451	Med.Turquoise Met.	Ocean Turquoise
E	1448	Med. Blue Met.	Pacific Blue
H	1447	Dark Blue Met.	Blue Satin
I	1459	Gold Met.	Castillan Gold
J	1515	Red	Carnival Red
M	1238	White	Sultana White
P	1454	Med. Green Met	Scotch Green
R	1456	Yellow	Jamaica Yellow
T	1543	Honey Beige	Champagne
W	1555	Pink Met.	Pink Frost
X	1444	Maroon Met.	Black Cherry
Y	1553	Lt. Blue	Cascade Blue
Z	1427	Beige Met.	Desert Frost

TRIM
Deviation trim sets will use existing trim codes plus a suffix. A trim code with a numerical
suffix is not serviced, while a trim code with an alphabetical suffix is serviced.

Code - Trim Schemes

Block Pattern Cloth and Crush Vinyl

10	.....	Med.Rose and Lt. Rose D/L
12	.....	Med. Blue and Lt. Blue D/L.
14	.....	Med Beige and Pearl.
16	.....	Black and Black
17	.....	Med. Turquoise and Lt. Turquoise D/L.
18	.....	Med. Gold and Lt. Pearl Gold

Dot Pattern Cloth and Crush Vinyl

22	.....	Med. Blue and Lt. Blue Met.
24	.....	Med. Beige and Lt. Pearl Beige
26	.....	Black and Black
27	.....	Med. Turquoise and Lt. Turquoise Met.

Crush Grain Vinyl and Crush Grain Vinyl

50	.....	Lt. Rose D/L and Med Rose D/L
52	.....	Lt Blue and Dk Blue D/L
54	.....	Lt. Beige Pearl and Lt. Beige D/L
55	.....	Red
56	.....	Black
57	.....	Lt. Turquoise D/L and Dk. Turquoise D/L
58	.....	Lt. Gold D/L and Med Gold D/L

Rib Crush Vinyl (Police and Taxi)

03	.....	Med. Green
04	.....	Med. Beige
05	.....	Red

DATE
The code letters for the month are preceded by a numeral to show the day of the month when
the car was completed. The second year code letters are to be used if 1963 model production
exceeds 12 months.

DSO
Domestic Special Orders, Foreign Special Orders, and Pre-Approved Special Orders
have the complete order number recorded in this space. Also to appear in this space
is the two-digit code number of the district which ordered the unit. If the unit is regular
production, only the District code number will appear.

Code	District
11	Boston
12	Philadelphia
13	New York
14	Washington
21	Atlanta
22	Dallas
24	Jacksonville
25	Memphis
31	Buffalo
32	Cincinnati
33	Cleveland
34	Detroit

Code	District
35	Pittsburgh
41	Chicago
43	Kansas City
44	St. Louis
45	Twin Cities
51	Denver
52	Los Angeles
53	Oakland
54	Seattle
81	Ford of Canada
84	Home Office Reserve
90-99	Export

VEHICLE WARRANTY NUMBER
Example (Fig3):3S53Y500001
3................1963 Model Year
S................Pilot Plant Assembly
53..............2-Door Hardtop
Y...............8-Cylinder 390 Cubic Inch Engine (2-barrel)
500001......First Unit Built

MODEL
The model code number indentifies the product line series and the particular body style.

Monterey

51	.....	2-Door Sedan
52	.....	4-Door Sedan
53	.....	2-Door Hardtop
54	.....	4-Door Hardtop
57	.....	2-Door Fastback Hardtop

Monterey Custom

60	.....	4-Door "S55" Hardtop
62	.....	2-Door Sedan
63	.....	2-Door Special Hardtop
64	.....	4-Door Special Hardtop
65	.....	2-Door Convertible
66	.....	2-Door Fastback Hardtop
67	.....	2-Door "S55" Hardtop
68	.....	2-Door "S55" Fastback Hardtop
69	.....	2-Door "S55" Convertible

Station Wagons

76	.....	4-Door 6-Passenger Colony Park
76	.....	4-Door 9-Passenger Colony Park

ENGINE

Code

B	.....	8-Cylinder 406 Cubic Inch (4-barrel High Perf)
G	.....	8-Cylinder 406 Cubic Inch (6-barrel High Perf)
P	.....	8-Cylinder 390 Cubic Inch (4-barrel Interceptor)
Y	.....	8-Cylinder 390 Cubic Inch (2-barrel)
Z	.....	8-Cylinder 390 Cubic Inch (4-barrel)
9	.....	8-Cylinder 390 Cubic Inch (4-barrel, Low Compression)

CONSECUTIVE UNIT NUMBER
Each assembly plant. with each model year, begins with a consecutive unit number 500001
and continues on for each car built

Month	First Model Year	Second Model Year
January	A	N
February	B	P
March	C	Q
April	D	R
May	E	S
June	F	T
July	G	U
August	H	V
September	J	W
October	K	X
November	L	Y
December	M	Z

Code	Type
1	3-Speed Manual-Shift
4	Automatic(Multi-Drive)
5	4-Speed Manual-Shift