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Originally Posted by greg2step
so the last 6 digits are a sequential production #? mine is 735138 built somewhere around first week sept.
Also whats the 9th digit for? I have a 1 - nothing listed in your helpful key on that digit.
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9th digit is a sort of checksum calculated from the rest of the VIN. It's helpful for detecting typos. Similar to what they do for credit cards. If you change any position (including that one) and feed it to the Ford decoder, it'll tell you to get real and enter a valid VIN.