Iv'e owned this 1980 f100 for a few years but would like to know more about my vin# and any info from it maybe usefull in restoring the truck. the vin# is(F10EUHJ1896) . anyone have a book that can decifer the numbers?

 

1. First three characters - F10 - Truck Series Code

F10 - F100 2 Wheel Drive
F11 - F100 4 Wheel Drive
F14 - F150 4 Wheel Drive
F15 - F150 2 Wheel Drive
F25 - F250 2 Wheel Drive
F26 - F250 4 Wheel Drive

2. Fourth character - A - Engine Code

A - 6 cyl - 240cid - 1BBL carb - 1973-74
B - 6 cyl - 300 cid - 1BBL carb - 1973-80
G - V8 - 302cid - 2BBL carb - 1973-80
H - V8 - 351cid - 2BBL carb - 1973-80
Y - V8 - 360cid - 2BBL carb - 1973-76
H - V8 - 390cid - 2BBL carb - 1973-76
M - V8 - 390cid - 4BBL carb - 1974-78
S - V8 - 400cid - 2BBL carb - 1977-80
J - V8 - 460cid - 4BBL carb - 1973-780

3. Fifth character - U - Assembly Plant Code

B - Oakville, Ontario, Canada
C - Ontario, Canada
E - Mahhaw, NJ
H - Lorain, OH
I - Highland Park, MI
K - Kansas City, MO
L - Michigan Truck
N - Norfold, VA
P - Twin Cities, MN
R - San Jose, CA
S - Allen Park, MI
U - Louisville, KY
V - Kentucky Truck

4. Remaining six characters - 100001 - This is a numeric code for the vehicle build sequence.