The vehicle number is CS 22 G S 24543 and is broken down into five parts :
C = shipped unassembled (a letter D could also denote this.)
In the UK, the vehicle number would start with a B (i.e. assembled in Great Britain) and the second letter would denote where the vehicle was assembled :
A = Dagenham
B = Halewood
C = Langley
D = Southampton
I can only assume that the S in Cass's number denotes South Africa - will have to double check on that, but I do know that Fords in SA at the time were assembled in Port Elizabeth.
The next two numbers denote the body type :
21 = Anglia Saloon
22 = Anglia Saloon Deluxe - (always knew Cass was a bit of a posh chick)
23 = Anglia Estate
24 = Anglia Estate Deluxe
26 = Anglia Super Saloon
27 = 5 cwt Standard Van
28 = 7 cwt Standard Van
29 = 7 cwt Deluxe Van
The next two letters denote the year and month code - in this instance :
G = 1967 S = July
| Month / Year | 1965 (E) | 1966 (F) | 1967 (G) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | J | L | C |
| February | U | Y | K |
| March | M | S | D |
| April | P | T | E |
| May | B | J | L |
| June | R | U | Y |
| July | A | M | S |
| August | G | P | T |
| September | C | B | J |
| October | K | R | U |
| November | D | A | M |
| December | E | G | P |
The final numbers are the actual identification numbers of the vehicle - will have to check if I can get some info on that from Ford SA.
I can't seem to find reference details for the engine, transmission and axle numbers - and even more frustrating - the paint and trim colour codes for models assembled in SA which seems pretty odd as I would have thought they were shipped painted. Perhaps not. Another mystery to solve. I have a suspicion that Cass is in fact a 123E and not a 105E and that's why her colour code isn't listed on the Anglia 105E Owner's site.
Update :
Yup, it seems that Cass is indeed a Super 123E Deluxe with a 1198cc engine (or it's supposed to be anyway.)
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