1988 Mercury Grand Marquis LS (No. 9 built)

[hemihotrod402]

just a thought, if it was originally a US car, then got imported into Canada and obviously driven, is the speedo original?

[srepergel]

1988 Mercury Grand Marquis LS Sedan (No. 9 built)

Folks. There has been much attention over my '88 Merc and I'm most thankful for all the discussion, VIN report, etc. I bought the car with just over 13,000 original miles on it. I have also investigated a few web sites about VINs just in the past few days, and it appears that it may very well be earlier than no. 9 as indicated in these threads. Stay tuned.

[srepergel]

1988 Mercury Grand Marquis LS Sedan (No. 9 built)

Speedo/dash is all original U.S. This car did not have any LS badging from the factory, although it is a documented, true LS factory car.

[srepergel]

DSO = 84 This means this car was built from the factory and sent directly to Home Office Reserve.

[hemihotrod402]

Yeah I'm finding this really fascinating. Seriously. If I had the cash to spend on another project car I would buy it in a heartbeat and restore it. But I need a new DD.

[srepergel]

Didn't get much info from Ford's public affairs department in the U.S. All I got was basically this:

please note that once vehicle orders are received at the assembly plant, the order in which the vehicles will be built is at the plant's discretion. The key goal is to arrange production scheduling so that vehicles with similar features and options are manufactured in one batch. This results in increased manufacturing efficiency and quality, as the number of line re-configurations is kept to a minimum. Therefore, there is no method for verifying your vehicle's production sequence number."

I might try Ford's Canadian head office since the car was originally built in Canada for the U.S. Either way she'll be back in storage in less than 2 weeks until next year. Thanks for everyones interest. Kind regards, Steve.

[hemihotrod402]

IIRC if it was built in Canada (like mine was) it would have a black/gray maple leaf sticker on the drivers door jam above the vin sticker.

[srepergel]

1988 Mercury Grand Marquis LS Sedan (No. 9 built)

It has the Canadian maple leaf sticker above the data plate on the door. The data plate at the top also shows Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited.

[Sign of the Cat]

Car was built in St Thomas for us export and was produced very early. July!!! I had an 87 marquis bulit in july.

I am interested to learn about the mercs starting with 6 in the last 6 of the VIN. I have 2 1981 mercs both buil in Aug 1981 at the st. Louis plant MO. Not sure which is which off hand between my wagon and sedan. One starts 600XXX and the other is 559XXX. I am surious what the deal with them are now

[srepergel]

1988 Mercury Grand Marquis LS Sedan (No. 9 ordered)

The number 6 as the beginning of the remaining six digits of the VIN represents units produced. In 1988, Mercury began order production at 600001, 600002, and so on.

[79lincolnlover]

http://london.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehic...AdIdZ242145633

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[srepergel]

1988 Mercury Grand Marquis LS Sedan (9th ordered)

Thanks for the hyperlink. Car is in storage but accessible for viewing.

[rick99601]

The number 6 as the beginning of the remaining six digits of the VIN represents units produced. In 1988, Mercury began order production at 600001, 600002, and so on.

so the last six digits on my 88's (6/88 build date) VIN start with a 7 rather than a six. what gives?

[sly]

over 100,000 units produced for merc that year?

[srepergel]

Car has now been reduced to $1,000

http://london.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehic...AdIdZ243640860