color numbers on 84s

Post by **negusm** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:15 pm

There is NO documentation on 84s or 85s other than the slim info about colors and so forth that Sandy has managed to get from people that used to work for asc.

The body tag would have the color, the car left ford.

-Mike

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:41 pm

I have nothing on 1984s, other than the total made
50 Verts and 25 Coupes. and the colors, as listed above, in this thread.

88stanglx · Post by **88stanglx** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:15 pm

darn i was hoping to find out the original color for sure. how specific did asc get when they stripped them down for paint?

Post by **negusm** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:33 pm

They didn't strip the paint.

But they did do a very good job of remove the interior, and so forth before painting.

88stanglx · Post by **88stanglx** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:09 pm

also according the the vin number it should be a 4v and its the efi and nothing seems to have been touched on the whole car. could this have been an actual factory green car since there is no other colors on top of the black besides the green? and been miss recorded? sorry for the amount of questions Im just trying to learn as much as possible about this car. does any of the side trim interchange with a mustang or capri or is it mclaren only?

Post by **negusm** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:18 pm

The vin will NOT tell you 4v vs EFI. Both were M codes.

Post by **negusm** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:21 pm

On 84s the side trim is interchangeable with all 79-84 Capris and Mustangs. EXCEPT for the corner hard plastic pieces which are Capri pieces only with reflectors.

-Mike

88stanglx · Post by **88stanglx** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:25 pm

ok thats good, i need one peice of trim for the rear quarter. im still cleaning it up some more but i should have some pictures up tonight.

88stanglx · Post by **88stanglx** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:00 pm

does modifications hurt the value or a mclaren or miles or just the overall condition?

Post by **negusm** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:38 pm

88stanglx wrote:does modifications hurt the value or a mclaren or miles or just the overall condition?

All three.

Post some pics of the 84 and what you plan to do with it and we can probably tell you if it will hurt the value.

If the car is 100% original and has been garaged kept and well taken care of.... mods will hurt its value.

If it needs new interior, new paint, new roof, is faded from sitting outside...mods will probably not do too much to hurt the value as long as they are not radical.

Remember, you can sell an unmodded car to anyone...its tougher to sell a modded one since no one else has the same taste in mods as you will.

-Mike

tfs2121 · Post by **tfs2121** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:39 am

88stanglx wrote:also according the the vin number it should be a 4v and its the efi

if your 84 has EFI its not factory.

Post by **negusm** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:37 am

tfs2121 wrote:
88stanglx wrote:also according the the vin number it should be a 4v and its the efi
if your 84 has EFI its not factory.

Why do you say that? The verts were often automatics which were EFI cars. Their VINs would have an M for the engine code just like the carbed cars with the manual transmissions.

The confusion is that the decoding books and even the car vendors like Autozone think that the EFI cars had "F" for the engine code. There was NEVER an F Code for 1984 (or 1985 either). So when you go ask for parts for an EFI (CFI) car, you MUST tell the Autozone guys its an "F" code car so you don't get the wrong parts for a carbed car.

-Mike

88stanglx · Post by **88stanglx** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:30 am

these are a few i snaped today. its still a little dirty but ive got it cleaned alot since i got it. #43

tfs2121 · Post by **tfs2121** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:16 am

negusm wrote: Why do you say that? The verts were often automatics which were EFI cars. Their VINs would have an M for the engine code just like the carbed cars with the manual transmissions.

-Mike

doh i forgot about the automatics.

looks like it is an auto from the pics.

dont look to bad for being 25 years old! i do like the green

88stanglx · Post by **88stanglx** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:22 pm

i didnt know that about the efi stuff. yea its an auto. from what i can tell its been sitting for the past nine years and it started right up but havnt got to take it for a spin yet.