Originally Posted by
xrkris
Hi all,was wondering if anyone could help,I've got a 1982 xr3 and wanted to now what month it was built,I know it was built in 81 as wheels and all the trim and wings are stamped 81 but they don't say the month is there a way of finding out cheers
All xr3 and a lot of xr3i well be stamped 81. It's the part prefix of a mk3 81smxxxxxxx or similar.
First part is a model designation (81sm) middle part is part ID base number (eg all ford wings have same base number, all door have same base number etc) the suffix is 2 letters eg AA or AB or BA etc.
All mk1 focus have 98xx start numbers.
In short doesn't mean an 81 build date