Good morning.
tha vin numbers of my sierra is.GBBFLU59668.and this seems to have been built in june 1990 but was not registered untill august 1991.would this and been normal and where can i get proof of build date.
Thanks in advance.

 

lu = june 1990 GBB : Ford -Werke AG : - Cologne, Assembly plant : Genk,
lots of vehicles are stored usually on old airfields
(100's of thousands are stored in the uk right now ! ford etc worried about brexit )
so maybe it was stored
(also we had a recession uk 1990-91 )



tony

 

Thanks tony.can i get some proof of this from ford.

 

Try emailing Ford U.K to start they may have some records of when it was first delivered to a Dealer

There are a few possibilities.
It may have been built and not left the factory immediately.
It may have been put into storage by the factory locally.
It may have been shipped by the factory and got lost in a compound along the way maybe at the docks or nearby, they deal with 10's of thousands of shipped cars so loosing track is not that difficult.
It may have been delivered to a Dealer and stored there on behalf of Ford, maybe they also lost track of it.
And as above maybe they weren't selling well at that time, but Ford kept producing.

It also may have been bought by a customer who for some reason chose not to register it immediately.
It may also have been first registered abroad or Jersey / Guernsey / I.O.M

 

ps
do you mean saphire ? as the body code you put is f ?

 

See if you can get into Fords ETIS system- This worked for My Escort. Good Luck.