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63ArmyTruck · Post by **63ArmyTruck** » May 1, 2009, 11:05 am

Is your 62 or 63 truck part of the same DSO order as mine? Check your door tag data and your VIN. My door tag DSO says 83-0001 and my VIN is F10JD330090. The VINs may be sequential, I don't know. My truck was manufactured in Dallas, TX in Sept. 1962.
My 63 was part of a government order and may have siblings around somewhere. My wife wants to find out how many were in the original government order, how many survived, and where the survivors are now. Getting all the survivors together for a pic would be cool or make for a cool magazine article or something.
She searched PublicData.com by VIN number and found several VINs close to mine that were sold from Gov Surplus Ft. Worth but Publicdata doesn't show door tag DSO numbers. She would have to contact the owners on record and have them look.

Let me know about your 62's & 63's if they have the same DSO number on the door data tag.

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » May 2, 2009, 6:23 am

Doesn't the DSO number only show the zone of dealer who ordered the vehicle? Not sure how that would help with the identity.

65Lover · Post by **65Lover** » May 4, 2009, 9:54 am

The first two characters call out who ordered it (83-US Gov) and the characters following the dash (0001) are the actual order number. There is paperwork somewhere defining the contents of the order, etc. It was usually put into the glove boxes of the trucks upon completion, but we don't have any of that paperwork.

Hawkrod · Post by **Hawkrod** » May 4, 2009, 10:36 am

A 6 digit DSO indicates a special order of some type. In this case it was a government fleet order. Most fleet orders are multiples but they can also be 20 different vehilcles or some such thing. In this case there is a very good chance that the truck has siblings but it is also possible that it was part of an order that read " 1 Lincoln convertible, 3 Ford custom 500 4 door sedans and 1 Ford pickup ". There really is no rhyme or reason to fleet orders sometimes. As for the paperwork, there was none for fleet orders besides the actual order form and for special orders the paperwork was kept at the District Sales Office for the length of the warantee. It was usually kept longer but not always. Also note that the 4 digits following the first two of the DSO are not the actual order number, they are the last 4 digits of the actual order number. The order forms actually had 6 digit numbers but the first two were changed to the DSO the order came in from when the order was processed. If the form was 123456 and was used for a government order the DSO would read something like 833456 (the first two numbers can change with which part of teh government is placing the order). Hawkrod

65Lover · Post by **65Lover** » May 8, 2009, 9:17 am

Hawkrod your Ford knowledge is amazing. Put it all into a book for everyone to learn! Actually, lots of people on this site have amazing knowledge about these trucks! Could put together a killer slick fact book!

The truck had no color code and was originally painted camo so we are really hoping to find siblings of this truck out there. It was manufactured in Sept 62. The siblings may be titled as '62 or '63 trucks.

Keep checking your trucks for DSO 83-0001. Thanks!

65Lover · Post by **65Lover** » June 9, 2009, 1:13 pm

BUMP this thread back up

Please check your 62 and 63's for a matching DSO number of 83-0001

Thanks in advance!!!

factorystock · Post by **factorystock** » June 9, 2009, 7:34 pm

I believe all the air force 61-63 F 100's I have ever seen has been a stepside.

65Lover · Post by **65Lover** » June 10, 2009, 8:50 am

factorystock

Those are the trucks I'd like to check DSO numbers and VIN numbers on! Where are they? I'm on a mission!!