XP Information

XP Falcons had the 144, 170 and 200 cubic inch engines, while the 144 continued in both High and Low Compression versions. They were equipped with 3 speed Manual

Transmissions with still no synchro in 1st gear and 2 speed or the new 3 speed Automatic Transmissions.

Engine number prefixes indicate the type of engine:

E - 144 cubic inch D - 170 cubic inch SD - 200 cubic inch

ID Plates

The XP range featured two different style ID plates, the above plate was used until 1966 when they changed to a plate that held more information, that plate ran up until early XW Falcon.

Decoding the above plate worked like this,

No 1. First letter ‘J’ stands for the country code, Australia Second letter stands for theAssembly plants:

G - Broadmeadows, K - Sydney, H - Brisbane, L - Broadmeadows Secondary Assembly Line

The 2 numbers following indicate the Body Type, these are listed below.

10 = Futura Coupe 11 = Futura Sedan 12 = Futura Taxi

21 = Falcon Sedan
22 = Falcon Taxi Or Deluxe Coupe (but not a Coupe Taxi)

23 = Falcon Sedan
30 = Falcon Wagon
31 = Falcon Wagon
32 = Squire Wagon
34 = Fairmont Sedan
35 = Fairmont Wagon
40 = Falcon Utility
41 = Falcon Deluxe Utility

Then the next two letters represented the year and month as listed below

E - 1965

J - January

U - February

M - March

P - April

B - May

R - June
A - July
G - August
C - September

K - October
D - November

E - December

F - 1966

L - January

Y - February

S - March
T - April
J - May
U - June
M - July
P - August
B - September

R - October
A - November

G - December

No 2. Serial Number (Each car had it’s own individual number)No 3. SIDO Number (Sales/Dealer Order Number)
No 4. Model Number
No 5. Paint Code

No 6. Trim Code

This is what the above plate decodes to

J - Australian build
G - Assembled at Broadmeadows 23 - Falcon Sedan
E = 1965
U = Month of February

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