1961 Lincoln/Mercury Body Plate Data







LINCOLN * MERCURY Body Plate Identification

1960 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975
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1961
Location: Attached to the left front body pillar, between the front door hinges. Comet: Attached to the left front door below the door lock.
SERIAL: Year, Assembly Plant, Body Series, Engine 1		1H82S
NUMBER: Production Sequence 1		800001
BODY: Body Style		59A
COLOR: Lower Body Color, Upper Body Color		BA
TRIM: Trim Color and Material Used		01
DATE: Production Date		12F
TRANS: Transmission Installed		6
AXLE: Rear Axle		6

Style
Lincoln		Mercury
Code	Body Style	Code	Body Style
53A	4 dr. Continental Sedan	54A	4 dr. Sedan
74A	4 dr. Continental Convertible	54A	4 dr. Meteor 800 Sedan
Comet		54B	4 dr. Monterey Sedan
54A	4 dr. Sedan	58A	4 dr. Meteor 600 Sedan
59A	2 dr. Sta. Wagon	62A	2 dr. Meteor 800 Sedan
62A	2 dr. Sedan	64A	2 dr. Meteor 600 Sedan
71A	4 dr. Commuter Wagon 6-9 Pass.	65A	2 dr. Meteor 800 Hardtop
		65B	2 dr. Monterey Hardtop
		75A	4 dr. Meteor 800 Hardtop
		75B	4 dr. Monterey Hardtop
		76A	2 dr. Monterey Convertible
		71A	4 dr. Commuter Wagon 6-9 Pass.
		71B	4 dr. Colony Park Wagon 6-9 Pass.

PAINT
Code	Color	Code	Color
A	Presidential Black	N	Platinum
B	Royal Red Metallic	P	Executive Gray Metallic
C	Turquoise Mist	Q	Sheffield Gray metallic
D	Blue Haze	R	Columbia Blue Metallic
E	Saxon Green Metallic	S	Green Frost
F	Sunburst Yellow	T	Honey Beige
G	Tawny Beige	U	Rose Glow Metallic
H	Empress Blue Metallic	V	Summer Rose
I	Green Velvet Metallic	W	Regency Turquoise Metallic
J	Signal Red	X	Black Cherry Metallic
K	Crystal Green Metallic	Y	Briar Brown Metallic
L	Gold Dust Metallic	Z	Desert Frost
M	Sultan White	Paint Chip Palette
Paint Chip Palette		Paint Chip Palette

Trim
Mercury		Lincoln
Code	Color	Code	Color
01	Blue 5	11	Gray 5, 7
02,06,25	White/Black 5, 6	12,22	Blue 5, 7
03,08,27	Gold 5, 6	14,82	Blue 7
05,34	Blue 5, 6	20	White/Black 5, 7
09,29,30	Turquoise 5, 6	23	Green 5, 7
10	Green 5, 6	26	Black 5, 7
11,24	Blue 6	27	Turquoise 5, 7
12	White/Black 6	29	Rose 5, 7
13	White/Red 6	31	Gray 5
14	White/Gold 6	34	Fawn 5
15	Turquoise 6	83	Green 7
32,45	Red 6	84	Beige 7
33	Black 6	85	Red 7
35	White/Gray 5, 6	86	Black 7
36	Red 5, 6	87	Turquoise 7
37	Blue/Turquoise 5, 6	95	White/Red 7
43	Turquoise/Brown 5, 6	96	White/Black 7
44	Green 6
Comet
10 3	White/Black 5, 6
12 3	Blue 5, 6
13 3	Green 5, 6
15 3	Red/Black 5, 6
40	White/Blue-Green 5, 6
42	Blue/Blue-Green 5, 6
43	Green/Blue-Green 5, 6
45	Red/Red-Gray 5, 6
75 3	White/Red 6
76 3	White/Black 6

Date
Code	Month	Code	Month
A	January	N 8	January
B	February	P 8	February
C	March	Q 8	March
D	April	R 8	April
E	May	S 8	May
F	June	T 8	June
G	July	U 8	July
H	August	V 8	August
J	September	W 8	September
K	October	X 8	October
L	November	Y 8	November
M	December	Z 8	December

Trans
Code	Transmission	Code	Transmission
1	Standard S/T	4	Dual Range Automatic D/R
2	Overdrive O/D	5	Automatic Single Range 3-Sp.
3	2 Sp. Automatic 2/S

Rear Axle
Regular		Locking
Code	Axle Ratio	Code	Axle Ratio
1	3.56:1	A	3.56:1
2	3.89:1	B	3.89:1
3	3.10:1	C	3.10:1
4	4.00:1	F	3.00:1
5	3.20:1	G	2.89:1
6	3.00:1	J	3.50:1
7	2.89:1
8	2.91:1
13	3.11:1

1- See 1961 V.I.N information. 3- Deluxe RPO trim	5- Cloth 6- Vinyl	7- Leather	8- Two year code letters to be used if 1961 models exceed 12 months.
If there are any omissions or errors please let us know. Thank you

LINCOLN * MERCURY

Body Plate Identification

1961