[rsimkins]

Snakepit,

Yes, much of it is pretty easy to figure out and matches the door tag. Some of it is not so obvious. That's the stuff I'm after. If you have information on breaking down the Vehicle Order Image, could you please share it? Thanks.

The warranty plate is for the Ford VIN and is the result of a scan from an original page of the 1965-1973 Master Parts Catalog and adding in the information form the Marti Report. As I have posted on my web site, this is what the tag would have looked like if it had been left on the car. I just thought that it was a nice thing to do while reconstructing the production history of the car. So no it did not originally have door tag.

I contacted Dave Mathews yesterday. He could not add much information other than to say "the 2608 is the build DSO". My understanding is that the build DSO is the actual order number assigned by Ford to a group of Shelbys to be built in a specific configuration. He confirmed this.

I have a copy of a Vehicle Specification sheet from 1/7/1967 for 229 GT 500s in various colors. It was found in 01542 (or maybe 01572 or 1592; the writing is not clear). The sheet from a car four numbers from mine (03037) was for a similar quantity. It would be interesting to gather all the data together and see what we can come up with.