91 hatch has a coupe vin

[91 quarter horse]

hey guys, just wondering if anyone knows anything about this. so the vin on my 91 hatcback is a P41E which is for a coupe correct? from what i understand the hatchback should be P41F. I ran the vin and it comes out to be a 91 white hatch with 5.0 and 5 speed which is correct, another thing is the black strip around the car is black. from what i understand after 91 they were all colored so 90 would have been the last year.

my car also has headrests that are on saleens and early gt, which i know they could have been swapped but they look original, and lastly im not sure when they stopped but i have a pull down light (in between the visors) again i think they stopped pre 90 but im not sure. Does anyone know anything about these vins? i cant find another white with black strip 91 lx any help on figuring this out is greatly appreciated thanks

 

[billison]

Is the stripe painted black?

 

[TOOLOW91]

90 has flip down light and black strip headrests were changed

 

[91 quarter horse]

no black strip is factory, its all black. i have only seen 1 other hatch with the same colors but not sure what year it was. all the others i have found have been coupes. I have checked all the vin tags and they all match so im confused, maybe ford made a mistake?

 

[91TwighlightGT]

hey guys, just wondering if anyone knows anything about this. so the vin on my 91 hatcback is a P41E which is for a coupe correct? from what i understand the hatchback should be P41F. I ran the vin and it comes out to be a 91 white hatch with 5.0 and 5 speed which is correct, another thing is the black strip around the car is black. from what i understand after 91 they were all colored so 90 would have been the last year.

my car also has headrests that are on saleens and early gt, which i know they could have been swapped but they look original, and lastly im not sure when they stopped but i have a pull down light (in between the visors) again i think they stopped pre 90 but im not sure. Does anyone know anything about these vins? i cant find another white with black strip 91 lx any help on figuring this out is greatly appreciated thanks

To be clear, the VIN digits break down as follows... (From mustanggt.org)

I'm using my 91 GT VIN as an example:

1facp
Digits 1-5: USA, Ford Passenger Car, Active Seatbelts

42
Digits 6-7: 3-door Hatchback (GT Series)

*** 41 is an LX Hatchback. My 93 LX hatch has 41 in the VIN

E
Digit 8: V8, 5.0 Liter, 302 (EFI) Engine

Digit 9: VIN internal check digit (Ford uses this, it could be anything 1-9 as far as I can tell)

M
Digit 10: 1991 model year

F
Digit 11: Dearborn Assembly Plant

Last 6 is the consecutive build number.


EDIT: I misread something. Anyway, it is fine, E points to the fact that it is a 5.0L car. The only other letter available in 1991 is M for the 2.3L. 1993 Cobra's have D in their VIN. Four eye cars had more engine options and probably several more/different engine codes.

The map light is on my 1991 GT for sure. I thought it maybe went away in 92 or 93, but I don't remember.

 

[Coast2CoaStang]

All 1991 cars had the black moldings. It was only 1992 and 1993 that had body colored moldings unless the car has been repainted that way. I have had 2 1991 hatchbacks and both had the "dope scope" map light, My 1993 does not however. And yes the headrest I believe went to the smaller style in 1990.

I always thought 1991 stangs were easy to identify if factory stock, as they were the last year for black moldings, and first year for pony wheels.