COMMISSION NUMBERS

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• The meaning of Commission Numbers


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Prefix

Serial No

Suffix

Meaning

LD

 

 

All non-federal Stags

LE

 

 

Federal Stags, used from early in availability

 

1 - 3900

 

1970 pre-production & 1971 model year Mk 1 cars

 

10001 - 14158

 

1972 model year Mk 1 cars

 

20001 - 25432

 

1973 model year Mk 2 cars (25432 is officially the last car in this series but numbers after this are known)

 

30001 - 36714

 

1974 & 1975 model year Mk 2 cars

 

40001 - 45722

 

1976 & 1977 model year Mk 2 cars

 

 

A

Borg-Warner Type 65 automatic gearbox fitted

 

 

BW

Borg-Warner Type 35 automatic gearbox fitted

 

 

K

KPH speedometer fitted to RHD car (i.e. Australia)

 

 

KA

KPH speedometer & Borg-Warner Type 65 automatic gearbox fitted to RHD car

 

 

KBW

KPH speedometer & Borg-Warner Type 35 automatic gearbox fitted to RHD car

 

 

KO

KPH speedometer & overdrive gearbox fitted to
RHD car

 

 

L

Left-hand drive, except for US market

 

 

LA

Left-hand drive, fitted with Borg-Warner Type 65 automatic gearbox

 

 

LBW

Left-hand drive, fitted with Borg-Warner Type 35 automatic gearbox

 

 

LO

Left-hand drive, fitted with overdrive gearbox

 

 

O

Overdrive gearbox

 

 

U

US Federal specification

 

 

UBW

US Federal specification, fitted with Borg-Warner Type 35 automatic gearbox

 

 

UO

US Federal specification, fitted with overdrive gearbox

Notes:
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This information is derived from official sources and sets out what was supposed to happen but reality may be different.
Model years ran from autumn to autumn meaning that the 1971 model year ran
from autumn 1970 to autumn 1971.
Sales records but without corresponding build records exist for Federal Stags
in the sequence LE7502 to LE 8901 (not all numbers were used), sold between
December 1971 and February 1972.