Pictures Luis Antonio Garcia Sanchez
Hecho en Mexico!

VIN AFO7FL14753 
One of 353 1966 Mexican built Hardtops acc. to Kevin Marti

Luis Antonio Garcia Sanchez is the proud owner of this 1966 Mexican hardtop with the uncommon Mustang VIN. Longtime readers of this site however easily recognize the International FORD VIN, that I was lucky to find in my old german Ford book from my first car and that was base as well to Dave Hammars famous Int. Ford VIN Decoder website. Check out our own clubsite listing for the complete picture here.
Back to Luis car, he provided me once with the VIN and we could easily decode it from that decoder.

VIN AF07FL14753
A= Ford USA
F= La Villa factory
07= hardtop
F= 1966 model
L=built in January 1966 
14753= consecutive no. starting with 10000

The other code Luis provided could be decoded with some former info from Mexican car club members (see below) and thanks to Dave Hammars website:

Left door plate: LAC11VC
L= LZQuerdo = Left hand drive
AC= 289/4V
1 = 3-speed manual
1 = 3.00 : 1 axle
VC = Black interior

Luis was however questionning the exterior colour. 
" I am a new Mustanger since 22nd. December 2003 and I consider my car is in a very good condition, the only thing I don't  like 100% is that the former owner painted it in a non original color (a metallic yellow similar to the one is popular in the Lamborghini Murcielago). The original documents such as the invoice from 1966 do not specify the color".


Typically Ford international cars had a colour code sticker or plate, but obviously this car got painted more than once and probably lost its sticker/tag, so we could not help much with that issue aside from the usual hints to the under-dashboard area.

"In fact I have most of the original papers like Invoice, the payment in advanced receipt from 1966, the annual tax payments receipts since 1967, the responsive letters from owner to owner when the car was sold etc. so from those documents I could realize that the car was painted in wine color in 1986 and black in 1997 and now the car is yellow. So I think the color label or sticker must have disappeared with all the solvents (Thinner etc) during the panting works. I think the last option I have is to remove the rivets of the identification plates, maybe the original paint is still there."

Meanwhile Luis found the first restorer and was able to determine the original colour as white.
Good luck with your restoration, Luis!

 AFO7ER18186 owned by Kiss Gabor