1981 Ford Taurus 1FAHP2E9-D — all VINs
752 vehicles carry this factory build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What 1FAHP2E9-D means
- 1FA
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Ford registered — assembled in the United States
- HP2E9
- together encode the Taurus line — Sedan, 2L 4cyl, Front-wheel drive — as Ford filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- D
- in position 10 — model year 1981
- 9, 11–17
- differ on every car: check digit, plant code and the serial number
Groups
Too many vehicles to list on one page, so they are split by the next character of a fixed code derived from the VIN. Each group keeps its cars for good.