I guess it is possible that they use DSO now a days as District Sales Office - but back in the 60's and 70's they did not. If you can find it in writing anywhere I'm open to learning something - but for now, I'll stand on what I was taught as a mechanic close to 30 years ago.
The manual does not indicate what the "S" stands for in D.S.O ... The Ford manual states: DISTRICT CODES THE CODE SHOWN ABOVE OR BELOW "D.S.O." INDENTIFIES THE DISTRICT WHICH ORDERED THE UNIT. Another section says: D.S.O., F.S.O. or L.P.O (SPECIAL ORDERS) The District Code Number will appear in the D.S.O. space on the Warranty Place or Certification Label for all units including regular production. If the unit is D.S.O., F.S.O. or L.P.O. (Special Order), the complete Order Number will appear in the D.S.O. space in addition to the District Code Number. No place in the manual does it indicate what the S stands for ... nor does it indicate what F.S.O or L.P.O stands for ... Does Special Order indicate a car that was ordered with an option, feature or color not normally available on that model car? Or does it mean this is a Customer Order and not destined for the sales lot?
OK Craig - I did some digging into my library of old Ford books. I did find some printed references to District Sales Office locations in the US so on that part, did Ford use the term District Sales Office - I think I will agree with you. (like I said - I needed to see it in print) I do however continue to fully believe that on the cars door ID tag - that DSO refers to its Domestic Special Order number and the Domestic Office number is put into the DSO spot when it is a regular production car. DSO on that ID plate does not mean District Sales Office.
I think it means all of the above. A special order car will have the 6 digit DSO. If the paint code is deleted off of the data sticker...then that means that the special order is the color of the car. A special order car could be a customer ordered car, it could be a special promotion within that sales district, or just at that dealership, etc. It could also still have a paint code on the data decal, but still be a special order car if something else about the car was "special".
Well.....I think it does....because Ford would need to know where the car (and all cars for that matter) was being shipped to.
The car did not sell on ebay, but take a look at the old MCCI sticker! Anyone ever see this car at a round up or know who it belonged to?
He never came to a Roundup Nationals...but I saw him at an MCCI Mini-Meet at Norwalk, Ohio on a Fun Ford Weekend. His car was also featured in an MCCI newsletter.
