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Hey guys! I was getting the bed rail covers off my old bed, and found this plate under the passenger side railing. Any idea what it could be? Asked a few people, and they're as clueless as I am. I see "Super Short 150", "Heritg", and "UA, FX". UA and FX are the two paint codes, Merlot Metallic and Ebony. If anyone could shine a light on this mystery, I'd be appreciative.

akdoggie

Special Order vehicle build tag? I think so. I saw one many years ago in a body shop, and the customer SO'd the truck special. Just a thought.

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Truck is a Heritage edition (2003, not 2004), so possibly that? It does specifically address the Heritage package, and both paint codes.

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Used the pencil trick to try and get it more legible in a pic.

blupupher

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Have one on mine. I think it is just something they use to track the bed with the cab for color and options?

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For what info I grabbed on it, that seems to be looking more an more by the case.

"moon" - I do have a moon/sunroof
"A55205" - Last 6 of vin
"Super" - Possibly supercab?
"short" - short bed?
"150" - F150 (since 250's and 350's essentially used the same begds)
"Heritg" - Heritage edition
"UA" - tuxedo black color
"FX" - Merlot Metallic color

Not sure of the other stuff, but it seems to be as you put it. Another build plate, just mounted on the bed. I suppose so that the correct bed and cab were mounted on the same frame.

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Did a bit of looking around online, and didn't get much. However, I did find out I could get a Marti Report on the truck, so I ordered one today. It'll take about 2-3 weeks, but I'm excited to see all the info on this truck. I did happen to send a pic of the plate to Marti Auto when they asked about the door sticker. They told me that it looks like a buck tag for the truck, so I am going to safely assume that is what this thing is. After all, they do this stuff for a living, plus its who Ford goes through for their build sheets.

If any of yall are curious, I'll be posting up the Marti Report when it arrives.

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After doing a small search, that's what it is. As one member on another forum put it:

"Buck tags are used by assembly line workers. They refer to them as the tags have codes which tell the workers what parts to install on a specific vehicle."

So, there we are. Mystery solved, and quite the nice tidbit. The more you know~

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Marti Report! Seems like the truck was indeed a DSO.

w0lvez

Maybe they used this tag to match the Wheelbase & body style.