Identifying an XY GT

Body prefix numbers of Australian produced cars:
JG33AB12345
J – identifies the country of production (Australia)
G – identifies the assembly plant (Broadmeadows)
33 – identifies the model of car (Falcon GT Sedan)
A – identifies the year of production (See chart below for year and month codes)
B – identifies the month of production (See chart below for year and month codes)
12345 – is a unique number identifying each vehicle
Date Codes:

Year Codes Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1970 K L Y S T J U M P B Y A G
1971 L C K D E L Y S T J R M P

Paint Codes:
H = Track Red

S = Electric Blue

X = Monza Green

9 = Nuggett Gold

E = Quick Silver

T = True Blue

U = Ultra White

6 = Vermillion Fire

I or EZ819 = Jewell Green

O = Yellow Ocre

2 = Bronze Wine

Z or EZ815 = Wild Violet

Q or EZ820 = Yellow Glow

F = Vintage Burgundy

B = Onyx Black

D or EZ821 = Raw Orange

C = Bold Blue

F289 = Surfer Orange

L = Limelight metallic

EZ099 = Shell Yellow

5 = Tealglow

EZ903 = Spearmint

K = Frosted Pewter

Z801 = Royal Umber

F320 = Harmony Grey

F269 = RAA Lemon

F280 = Zircon Green

F240 = AGFA Orange

SPEC = Rothmans Blue

SPEC = Aviation Orange

SPEC = Whatever You Like
Engine Codes:
T = 351 4V
Transmission Codes:
L = Four speed manual
B = Floor shift automatic
Trim Codes:

B = Black
K = Dark Saddle
S = Light Saddle
W = White
2 = Cloth Inserts. This code followed the trim colour code eg B2 was black with cloth inserts
Model Code:
18038 = XY GT - 1970
18138 = XY GT - 1971
Production Numbers:
Built September 1970 - December 1971 = 1557 GT units
1970 = 757 units
1971 = 800 units
Built May 1971 - November 1971 = 300 GTHO units