For sale: 1966 2 Door Sports Sedan Daytona Studebaker

Tickford Vehicle Engineering (TVE) build numbers – Ford Falcon EL GT^[25]

All EL GTs received a unique TVE build number, which corresponded to the last 3 digits of the vehicle’s Single Item Dealer Order (SIDO) number. SIDO numbers start at 970001 and end at 970275 inclusive, however 970262 and 970264 are believed to be exceptions.^[26] The build number was located in the following positions:

1. On the TVE build plate, located on the front edge of the passenger’s side suspension tower. This was an aluminium plate riveted to the body panel, with the vehicle’s unique build number printed vertically in black, with a black GT badge to the right of the number. On the right of the plate, there is “Tickford Vehicle Engineering” printed over a Tickford logo (all in red), and the vehicle’s 6-digit SIDO number printed below in small black text.
2. On a small badge applied to the front edge of the driver’s and passenger’s front door cards. This badge had large silver “GT” text with the vehicle’s build number printed on a black background.
3. On a small metal badge on the vehicle’s key fob (the same style badge as applied to the front passenger’s side door trim described above).

TVE build number allocation:^[27]

• Australian market production GT: Vehicles are believed to have received a TVE build number between 001 and 239 (see example in images).
• New Zealand market GT: TVE build numbers issued between NZ1 and NZ20 (see example in images).
• South African market GT: TVE build numbers included 240 and 241.
• Pre-production GTs: 11 pre-production / pilot vehicles were built (for the purpose of testing and as press vehicles). These cars were allocated build numbers of P01 – P11, and were sold to the Australian market.

We note that the GT build numbers were not issued consecutively according to the vehicle's build date. It has been confirmed on several forums that you could order a specific TVE build number (assuming the chosen number was still available).