Ford 3000 diesel, hard time figuring out year

[HakanTh]

My 1966 made in England had the same grill and the bolt on bug head lights, My codes were under the lid over the battery. Has a Lucas generator, tied to a mechanical hour meter. They don't seem to be collectible mine sold for $1800 and everything worked and original.

That is interesting, the experts say that the sticker came later. Maybe there was a sticker from start on the English tractors?

 

[jimmyl]

Mine does not have a sticker under the bonnett (English tractor ) , but who would know after this long!
BTW, mine did/does have the bug head lights, just took them off....

 

[jimmyl]

Found these numbers stamped on right side of top cover.

 

[Opti-Mist]

That would be the date code for the hydraulic lift. Major components had their own production date codes stamped on them, which would pre-date the production code of the assembled tractor, sometimes by months.