What is a 300A/300B/300C etc

[MapleLeafMerc]

I'm sorry, I've tried my darndest to follow what the letters mean as far as which car you own. Each time someone explains it I it seems I have a feature that doesn't exactly fit.

Would you mind assessing what my MM is- A, B, C, etc.? Ordered Aug/01, built Oct/02. Delivered to the GWN.

Traction Control
non-heated seats (not offered)
remote gas tank door
map pockets on front of seats
lumbar support
under hood light
dash clock
compass in overhead console
compact spare

I'm sure there are other features in question...

[Petrograde]

Hey Maple Leaf...
Do you still have your window sticker? It says there.

as for your car, ... the things you listed confused me. you have a remote fuel door, but not a full size spare? huh.

Well, fear not! someone here knows! I guarantee it!

Tom

PS- as for the 300C... I made that up. I was just being sarcastic. Sorry, I wasn't trying to confuse anyone!

[Logan]

That's cuz the Canuck cars tend to be unique unto themselves. For instance, you've got daytime running lights, none of the US cars do. You've also got a different speedo too. :)

Based on your description, you closest resemble a 300A. Depending on the manufacture date, you may also have some 300B features or deletes as well. Some of the US 300B's have a bunch of the 300A equipment and vice versa.

[MapleLeafMerc]

In other words, a mongrel!

I was going to ask if you guys had the kph speedo but that prob would have been dumb! :lol:

[Petrograde]

:lol: yeah it's in MPH,... but there is a KPH bar under it. it goes all the way to 220!

[RCSignals]

What he has, the Canadian 300A, is most like the "early" 300Bs. What the job 2 cars were meant to be, before decontenting.
There area few of us here who have 300Bs like that. Right Marty?

[yorks]

MLM, as Logan says, you've got the standard 1st year Canadian 300A. Mine was built a couple of weeks after yours and the window sticker ( which I have preserved for posterity ) says 300A.
I have the exact same features as yours and as far as I know, all Canuck cars came with traction control from day 1.
So...let's sum up shall we?
a) Canadians: Unique.
b) Canadian 300A Marauders: Unique
c) Canadian owners of Canadian 300A Marauders: Need I say more?

[yorks]

P.S.
I used the spell checker on that last post, and it didn't even question "Canuck". Must be Spellchecker.ca v1.0

[67435animal]

Originally posted by yorks
P.S.
I used the spell checker on that last post, and it didn't even question "Canuck". Must be Spellchecker.ca v1.0

I suspect that the reason Canuck is OK with the speller is that Logan is a Canuck.

Bob

[MapleLeafMerc]

Petrograde, I checked the window sticker and yes, in the price info it says order code 300A. The ONLY options listed are the nudo leather bucket seats (no charge) and the very desirable Federal Excise Tax at $100 :cool:. 'Course this just adds to the confusion, as I was told by my dealer that the only options avail. at the time were the 6 CD changer and the plastic trunk organizer/(giant bottle holder). I have these yet they aren't even listed on the sticker.

Oh, and below all this is a note surrounded by asterisks:

***************************
*"THIS VEH. NOT INTENDED FOR *
* SALE OR REGISTRATION IN US" *
****************************
I guess we ARE unique, yorks! :beer:

[jgc61sr2002]

I agree with Logan. The Canadian Marauders are unique in that they had traction control from day one. The US model 300B was when FMC installed traction control.

[MapleLeafMerc]

Originally posted by jgc61sr2002
I agree with Logan. The Canadian Marauders are unique in that they had traction control from day one. The US model 300B was when FMC installed traction control.

:confused: What was day one for the Cdn cars? And didn't FMC do the install on them, too?

[TJH-Houston]

My understaning is that the A designation is the first of any given model year. When signifiacant changes are made that same year, they release as B. If another level of changes are made in the same model year, they are released as C, etc.

Tim

[TJH-Houston]

Sorry, maybe that's too obvious for everybody, but I didn't know until a ford dealer friend told me. Tim

[RCSignals]

Originally posted by yorks
P.S.
I used the spell checker on that last post, and it didn't even question "Canuck". Must be Spellchecker.ca v1.0

But if it could talk, it would probably mispronounce it ;)

[RCSignals]

Originally posted by TJH-Houston
My understaning is that the A designation is the first of any given model year. When signifiacant changes are made that same year, they release as B. If another level of changes are made in the same model year, they are released as C, etc.



Sort of but it has to do with pre planned "jobs" of production

the 300A was "job one" 300B "job two", and job two introduced traction control.

If it was just significant changes, decontenting would have been 300C and job three

[MapleLeafMerc]

Thanks RC, but that still leaves us hosers out. The window sticker on mine says 300A but I have traction control. I guess like yorks said Cdn cars are unique and don't fit neatly into the 300A, 300B system.

[blkgrape]

Also a 300a Canuck owner, did you have to sign off on the bill of sale that you agreed not to sell this car to the U.S.

My insurance company also new about this and had to signoff on this with them also, that it was a true Canadian car not an imported one. Thought that was strange.

Anyone know the exact number of Canadian build #'s for 03

[Dr Caleb]

MLMerc - see my .sig as an easy answer to the 300A/B confusion with the Canadian Models.

blkgrape: Welcome! I think the # is around 450, but not all of those are sold. I'd guesstimate about 300 actually on the road, the rest still at dealerships.

[RCSignals]

Well it doesn't really leave you out. The MM sold in Canada are "job one" cars for the Canadian market, and for "Ford of Canada". Therefore they are 300A

[Dr Caleb]

True, but my point is, confusion between the 2003 US 300A and 300B and the 2003 Canuck 300A can be avoided if us Canucks refer to the model as '300eh' :) . Then we can distinguish from the 3 model variants and everyone is on the same page. . .well . . . except for those with a pre-decontented US 300B . . .

[RCSignals]

Oh yes, I agree about the "300eh" :)

[MapleLeafMerc]

blkgrape, I don't recall signing anything about not selling the car in the US, but I do know there were several things I did sign and that item might have been in there somewhere. Truth told, at the time I was so horny for the car I might have inadvertently donated my body to science! :lol:

[Dr Caleb]

Originally posted by MapleLeafMerc
blkgrape, I don't recall signing anything there were several things I did sign and that item might have been in there somewhere. . . I might have inadvertently donated my body to science!
Science Fiction, bud. :-)