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That block sat around the warehouse a while before it was machined and installed. July 70 for 71 model year.2 is the model year...1972
B is the manufacturing plant...Hamtramck Mi
The last 6 are your sequential build numbers, which should match the last 6 digits of your dash VIN, fender tag VIN, and body stampings
Now, look on the front of the motor, right under where the drivers side head meets the block, there will also be numbers there. Assembly date of the motor, displacement, fuel designation, and a couple other numbers. Then, correlate all that with the casting number and casting date of the block. You should be able to say it was cast on.....date, was assembled in ......date, it’s a .....displacement motor for car 123932
True. I have read that as a rule of thumb, most matching number parts (including the engine), should be dated no more than 2-3 months before the car's build date. BUT that exceptions could occur. I've read many accounts where dates on parts would be well outside that 2-3 month period. I always wondered if judges accepted those exceptions, or if the owners struggled to prove it was the car's original part.That block sat around the warehouse a while before it was machined and installed. July 70 for 71 model year.
True. I have read that as a rule of thumb, most matching number parts (including the engine), should be dated no more than 2-3 months before the car's build date. BUT that exceptions could occur. I've read many accounts where dates on parts would be well outside that 2-3 month period. I always wondered if judges accepted those exceptions, or if the owners struggled to prove it was the car's original part.
LOL. Or maybe waaaaaaaaaay back in the corner under a pile of seat covers made from 'Rich Corinthian Leather'.I had a 68 cast 383 that didn’t get assembled until 1971, I always wondered what happened to that block, must’ve been waaaaay back in the corner.
I had a 68 cast 383 that didn’t get assembled until 1971, I always wondered what happened to that block, must’ve been waaaaay back in the corner.
I just bet the warehouse didn't rotate their inventory. FILO (first in, last out) They just keep filling the empty space in the front of the bin with new castings.LOL. Or maybe waaaaaaaaaay back in the corner under a pile of seat covers made from 'Rich Corinthian Leather'.
LOL. Or maybe waaaaaaaaaay back in the corner under a pile of seat covers made from 'Rich Corinthian Leather'.
Tattoo was played by Hervé Villechaize. Did you know that he built a large complex of apartment buildings designed specifically for small people. Everything was sized and engineered for the wee people. And best of all, he did not charge them rent. He called them Stay Free Mini Pads. LOL!!I know, right? I always say, don’t do something you don’t want to be known for. Instead of being a badass like Kahn, Ricardo will always be known for his love of the “finer” things, and for that parrot he had, what’s his name?....Tattoo?