I didn't believe it myself until I got one in trade. It had the maltese cross indicating undersize crank, which it had. .001" under size rod and mains and they all had 77 date codes and Chrysler logos on them. The rods were marked with playing card symbols, which I've seen elsewhere. There's info where other people have found the same thing in other forums on the net. Ramcharger Central is one. While it may be true that the cars phased them out early on, the evidence points to manual transmission trucks keeping the forged cranks right up to 1978. Mine was a 77 model.
