340 block Vin #

Lonnie Leach said
Who is talking about cast # I look for Vin and sequence # and yes your 72 would have a late cast 71 and the 73 was blocks they were cleaning up around the place because it was the Last year for the Motor. I Retired from Trenton engine and seen Pallets of Blocks that were siting around for repairs, also ones that were for stock replacement that was run down the line for the Numbers thay needed

Who was addressing you in my post? I certainly wasn't. Your problem was already solved well before that. I was simply pointing out erroneous information in a photo posted by a fellow member. It did not involve you in the least. Also, you completely missed the point that, because I have two blocks cast on exactly the same day that were possibly installed about a year apart, the so-called experts who think they can nail down a block casting date to an exact day are blowing smoke. I say "possibly" because if you'd kept reading, you'd see I later added that the "72 block" does not have a year stamped in the partial VIN, so it could also be a 1973 block.

A former local auto shop teacher worked at Hamtramck assembly from late early 1969 until the end of '72. He swore every 340 was orange. He knew--he was there. He was also wrong. So, congratulations on your retirement but sorry if I don't consider every former Chryler employee some kind of authority. It was just your source of income, not a research project. I worked in foundries for quite awhile, but I couldn't tell you a single casting number for which I made hundreds or even thousands of molds.

Just because you started a thread doesn't mean every single post pertains directly to you.