When I bought My '69 Custom HT, it had been (poorly) repainted Green Imron over the White, and the engine compartment Black. The Slanty was red, should've been the one-year-only Turquoise, & the wheels had been upped to 14" with a couple of the 13" in the trunk.
This was the Summer of '83, I pulled the Slanty in '85 & the car ended up a cammed 318/4spd/8.75 car. The Slanty became the one I built for My "K6" '72 Swinger. Before I had the block out to be bored & decked, I wrote down the stampings, & actually found them 37yrs later!!! Lol. So the VIN's were to be stamped for the '68 models on the block pad at the rear, on the pass.side just below/adjacent to the deck, I have the pad & no #'s.
So...this is @slantsixdan .....
As I wrote them;
PT 225R 24110174
Casting #'s to the right of block # are;
01158
AAWJ
Is this a Jan. 15th '68 casting, or a Nov. 5th '68?
2411 on the 10,000 day calender is Monday March 4th '68.
My gut says cast & built early '68 for a '68 model, I'm not sure if all 2806830 castings had the VIN pad, but it is a -1 so My guess is yes. Whatcha think Dan?
This was the Summer of '83, I pulled the Slanty in '85 & the car ended up a cammed 318/4spd/8.75 car. The Slanty became the one I built for My "K6" '72 Swinger. Before I had the block out to be bored & decked, I wrote down the stampings, & actually found them 37yrs later!!! Lol. So the VIN's were to be stamped for the '68 models on the block pad at the rear, on the pass.side just below/adjacent to the deck, I have the pad & no #'s.
So...this is @slantsixdan .....
As I wrote them;
PT 225R 24110174
Casting #'s to the right of block # are;
01158
AAWJ
Is this a Jan. 15th '68 casting, or a Nov. 5th '68?
2411 on the 10,000 day calender is Monday March 4th '68.
My gut says cast & built early '68 for a '68 model, I'm not sure if all 2806830 castings had the VIN pad, but it is a -1 so My guess is yes. Whatcha think Dan?
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