numbers on 489 case

[Dave NEO]

on this 489 case example, anyone know what the 0519 may be indicating? thnx

 

[3rdLM23P9]

Week 51 of 1969?

 

[Demonic]

Could be. It could be the 51st day of 1969. It is, without a doubt, a date code.

 

[4spdragtop]

I'm thinking 51st day?? If it was 51st week, wouldn't that be 70 model year?(week of late December?)

Week 51 of 1969?

Could be. It could be the 51st day of 1969. It is, without a doubt, a date code.

 

[toolmanmike]

51'st day of 1969

 

[JBurch]

May first, 1969

 

[toolmanmike]

May first, 1969

Nope. I am talking to a numbers guru on the phone. The date is when the part was cast. Not machined, assembled, or put into a housing and on a pallet waiting for a car to put it in.