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Old 11-07-2008, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by FFR428 View Post
I agree very cool find!! Not many deals out there like that. What is odd is a 66/Feb/11 casting date code and a 66/Sept/19 machine date 7 months later. And used in the 67 R code. Makes you wonder if they stashed the blocks away for the 67 R code Galaxies? Well anyway great score and enjoy!!
Do you think the later stamp date is a machine date versus an assembly date? Were these engines assembled in Dearborn as well or at the assembly plant? If the block was cast in Dearborn and the engine/car assembled in Wayne, I would expect some sort of lapse between the dates. Especially given that Ford would have shut down for model change retooling around mid-April, resuming production in October for the '67 year model.
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