Reading a 67 fender tag date code

[dan juhasz]

On my 67 GTX the date code is 706. So my question. If the model year changes in August is this car a late production 67. Does that date represent July 6 1967 or am I wrong and it represents July 6 1966

 

[turbine68rt]

July 6, 1967 spd.

 

[gtx6970]

July 6, 1967 spd.

Agreed, probably has a pretty high Vin number as well

 

[dan juhasz]

That's what I thought, a 67 hemi block came online with an assembly date of 10-11-66, I'm thinking that is way too early for my cars build. Thoughts?

 

[dadsbee]

Remember they didn't just cast / build a few blocks at a time vs how few hemi's were sold. Engines sat for a long time...

.. and the car year starts in September.

 

[dan juhasz]

Remember they didn't just cast / build a few blocks at a time vs how few hemi's were sold. Engines sat for a long time...

.. and the car year starts in September.

So in your opinion a Hemi stamped on the pad with 10-11 (1966) could still be considered date appropriate for a car with a scheduled assembly date of 706 (1967)?

 

[dadsbee]

So in your opinion a Hemi stamped on the pad with 10-11 (1966) could still be considered date appropriate for a car with a scheduled assembly date of 706 (1967)?

From what I understand MANY hemi engines sat built before ever finding a car to be installed into, but I'm no expert. Compared to my 69 Bee that the 383 was built 2 days before SPD and the exhaust manifolds weren't even cast until 2 days after SPD.

 

[dan juhasz]

Let’s see if anyone else chimes in