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

 

[68jim]

There were no 426 blocks cast in 1967. So any 1967 and even early 1968 Hemi cars will have 1966 casting engines. I believe they cast the next batch of blocks sometime in Jan 1968. There was a thread either here or on Moparts where people submitted various casting dates found on their hemi blocks and someone even submitted foundry records from Chrysler showing how many 318, 340, 383, 426, 440 were cast during the different model years. So a 66 cast block in a 67 model year car would be correct. There were no VIN/SO numbers stamped on the blocks until 1968.

 

[dan juhasz]

There were no 426 blocks cast in 1967. So any 1967 and even early 1968 Hemi cars will have 1966 casting engines. I believe they cast the next batch of blocks sometime in Jan 1968. There was a thread either here or on Moparts where people submitted various casting dates found on their hemi blocks and someone even submitted foundry records from Chrysler showing how many 318, 340, 383, 426, 440 were cast during the different model years. So a 66 cast block in a 67 model year car would be correct. There were no VIN/SO numbers stamped on the blocks until 1968.

This conversation was more about the stamped info on the pad and if it is way to early ( 9 months) for a scheduled build date.