with 1876. I have seen one cast on one day and assembled the next day.
Engine casting dates to assembly date
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Do not know the average, mine is a July 1, 66 build date (VIN) and a mid May casting date for the heads, intake and block. I have heard as you got closer to the end of the model year casting dates (block, heads, intake) and build dates sometimes stretched.
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How about cast and assembled on the same day. Saw that one time, and kept thinking no way. The explanation I got was that they were running three shifts, casting occurred on one shift, assembly occurred two shifts later. Still seems had to believe.
Cast at 00:01 am, assembled at 11:59 pm
Cast at 00:01 am, assembled at 11:59 pm
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I had heard that, in the real world, any where from the same day up to about ten days. I don't know how the casting would be cool enough to machine properly in one day but I guess it was.
I have a block dated March 10 1959, my car build date is March 26th. I was going to have the block assy date stamped March 13th, looked it up on the "day" calender and it's a Friday the 13th.
I have a block dated March 10 1959, my car build date is March 26th. I was going to have the block assy date stamped March 13th, looked it up on the "day" calender and it's a Friday the 13th.
Last edited by Steve59; May 18, 2011 at 07:58 AM.
