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Mar 24, 2012 | 11:23 AM

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Is it typical to substitute the upper case I for a 1? The listing is here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...CA:MOTORS:1123

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Mar 24, 2012 | 11:27 AM

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Yes, here's a photo of mine. The one character just before the "7" is and "I".

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Mar 24, 2012 | 11:40 AM

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"I" was used in place of 1 in the engine identifier date code.

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Mar 24, 2012 | 03:10 PM

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Engineering directed the engine plants to use the "I" character in place of the "1" character back in 1957.

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