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Old Mar 26, 2018 | 08:47 PM
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Question for the masses and showing my lack of knowledge:

What's the odds of the Body Build Date and the Engine Build Date being exactly the same date? Guess it happens, ...just don't think I'd ever run across it before.

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AOS body or St Louis? If the body was built at AOS and the engine at Flint and both shipped to St Louis for assembly, I can think of a scenario. Is the vin birthday a little later?
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AOS body or St Louis? If the body was built at AOS and the engine at Flint and both shipped to St Louis for assembly, I can think of a scenario. Is the vin birthday a little later?
St. Louis - Assembly date 12 days later. All seems to time out right, just found it a little strange. Maybe not?

BTW, thanks for your electrical help a couple of years back. Had to go with a new wiring harness. Just too much corrosion in too many places.

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St. Louis - Assembly date 12 days later. All seems to time out right, just found it a little strange. Maybe not?

BTW, thanks for your electrical help a couple of years back. Had to go with a new wiring harness. Just too much corrosion in too many places.
No problem, I hope that means you got it all worked out.
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Entirely plausible.

My '65's has a final assembly date of 1 June, 1965, with an AOS body built on May 19th, 1965. The original engine is missing, but could have easily have been assembled at Flint on 19 May as well.

I'm building a 327 with a May 14th engine assembly date, with a May 13th, last hour of second shift casting date.
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