Quadrajet Date Code?
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Quadrajet Date Code?
I have a 1972 454 with manual transmission. The carburetor is a #7042217 which is all ok according to this website:
http://www.carburetion.com/quadnumber.htm
But - instead of a 4 digit date code under the serial number this is what I have:
7042217
M1 0 FF
What does the second part mean?
http://www.carburetion.com/quadnumber.htm
But - instead of a 4 digit date code under the serial number this is what I have:
7042217
M1 0 FF
What does the second part mean?
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I believe what you have is a Carter built Qjet where M = Dec and 1 = 71, FF = cust code....not sure what the 0 stands for.
Last edited by gq82; Mar 28, 2007 at 06:35 PM.
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ur trim tag will have date on top right corner next to the word chevrolet. Will be a letter and numbers.
Example would be A15, A being 1st month of build. August 15
I'd say with ur seriel number u'd have a build date of Feb. sometime. If built in feb. ur date code would be the letter G followed by date
Example would be A15, A being 1st month of build. August 15
I'd say with ur seriel number u'd have a build date of Feb. sometime. If built in feb. ur date code would be the letter G followed by date
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there ya go. What part of cali u in. Coming out to visit my son this fathers day. Some big car show that weekend in San Luis Opismo. Have already spoke with some others on site and they say a great weekend show. So the more the merrier.Keep in touch]
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We're a few hours south of San Luis Obispo. It is really a very nice part of California - getting toward the central part of the coast - it is a Mission town. Go to Hearst Castle then up to Monterey if you get the chance - can't go wrong.
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Yes very beautiful area. spent last 2 thanksgivings with him. Coming this yr for the SLO show that fathers day weekend. heard from him and others here a nice weekend show. He's at Cal Poly Tech
Going to help hiim with his resto he's trying to do, when school allows. While i'm there also.
Going to help hiim with his resto he's trying to do, when school allows. While i'm there also.
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Glen,
GQ82 answered that question regarding the M1 date. Carter build quadrajets used a letter for month and number for yr. Thus M1=Dec 71. They skipped the letter I as it looked too much like the number 1, Rochester built quadrajets used the julian date code with 4 digits.
The FF denotes plant where carb was made.
GQ82 answered that question regarding the M1 date. Carter build quadrajets used a letter for month and number for yr. Thus M1=Dec 71. They skipped the letter I as it looked too much like the number 1, Rochester built quadrajets used the julian date code with 4 digits.
The FF denotes plant where carb was made.