Need help with distributor date code
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Burning Brakes
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Need help with distributor date code
I have a 1970 454 4spd Corvette that has the wrong distributor. The books say it should be a number 1111464. My 70 was made in March of 1970. There is one 1111464 distributor on Ebay now with a date code of 5L12, and there is a 1111464 distributor ID band on Ebay with a date code of 8H6. Neither of these date codes make any sense to me as they appear to be Nov. 12 1965 and Aug. 6 1968. Perhaps I am not decoding these properly. Please help.
Fred
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First digit is calender year, second letter is the month ('A'= January 'B'=Feb and so on) last 2 digits are the day of the month. so 5L12 is November 12, 1965 just as you said BUT my Corvette by the Numbers book says 1111464 was for a 1970 454/390HP. Somethings not right.
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I have a 1970 454 4spd Corvette that has the wrong distributor. The books say it should be a number 1111464. My 70 was made in March of 1970. There is one 1111464 distributor on Ebay now with a date code of 5L12, and there is a 1111464 distributor ID band on Ebay with a date code of 8H6. Neither of these date codes make any sense to me as they appear to be Nov. 12 1965 and Aug. 6 1968. Perhaps I am not decoding these properly. Please help.
Fred
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I have a 1970 454 4spd Corvette that has the wrong distributor. The books say it should be a number 1111464. My 70 was made in March of 1970. There is one 1111464 distributor on Ebay now with a date code of 5L12, and there is a 1111464 distributor ID band on Ebay with a date code of 8H6. Neither of these date codes make any sense to me as they appear to be Nov. 12 1965 and Aug. 6 1968. Perhaps I am not decoding these properly. Please help.
Fred
Fred
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Burning Brakes
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Thanks for your input. I just purchased this car and it has a good distributor that works fine, it is just a 1971 350 distributor #11112050. I started looking around to see if any 1111464 distributors might be on Ebay and found the two I mentioned.
