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Randy Mitton · January 12, 2015, 06:54:19 PM

Just courious...my build date is 08A...would this be number on pad be right..V0801 ME ..It is a V8 glide.but has the hump heads....Randy

Ramjett54 · January 12, 2015, 07:31:02 PM

Car built first week of August
Engine built August 1st
August 1st 1968 was on a Thursday
Seems right to me

Randy Mitton · January 13, 2015, 10:40:48 AM

Hmmmm..car is a 67...thanks Randy

Mark · January 13, 2015, 11:43:56 AM

August 1st was a Tuesday in 1967. 1968 was a leap year, so instead of the following years date being one day off as usual, its 2 days off. (usually if august 1st one year was a tuesday, the following year it would be a Wednesday). Calendar week of August 1st 1967 could be either an 07E build week (if one exists) or 08A depending on how Fisher dated the tags since the calendar month changed after the start of the work week.

Petes L48 · January 13, 2015, 11:52:57 AM

Keep in mind that the 08A where A is the "week" of August, does not necessarily match up exactly with an August 1967 calendar. Here's and old thread link below that discusses this. Given this, you may have more separation between the engine build date and the Fisher scheduling date than you think. IMO you're okay. It's doubtful for a 327/210 car that anyone would go through a lot of effort in finding a "date correct" replacement engine or attempt a re-stamp.

http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=2522.0

vtfb68 · January 13, 2015, 03:25:06 PM

The 1967 fisher calender is posted in the prototype thread.
VT

Petes L48 · January 13, 2015, 04:53:09 PM

So if I'm reading it correctly, Fisher's "A" week of August 1967 would have run Sunday 7th through Saturday 13th.

KurtS · January 13, 2015, 08:08:13 PM

If you believe that calendar was implemented at the assembly plants as written, I have a 5-mile ZL1 I'll sell you cheap. Or a bridge, your choice.

Petes L48 · January 14, 2015, 11:16:38 AM

Thanks Kurt, that's what I thought. Takes more than a couple assumptions to get to that claim.

bcmiller · January 14, 2015, 12:46:00 PM

Quote from: Randy Mitton on January 12, 2015, 06:54:19 PM
Just courious...my build date is 08A...would this be number on pad be right..V0801 ME ..It is a V8 glide.but has the hump heads....Randy

Randy,

For common drivetrain components, the date can be very close to the build date of the car. But even this can vary based on the month and year due to supply issues. etc.

So that engine seems fine for that car.

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