1970 442 w-30
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You've conveniently ignored the "2" on a 1969 model year car. The 41 day number shows Feb 10, which would be 1968 if the "2" was the year. Only FIVE months before the first 69s were built... What's the build date on the car?
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[QUOTE=joe_padavano;1408721]You've conveniently ignored the "2" on a 1969 model year car. The 41 day number shows Feb 10, which would be 1968 if the "2" was the year. Only FIVE months before the first 69s were built... What's the build date on the car?[/QUOTE
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#87
So car built at the very end of March 1969, but a "2" mold number and a Feb 10 casting date. Sorry, but Feb 10 1969 in a car assembled the end of March makes a LOT more sense. I guess that shoots a hole in the "calendar year" theory, which would have been a "3" if it were true.
#88
67 GTO HO block (K 19 6) November 19 1966
68 427 BBC Service replacement block (H 19 7) August 19 1967
Back to the discussion about olds Engines. Here are some photos of the castings on the motor out of my Toro. I thought the "68" in the photo below referenced the casting year of the block. Second photo shows mold number 1 and casting day 30. The car has a Feb 68 build date on the trim tag. Does the 68 on the back of the block reference the casting year, something else, or is it just considered a random number?
Last edited by Loaded68W34; February 25th, 2022 at 08:46 PM.
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Back to the discussion about olds Engines. Here are some photos of the castings on the motor out of my Toro. I thought the "68" in the photo below referenced the casting year of the block. Second photo shows mold number 1 and casting day 30. The car has a Feb 68 build date on the trim tag. Does the 68 on the back of the block reference the casting year, something else, or is it just considered a random number?
#90
On service replacement parts, please remember that automotive manufacturing is a chain of mechanical processes. There is a condition typically called "full" when you cannot make any more parts because your next line, or the trucks you load to, are not moving due to weather, manpower, parts issue from somebody else, or mechanical failure. What many component lines do is make service replacement parts at that time until that method is also full, then, they too, finally stop. I also don't put much faith in making rejected parts into service replacement parts as the ability to make a part work by the line is very high, and something would be unserviceable by the time it was rejected by the line. So, I would think that service replacement parts are made sporadically during the production run, then stopped at retooling and after a set quota have been made.
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On service replacement parts, please remember that automotive manufacturing is a chain of mechanical processes. There is a condition typically called "full" when you cannot make any more parts because your next line, or the trucks you load to, are not moving due to weather, manpower, parts issue from somebody else, or mechanical failure. What many component lines do is make service replacement parts at that time until that method is also full, then, they too, finally stop. I also don't put much faith in making rejected parts into service replacement parts as the ability to make a part work by the line is very high, and something would be unserviceable by the time it was rejected by the line. So, I would think that service replacement parts are made sporadically during the production run, then stopped at retooling and after a set quota have been made.
#93
The original car in question is back up for sale on Bring a Trailer. Buyer backed out from the deal that he agreed to and has been banned from that auction site for life. Guess wifey wasn’t too privy on him spending $80k on a car.
Last edited by Bigmikey65; March 5th, 2022 at 05:19 PM.
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So the “build date” on this car is 11/26/69 ? (Build Order Card shows N/26 - I’m assuming that indicates November 26th). And the Protect-O-Plate shows a date of 04/09/70. Was the Protect-O-Plate usually issued to the customer on the day that the new owner took delivery of their new car ? What would be the possible reasons for the lapse in time ? Maybe this particular car was ordered by an Olds dealer ?
Last edited by Bigmikey65; March 6th, 2022 at 08:22 AM.
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