K-member date code

[Voss]

Numbers question... I think I read somewhere about the K-member having a date code stamping.

Is this the case for all models and years? If it has a date code, what's the location of the stamp?

[charger01]

Not sure about a date code stamping.  I do know I had a k-member out of a 70 charger, and it had a small coin welded to the front of it.  Not sure of the signifigance why, but it was factory.

[John_Kunkel]

The coin contains the last two digits of the part number. Never seen a stamped date but...............

[hemigeno]

At least in '69 the k-members were dated on the front face:

[Lennard]

[lexxman]

I never knew there was any info on thr k-member.I'll have to go look at mine for the hell of it.

[gtx6970]

it's stamped on the forward face - just above where the bracket that comes back from the radiator support attaches to it

[Voss]

After some cleaning I found a date code on my K-member. It is a bit hard to see on the picture, but I am almost sure it is 59 68 1.

Could be 59 indicates day 59 of 1968 which would be February 28. Anyhow, it does not look to be the 4 digit stamping shown above on the '69.

The scheduled production date of the car is 307 on the fender tag (7 March, a Thursday), and the engine is stamped 3 11 on the pad (11 March, a Monday the week after).

Was the K-member stamped on the assembly line just before it was installed in the car?