HAPPY 44th

[Fred]

Very interesting.

I don't believe they would have use the Julian calendar either.

[lloyd3]

Maybe this is something Galen dreamed-up, but the last decode manual I read (his?) stated very clearly that Chrysler used "the Julian Calender" to track production dates.  How else do you explain the numbering convention?      I believe that I also have an old "Glenn's Tuneup and Repair Manual" that repeats that assertion.

[lloyd3]

My bad! I reread your day-of-the-year NASA calender and I believe that might actually explain the numbering convention we're seeing. Perhaps the "misunderstanding" printed in those decode manuals has helped to propagate the Julian Calender idea?

[HeavyFuel]

My bad! I reread your day-of-the-year NASA calender and I believe that might actually explain the numbering convention we're seeing. Perhaps the "misunderstanding" printed in those decode manuals has helped to propagate the Julian Calender idea?

Yep, the Julian numbering system has evolved into something commonly used, a variation of the original, and is not really true to the system's origin or intent.

Kinda like how the R/t badging on vehicles now doesn't really mean squat.  You see "R/t" on friggin' Neons and Durangos and 318 cars. 

Sorry for the hijack, Fred.

[68neverlate]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Fred's Charger!
My Charger was born Today 5/28/68.............

Mine too.  We both had a little high octane stuff that night!   

[Fred]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Fred's Charger!
My Charger was born Today 5/28/68.............

Mine too.  We both had a little high octane stuff that night!   

  which one of you back fired first? 

[68neverlate]

Can't recall... I was too drunk! 

I can tell you which one of us woke up the next morning with a hangover, and who did not!       

[Fred]

Can't recall... I was too drunk! 

I can tell you which one of us woke up the next morning with a hangover, and who did not!