Need Help Finding out when my car was built.

[kycarnut]

Before I get any Wise Cracks  I know it's a 68. My question is does anyone know how to tell what month and/or day the car was built ? I have the build sheet and it shows a sequence number of 061268. Does this mean the car was built on June 12, 1968 or is this just a coincidence. The reason I ask is because I want to install a 440 in my car but I want one that is Date Code correct. Thanks in advance for any and all help.

[Ghoste]

I'm not familiar with 68 broadcast sheets, do you have the fender tag?

[69CoronetRT]

Look in the next box for the scheduled production date

[kycarnut]

Look in the next box for the scheduled production date

The next box on mine reads "Shipping Order" 119 120935 If this is the production date I need your help in decoding it. Thanks

[69_500]

119 would be for January 19th of 1968.

[kycarnut]

I'm not familiar with 68 broadcast sheets, do you have the fender tag?

Yes my fender tag is still attached to the car. What do I need to look for in order to determine the build date. Thanks

[kycarnut]

119 would be for January 19th of 1968.

So that would mean if I was to use a 440 block date coded for late 1967 that would be correct for my car right? Thanks so much for the information.

[Ghoste]

Yes.

[kycarnut]

  Thanks for all the help. I'm still courious if I can tell the build date by the fender tag just to make sure the build sheet is correct .

[Ghoste]

On the bottom row there will be a 3 digit number that is the second group of numbers from the right, this is the scheduled build date.  If it is January 19, that was a Friday in 1968.

[kycarnut]

On the bottom row there will be a 3 digit number that is the second group of numbers from the right, this is the scheduled build date.  If it is January 19, that was a Friday in 1968.

Well this confirms it. The fender tag also reads 119 so my car was built on Friday January 19, 1968 
and now begins my search for a date coded big block. Thanks to everyone who replied. This is a great community to belong to .

[69_500]

You could actually even use a block used up until say the 25th of january of 1968 because at certain points in the year they typically run about a week later than SCHEDULED production dates. Some engines were assembled up to 4-6 weeks before SCHEDULED dates, others weren't built until up to a week after the SCHEDULED build date.

[Ghoste]

Yes, "scheduled" is an important word in defining the build date.

[John_Kunkel]

All about the '68 fender tag:

http://www.andy440.com/tag.htm

[maxwellwedge]

Yes, "scheduled" is an important word in defining the build date.

Yes - Scheduled means scheduled - It is not a drop dead date. It may have been weeks later or longer if there were any problems. You can look at date codes on things like glass etc. The best stuff is electrical parts because every car used them.

But the SPD will get you in the ballpark. Just some food for thought.

[kycarnut]

You can look at date codes on things like glass etc. The best stuff is electrical parts because every car used them.

I hate to  sound ignorant but can anyone tell me where to find these date codes at.  Thanks

[Ghoste]

They are in various places and in various forms so there isn't one correct answer to your question.  But as an example your wiper motor is one that stands a fair chance of being the original and it will have a four digit number on it in which the first three digits are which of the 365 days of the year and the last digit would be the year.  Such as 0017 meaning January 1, 1967 or 3659 meaning December 31, 1969.

[John_Kunkel]

Here's some date code info:

http://www.mmcdetroit.com/Understanding_Date_Codes/