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ScotiaFE

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Block Date
« on: May 03, 2015, 07:01:10 PM »
I took the 390 C5ME out of my Fairlane.
Not every block has a date code I guess.
I'm dusting off a different FE for the Lane.

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BruceS

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Re: Block Date
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2015, 09:05:46 AM »
Howie, was it machined away at some point or just blank?  Maybe the foundryman just got in a hurry and forgot to add the plate on the mold that contains the date.  :o

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Re: Block Date
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2015, 05:55:26 AM »
I have to make a correction, it is a C5AE cast block. oops
It does not look like any tool marks, as in grinding to remove it.
Hard to say what happened there, but I would say you can get find a block without a date code. ;)
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Re: Block Date
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2015, 02:18:31 PM »
Quote from: ScotiaFE on May 05, 2015, 05:55:26 AM
I have to make a correction, it is a C5AE cast block. oops
It does not look like any tool marks, as in grinding to remove it.
Hard to say what happened there, but I would say you can get find a block without a date code. ;)
Possible is could be a service block...seen stranger things on service blocks than just no casting date.
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