I think an important thing to remember in date codes is Ford didn't use the letter "I". The letters designating the month progress thru the alphabet omitting the letter I. I imagine this was so the letter I wouldn't be confused with the number 1. So the 9th month (September) would use the letter K.
Bruce
The letter O was omitted as well, so as not to confuse with Zero. There are exceptions to the common date coding ( Carbs, some exhaust manifolds and so on ). 50's era Fords, including our FE's, use some different coding as well.
Not sure when the final 427 block was cast, but they were made into at least 1972.