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Title: Block Date
Post by: ScotiaFE 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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Title: Re: Block Date
Post by: BruceS 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

Bruce

Title: Re: Block Date
Post by: 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. ;)

Title: Re: Block Date
Post by: RJP 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.