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Started by footnfan, October 16, 2020, 10:36:11 AM

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footnfan

May I get some help on ID'ing the date on this carb please. It was on  6S2166, and removed when the car was converted to primarily a track car. 0689, does that indicate that irt was made in June 1989?

https://imgur.com/a/5DgfvhP



69mach351w

#1
Quote from: footnfan on October 16, 2020, 10:36:11 AM
May I get some help on ID'ing the date on this carb please. It was on  6S2166, and removed when the car was converted to primarily a track car. 0689, does that indicate that irt was made in June 1989?

https://imgur.com/a/5DgfvhP



Actually the date code is:
68th day of the year 1979, 1989,1999,etc...

Dan Case

#2
+1  1960s assembly line and service part assemblies had three digit date codes in the form year/month/week.  Later service units, even through a Ford dealer, used a Julian Date code in the form day/year.

(If you have a 1950s or 1960s Ford with an assembly line mechanical fuel pump made by Holley Carburetor Company®, the original pump would have been dated in the same year/month/week format as the carburetors. That includes the original fuel pumps for Cobras CSX2001 through CSX2125.)
Dan Case
1964 Cobra owner since 1983, Cobra crazy since I saw my first one in the mid 1960s in Huntsville, AL.

footnfan

Thank you so this is likely a service unit from 1969 I would think? Thank you again.

69mach351w

Quote from: footnfan on October 16, 2020, 01:32:02 PM
Thank you so this is likely a service unit from 1969 I would think? Thank you again.
I'd say 1979, because like Dan Said, 1960's service parts date codes are the 3-digit year/month/week.  Later service units into the 70's and beyond were of the 4-digit Julian date codes.

Hope this helps. 

gt350hr

+1 '79 because of the change in coding. '69 coding would be 932 . '69 , 3rd month , 2nd week.
Celebrating 46 years of drag racing 6S477 and no end in sight.

footnfan

Thank you VERY much.