<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi All<div><br></div><div>Not trying to hijack this thread but I thought that while everybody is looking at their casting and build dates I would throw out that I am looking for a C40E block with a casting date from oct or Sep 63.</div><div><br></div><div>My Tiger is one of the first to roll off the Jensen line (0033) on 19June 64 with an engine from the E7KL engine group. When they found the car the original engine had been replaced by a 289. The P.O. who restored it put in a period correct 260 but the build date had been decked and it has a casting date from Apr 63...probably a bit early for an engine in the E7KL group.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, if anybody has an engine with the casting dates above and you are considering selling it...let me know.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Jim<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Oct 29, 2017, at 11:26 AM, Larry Mayfield via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Yeah, I read that also. M however, lots without that letter. I have 5 different blocks and today I am going to look and record every one of them including the casting part number and date codes for block casting that I can get to. I am officially curious now. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">mayf<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Tigers [<a href="mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron Fraser via Tigers<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 29, 2017 6:23 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'J D Johnson' <<a href="mailto:j_d_johnson@earthlink.net">j_d_johnson@earthlink.net</a>>; <a href="mailto:tigers@Autox.Team.Net">tigers@Autox.Team.Net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] All I have to do is learn how to type. "5s" & "6s" do look kind of alike.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> Some of the date codes Ford employed did contain a shift designation but not the engine assembly date code.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Although it has not been totally confirmed that last letter in the assembly date code is believed to be the Inspector’s letter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ron Fraser<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Tigers [<a href="mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>J D Johnson via Tigers<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 28, 2017 7:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> Larry Mayfield <<a href="mailto:drmayf@mayfco.com">drmayf@mayfco.com</a>>; Tiger List <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] All I have to do is learn how to type. "5s" & "6s" do look kind of alike.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Wow,<br><br>Hard to imagine Ford having all those shifts....<br><image001.jpg><br><br>JD<br><br>At 03:03 PM 10/28/2017, Larry Mayfield wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I heard from a guy who does this kind of stuff for a living. He said the last “C” in the date code is actually the shift that it was manufactured (machined) during. 1<sup>st</sup> shift is A, 2<sup>nd</sup> is B, and 3<sup>rd</sup> is C. So my guess is that the block was cast a couple of weeks before machining, then on the early morning if the 31<sup>st</sup> of March it was machined and made ready for assembly. He said the probability of fonding a matching date code down to the shift was pretty slim. <br> <br>Mayf<br> <br><b>From:</b> J D Johnson [<a href="mailto:j_d_johnson@earthlink.net"> mailto:j_d_johnson@earthlink.net</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 28, 2017 7:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> Larry Mayfield <<a href="mailto:drmayf@mayfco.com">drmayf@mayfco.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Tigers] All I have to do is learn how to type. "5s" & "6s" do look kind of alike.<br> <br>Unless I'm completely misinformed, the final letter of the assembly date = engineering level change,<br><br>JD<br><br>At 05:08 AM 10/28/2017, you wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Interesting date code you sent. What does that last “C” mean.. rest of it says March 31st, 1966 [6=1966, C= March, 31is day of the month, last “C” =?????]. Perhaps where it was machined? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">mayf<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a></span><br><span>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a></span><br><span>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a></span><br><span>Unsubscribe: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jliny5@cox.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jliny5@cox.net</a></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>