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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><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 [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net] <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 <drmayf@mayfco.com>; Tiger List <tigers@autox.team.net><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><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wow,<br><br>Hard to imagine Ford having all those shifts....<br><img width=488 height=281 style='width:5.0833in;height:2.927in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D35097.36B1C4A0" alt="Emacs!"><br><br>JD<br><br>At 03:03 PM 10/28/2017, Larry Mayfield wrote:<br><br><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><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a> <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></body></html>