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The Cars => 1966 Shelby GT350/GT350H => Topic started by: footnfan on October 16, 2020, 10:36:11 AM

Title: Carb Id
Post by: 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


(https://imgur.com/a/5DgfvhP)
Title: Re: Carb Id
Post by: 69mach351w on October 16, 2020, 12:18:07 PM
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


(https://imgur.com/a/5DgfvhP)
Actually the date code is:
68th day of the year 1979, 1989,1999,etc...
Title: Re: Carb Id
Post by: Dan Case on October 16, 2020, 12:47:59 PM
+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.)
Title: Re: Carb Id
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Carb Id
Post by: 69mach351w on October 16, 2020, 01:56:51 PM
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. 
Title: Re: Carb Id
Post by: gt350hr on October 16, 2020, 02:07:53 PM
+1 '79 because of the change in coding. '69 coding would be 932 . '69 , 3rd month , 2nd week.
Title: Re: Carb Id
Post by: footnfan on October 16, 2020, 06:57:37 PM
Thank you VERY much.