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A12,
if the scheduled prod date of that car is 4 26
it seems odd that the date code on the motor is May 19th, 69.
It is passed the date of the car.
Any other date codes on the car to confirm this?
Jules




Jules, as Rick pointed out with the two "scheduled" A12 production dates they used those dates as target dates and then Fleet Engineering tried to slide in as many "package" cars into any production line openings as possible. Chrysler originally only planned to build 1,000 A12 package cars and used those two SPD's as the starting point but as we all know now they made just over 3,300 Bee's and RR's with the A12 package and not on the two SPD's of March 29 (329) and April 26 (426). As Rick said they were built well into June '69. My 426 SPD A12 rr was built around May 7th-May 9th and it has a VIN of 9A270XXX and a K-frame with 120 9 1 (120th day, '69 1st shift) which is April 30th as you know. http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/custom.html?year=1969&country=1&hol=1&doy=1

The "package" cars were not in normal sequence or even close in some cases, just a targeted possible starting point for feeding them into the production line by Product Planning and Fleet Engineering.

If the OP would have asked about any other car than an A12 the wiper dates may make more sense but check out the VIN's of all of the known registry A12's with either a 3-29 or 4-26 Scheduled Production Dates (SPD) and it is quite a spread..... http://sixpacksixbbl.homestead.com/registry.html

Jules, maybe with your knowledge and info you can put a better spread of dates on the wiper motors for the 3-29's from 9A239XXX and then the 4-26 to 309xxx SPD's? Thanks

MikeR