HEMI BLOCK CASTING DATES????
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10/13/08 09:51 PM
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Were any blocks produced for the 1967 model year?Or did they use '66 blocks untill the '68's were poured?
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Re: HEMI BLOCK CASTING DATES????
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10/13/08 10:21 PM
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No 1967 HEMI blocks were cast. I've been keeping a scorecard on casting dates for 20 years now. The latest 66 block is 10-31-66 and then they were not cast again until 4-15-68. So unless you own one of the very last 68 hemi cars it's going to have a 66 block in it. All 67 Hemi cars would have a 66 cast block. As an interesting sidenote they only cast blocks 4 times in the whole year of 1969. 5-18-69 5-26-69 7-28-69 8-18-69
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Re: HEMI BLOCK CASTING DATES????
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10/14/08 09:10 AM
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So when did the 67 models go into production?Would a 10/10/66 block still be in a 66 or 67??
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Re: HEMI BLOCK CASTING DATES????
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10/14/08 09:56 AM
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So when did the 67 models go into production?Would a 10/10/66 block still be in a 66 or 67??
10/10/66 is 2 months into the 67 MODEL YEAR , you would NEVER see that casting date in a 66 model year built car ORIGINALLY .
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Re: HEMI BLOCK CASTING DATES????
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10/30/08 12:33 AM
10/30/08 12:33 AM
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All 67 Hemi cars would have a 66 cast block. As an interesting sidenote they only cast blocks 4 times in the whole year of 1969.
Not all of them did, some 67 cars had leftover 65 blocks. The 67 Hemi Belvedere I had, SPD 11/22/1966, had an 8/17/1965 casting date block wich was assembled 11/16/1966. Although I've never seen one, it's also possible that a 68 car recieved a 65 dated block, there was no order to when 65 or 66's were used, they just pulled and built them at random.
As mentioned, no 67 blocks were cast.
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Re: HEMI BLOCK CASTING DATES????
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10/31/08 11:29 AM
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You guys are right. I've got a block that's probably from an early 68 car that has the #'s on the pad MN42633601 overstamped w/ 12-16-67, but the casting date is 10-3-66. The VIN looks like 201381A8. Will post it in the lost & found forum later.
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Re: HEMI BLOCK CASTING DATES????
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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10/31/08 07:59 PM
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Anything date cast in 1965 or 1966, then depending on the build date of the car, 68 castings, which began around March 15 of 1968 as mentioned above in another post.
No, what I mean is in the year of 1968 what were the dates Chrysler cast the Hemi blocks?
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Re: HEMI BLOCK CASTING DATES????
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11/01/08 11:30 PM
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No 1967 HEMI blocks were cast. I've been keeping a scorecard on casting dates for 20 years now. The latest 66 block is 10-31-66 and then they were not cast again until 4-15-68. So unless you own one of the very last 68 hemi cars it's going to have a 66 block in it. All 67 Hemi cars would have a 66 cast block. As an interesting sidenote they only cast blocks 4 times in the whole year of 1969. 5-18-69 5-26-69 7-28-69 8-18-69
Hmmm...what's this???
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Re: HEMI BLOCK CASTING DATES????
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11/02/08 11:19 AM
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A service block has nothing stamped there. Don't know about short blocks that had already been partially assembled.
Yes, service short block or a complete service engines would have had assembly information stamped into them somewhere (location varied with the year), obviously a bare block would not.
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