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Was the distributor put on the engine at the block assembly date? How would they know which one as to which transmission was to be put in? If SBD on fender tag is after block assyembly date.



This is why I asked. But wouldn't the 4 speed cars have the cranks drilled for the input shaft? They must of had a method for automatic transmission and standard transmission motors.





John Kunkel posted a picture showing the engine assembly line with engine blocks being assembled that had bellhousings bolted on empty blocks, machining the bellhousing casting was part of the engine machining so they already knew what engines were 4 speeds and what engines were not BEFORE the engine had the first part installed.

The distributor will OBVIOUSLY be assembled in advance of the engine assembly , how long ?

Also from another thread there seems to be just a few date codes as if these were done in large batches ? Bill Rolick sells repopped tags and I think there are only certian dates ???