Topic: Hood latch support date code

[cob428]

Was it common for the date codes to be reverse stamped? Trying to decipher the actual date code for my support?

[cob428]

Here is the mine

[J_Speegle]

Was it common for the date codes to be reverse stamped?

Common? IMHO no but that does not mean they have not been seen that way (individual letters reversed)  Worker at the stamping plant just put the number ingot in the die backwards. Thought initially that you meant the complete date was stamped from the other side of the panel.

You will find another one on the lower arm of that assembly that connect to the lower grill & front valance

Trying to decipher the actual date code for my support?

Did you read the article on date coding in the Library? Look under the sheet metal section

In your example we have 3 22 D2  = March 22, Dearborn stamping plant, 2nd shift. There was a change in the lettering usage later in the production year that would not affect this specific piece

[warwick]

I have a 68 Cougar - May build. The hood latch support is stamped 2 9 2 A (equally spaced) from top. I wondered a little about it, but 1968 was a leap year and the 29th was a Thursday so I thought it was Feb 29 first shift.  I can't recall the exact date code on piece beneath it but  I think it was a March date.

[J_Speegle]

I have a 68 Cougar - May build. The hood latch support is stamped 2 9 2 A (equally spaced) from top. I wondered a little about it, but 1968 was a leap year and the 29th was a Thursday so I thought it was Feb 29 first shift.  I can't recall the exact date code on piece beneath it but  I think it was a March date.

Invite you to start a new thread for your year and possibly model (not sure that the hood latch supports are shared between Cougars and Mustangs, since this tread is focused on 69's