Topic: Odd date casting on diff carrier

[Oz390]

May '68 car, pinion support casting is 8E3, which is in line with the car... carrier is 8O27, misshaped C or Q for March?

[TLea]

its in front of you but from here looks like C. No Q used

[Andrew@MagMustangs]

I agree with Tim. It looks like a C. I have never seen anything past an M (December) in that date code format. It would revert back to an A for January of the next year.

[CharlesTurner]

My vote is 8C27.  Don't recall seeing an 'O' ever used for a date code.

[J_Speegle]

My vote is 8C27.  Don't recall seeing an 'O' ever used for a date code.

At least not for the month code. Year and dates - plenty of "O"'s

[CharlesTurner]

That's the difference between 'O' and '0'... check your keyboard!   

[J_Speegle]

That's the difference between 'O' and '0'... check your keyboard!   

So its Cheeri0s not CheeriOs???   

[CharlesTurner]

So its Cheeri0s not CheeriOs???   

Cheeri0s - Cheeri-zero-s !!
CheeriOs - Cheeri-OHHHH-s!!

[Oz390]

Yeah, the flash gives it a different look than natural light... I guess the "C" used about a 0.148 mm gap between the open ends!  Some sites note the use of a Q, but never seen it...  I'll guess it sat for two months for some reason, fell off the truck or in a back corner.... 

[CharlesTurner]

Typical 'Q' usage for dating has been for second year runs on warranty tags of a model year.  For instance, Mustang production starting in March '64, but being a 1965 model year... when the normal March '65 rolled around and they were still making '65 models, then Q had to be used.  Think there is a chart in the shop manual that shows the month codes as they apply to warranty tags (VIN plates.)