I have unpacked a couple of carbs that were in boxes with my chevelle. One I believe to be the original 7029201 with a correct date code, and a second one with a 7043202 FS and a date code of 2442. Anyone care to take a crack at this one for me?:clonk: I believe the date code is early August 1972

Dave

REF: http://www.chevellestuff.com/generic/rochester_carbs.htm

70 ~ Prefix code for all late 1960's Rochester carburetors
..2 ~ Decade
....2 ~ 1960's
....3 ~ 1960's with A.I.R
....4 ~ 1970 to 1975
..8 ~ Year
..2 ~ Model
....0 ~ Monojet (1-bbl) Federal Standards
....1 ~ Two jet (2-bbl) Federal Standards
....2 ~ Quadrajet (4-bbl) Federal Standards
....3 ~ Monojet (1-bbl) California Standards
....4 ~ Two jet (2-bbl) California Standards
....5 ~ Quadrajet (4-bbl) California Standards
....6 ~ Varijet (2-bbl) Federal Standards
..1 ~ Division
....0, 1, 2 ~ Chevrolet
....4 ~ Buick
....5 ~ Oldsmobile
....6, 7 ~ Pontiac
..9 ~ Transmission
....Odd numbers w/manual transmission
....Even numbers w/automatic transmission
FF ~ Customer code
1658
165 ~ 165th day of the year beginning with January 1
8 ~ year

244 would be August 31, 1972 (1972 was a leap year).