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: Build Date Question


Redmanf1
Sep 23rd, 04, 2:19 PM
If your car is a 71 and build date 09 A, Sept first week would that be in 1970? My motor was built on T 08 03 CLB, Aug 3rd 300HP. The ser #'s match. So would my Alt have a 70 or 71 build date? Thanks for any help
Nelson

frank rizzo
Sep 23rd, 04, 2:25 PM
tHE CAR WAS BUILT IN 1971

DaleM
Sep 23rd, 04, 10:37 PM
I'd bet the car was built in September of 1970 as a new 1971 model. Your alternator (and everything else) would have had to be built before the car. 1971 VINs started with serial number 100001 and I'd bet yours is a very low number. The earliest built date for a 71 I have is a LA car dated 8-11 with a serial number of 100013.

Redmanf1
Sep 23rd, 04, 11:48 PM
Dale,
That is what I thought. My body # is
St 71-13667 L 00026 BDY
Thanks for the help
Nelson

Dwayne Martin
Sep 24th, 04, 9:53 AM
I agree with Dale, the car was built in 1970. I have a '71 SS454 that was built second week of September, 1970 (9B on cowl tag). You can confirm this by a high or low vin#. If your vin# is very low you know it's an early car, if its very high, it should be a late car. I'm not sure what the cutoff was for each model year, but I'm sure they were producing the next year model cars by September; I know in my case they were.

elcamino
Sep 24th, 04, 10:00 AM
Without a doubt built first week in Sept of 1970.