I've never seen that tag in the picture Duke supplied. Where is the tag ?
I've been told my engine is a 260 but the block was swapped many years
ago in a rebuild. Heads are supposed to be original.
Steve
B9473720
---- Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com> wrote:
> Jeff
> My engine build date is 2 days before yours, Jan 16,1965 with a Tag
> date of Jan 1965; my Tiger's build date is Aug 1965. So in my case the
> engine build date matches the date on the aluminum engine Tag; then the
> engine was stored in the parts bin until August when it was placed into my
> Tiger.
>
> It is possible that there was a production problem and your Tiger received
> the 65 engine or there was a problem with the first engine and it had to be
> replace with a 2nd engine on the line.
>
> If you look a TBON you will note that there are only a couple of Tigers
> built in Nov of 1964; possible strike or production problem, Holidays, Plant
> shut down??? Could be a number of reasons. You could ask Norm if he has
> any details.
>
> Ron Fraser
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces+rfraser=bluefrog.com@autox.team.net
> [mailto:tigers-bounces+rfraser=bluefrog.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> Jeffrey Nichols
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 12:16 PM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Engine build dates
>
>
> "The build date on your Tag is 5 - K, Oct 1965 and 66 for the model year, my
> Tag Date is Jan 1965, model year 65."
>
>
> Shouldn't that build date match the build date stamped on engine block
> located
> near the water pump? According to the BON my car's build date is 10/64
> and
> the stamped engine assemble date is 5A18F which translates to January 1965.
> So someone swapped the engine out and replaced it.
>
>
>
>
>
> Jeff
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