That's a great summary. thanks I have the following comments about the dating. I am not sure if I am contradicting much of what you said or not. My car's dating does follow my thoughts below.
Since most of the engine pieces were cast with a date, then assembled and then shipped to the assembly plant, these pieces are normally dated at least a week and possibly many weeks prior to the car's assembly.
There are likely several "engine casting dates." I do not know why a distributor could not be dated either before or after these dates. My distributor is dated slightly after the heads and intake dates and close to the block date code.
All of the items not shipped from the engine plant are often dated closer to the car's assembly date. I believe this is true of every such part on my car including the carb, starter, alternator, steering gear box, brake booster and rear end. (My oil pressure sender is not the original.)
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