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Originally Posted by Sport71
Most interesting, Dennis and Roger. My YE 483677 has the, I believe more common, casting date of I020 (Sept. 7 1970). I recall other PY'ers posting the same date on their HOs.
Roger - wasn't the strike duration from about Sept. 15th through Nov. 20, or so, adding to the delay between block casting and the engines being VIN stamped and assembled at the A & F body plants?
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Yes, strike was Sept 15th til near Nov 20th.
Pontiac home plant, Fremont, & Van Nuys (F-body) plants came back on line fairly quickly. more research need on '71 Framingham A-body plant.
Lakewood & Oshawa plant resumed production in January '71, so did Norwood (F-body's).
As result of many factors, but namely the '67 day UAW strike sometimes the date gaps became quite wide. The widest date gap i've noted on a substantial component was an original 2 door HW coded 455 frame that PY member Chris Haggerty sold years ago on eBay. Chris had decades ago parted a Framingham built '71 GTO 455 HO auto. It was built, i believe in late Feb '71 & being a lower volume '71 Pontiac A-body plant. the frame was second run AO Smith frame from Aug '70. Less substantial parts like '71 usage side glass & rear glass have been documented be dated out much further.