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Hello looking for help on decoding a pair of 76 TAs I’m helping a guy who bought one and has it inn his possession and other car will be delivered from west coast in couple weeks. Both are 455 cars. One car has a 400 but i helped him find a complete late build 75 455.
How do you find a build date on these cars? |
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Body build date is on the data plate. (at least when the plate was stamped).
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Will start there might need help with actual month etc ,
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Post a pic of the cowl tag when you get it.
(easier to decode) The month is from 1 to 12 with January 1st month and December 12th The letter after the number(s) will be the week - A is 1st week to D is 4th week. Could have a E for 5th week. Lots of info on the car on tag but no engine size. The VIN will denote what engine is from factory.
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A pic of a 76 cowl tag (with date hi-lited):
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John Wallace - johnta1 Pontiac Power RULES !!! www.wallaceracing.com Winner of Top Class at Pontiac Nationals, 2004 Cordova Winner of Quick 16 At Ames 2004 Pontiac Tripower Nats KRE's MR-1 - 1st 5 second Pontiac block ever! "Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts." "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." – Socrates |
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Thanks Johntal that will be a excellent guide . So one car being delivered has a 73 400 which I’m acquiring for a spare , he’ said u remove it it’s yours. I did message him for the data plate on that car. He really wants a engine that would be close to the build date . I guess from what I’ve read over the yrs that it could be several months before the actual assembly date. Castings obviously heads etc weeks apart.
Last edited by Torquewar; 12-08-2021 at 08:23 PM. |
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Last edited by Torquewar; 12-09-2021 at 09:06 AM. |
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Hope these work and visible
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