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Old 01-26-2015, 02:04 AM
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Default Re: Julian Date Codes vs Cowl Tag Build Dates

Eddie,

The 1st day of April '69 was a TUESDAY. A car built any day that week, except Monday, would be an 04A car as far as the trim tag is concerned. If that car was built on Monday of the same week, it would have been an 03E (Monday the 31st of March would have been the 5th week of March). Also, it is my understanding that the trim tag date is the date that the car <span style="font-style: italic">began</span> assembly. It may have been completed the same day, but it could have been completed at a later date.

IMO, an 04C car would have had a start build date of 14-18 April.

Ervin,

I belive this is why NCRS shows your car as being completed on 3 Sep vs &quot;08E&quot;. August had 5 different weeks that a car could have been built in. Yours was <span style="font-style: italic">started</span> some where from 25-29 August but, was not <span style="font-style: italic">completed</span> until 3 Sep.
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