Thread: 409 hi-po heads
View Single Post
  #3  
Old 01-04-2021, 09:15 PM
RPOLS3's Avatar
RPOLS3 RPOLS3 is offline
Yenko Contributing Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Rockford, IL area
Posts: 3,650
Thanks: 6,370
Thanked 3,202 Times in 1,075 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by tom406 View Post
Hi Jake-quick question on the date codes. Since these heads were cast with the Julian date codes of DEC 12 and DEC 17 (non leap year http://www.348-409.com/numbers/hdc.html ), are you having to extrapolate that they’re 1962 heads since production of 690 heads apparently ended Nov 12 1963? That makes sense, but I’m wondering if there’s any way to tell ‘62 and ‘63 castings apart if the Julian numbers were, say, October dates instead. GLWS
My assumption is they are 1963 model year production heads (dated late 1962). My understanding is that anything prior to late 1961 castings (for 1962 model year production) have an actual calendar date vs. the Julian date. If I am incorrect or someone has better or more accurate information please let me know and I can update the posting.

Thank you.
__________________
Jake Dykstra

Dykstra Motorsports
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to RPOLS3 For This Useful Post:
olredalert (01-04-2021)