480 distributor - date specific

[enio45]

Update on this - it now seems that the 9A20 date on a late 69Z is accepted by the judging staff. There have been a number of examples in the JM data base as well as current cars that are deemed original drivetrain that have the same date.

I do agree, this is NOT always the norm - when product dates vs build date are wide apart, but some are still valid with the proper documentation and historical info.

Another example to the opposite of this is my 69Yenko car BE rear is dated after the trim tag build date - this is because the BE's were on backlog and had to get caught up with the production - thus the yenko car had to sit a week waiting for the BE rear to be finished.

I guess the never say never when if comes to certain component dates - representative examples and an open mind helps. I understand the judging manual is to be updated to reflect the distributor finding.....and i can get 14 points back on the judging sheet!

[William]

Originally Posted by enio45

Another example to the opposite of this is my 69Yenko car BE rear is dated after the trim tag build date - this is because the BE's were on backlog and had to get caught up with the production - thus the yenko car had to sit a week waiting for the BE rear to be finished.

Not my intention to nag, that is a common misconception. The trim tag bears the date the production order was released by Fisher body. It is only a general indicator of the cars' final assembly date as Fisher did not always observe A-B-C-D-E coding. For February '69, they did not use C or E; 02D spanned 22 calendar days. ZL-1s #3 - #39 have 02D tags; none of them were built in February.

If your Yenko is one of the 02D cars [N613xxx] with a BE0305 axle, it was probably final-assembled March 13, 1969. That's plenty of time for the 260 mile trip from the axle plant in Detroit to Norwood, OH.