Just acquired a 1950 F1 that was last tagged in 1980 and was rodded back when. Just started to research engine and transmission and I think it is a 302/C4 from 1960's. Pretty sure the engine transmission was a matched swap from a donor. Tag on transmission has the following PEE V over C8OPG K9B. MY be from a 1969 Fairlane or Torino. Can anyone help confirm that? Thanks.

 

PEE-V = C4 - 68 289 302 Fairlane, 69 302 Torino, 69-70 302 Falcon


C8OP = was an Automatic transmission designed for a 68 Ford Fairlane. But it doesn't mean it came out of a 68 Fairlane.

Not sure on that date code. I'm use to two numbers and a letter not two letters and a #. One of the letters should be the month and the other maybe the assembly plant? It might be Feb 69 or Oct 69? Someone that knows more ( like Numberdummy ) could tell you.

 

Thanks! Getting there

 

I believe the date codes are C for 60's, D for 70's, etc. The number following the letter is the last digit of the year. C8-- would be 1968.

For example, my 289 is C6--, so 1966. My C4 trans is D5, so 1975.

 

Hello....and welcome to the forum. You should post a pic or two of your project truck!

Dan

 

That's not the date code. That's the casting/engineering #. And just because it's a 68 casting # doesn't mean it's 68 part. That just means that version of the part was designed/redesigned in 68.

I believe the date code would be the "K9B". Which would be a 69 date code. Uncle Bobby are you sure the last digit is a B and not a 8? If it's an 8 then the date code should be Oct 8th 1969.

 

Thanks, definitely K9B, very clearly stamped and tag is in good condition.

 

Thanks for the clarification. The searches I had done indicated what I had posted, but you can't always trust the net (obviously).

"The Ford casting number always starts with the 'Decade' letter'(see table 1.3). Ford started using this structure in the late 50's with the first letter being 'B' . In the 60's the letter changed to 'C' and 'D' for the 70's and so on. The Decade digit is always followed by the 'Year' number. The combination of Decade and Year indicate the actual model year the part was originally designed for" (from the MustangTek site).

 

You need to pay attention to that last line. If you have a part that has a C8OE casting # then the oldest that part could be is a 68. But Ford had a tendency to use casting/engineering # on multiple years. So just because it's C8 doesn't mean it's not a 69 or a 70.

 

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind and will know more when I ID the engine because I am pretty sure they were together from a donor.