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1960/79 Parts catalog engine ID charts show Cleveland (C), Windsor (E then W).
No mention of any Dearborn engine assembly plant in the 1960's/70's.
The foundry is at The Rouge in Dearborn.
No mention of any Dearborn engine assembly plant in the 1960's/70's.
The foundry is at The Rouge in Dearborn.
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All the engine ID tag codes are listed, as are the engine assembly plants.
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68= the model year.
4= Would be change level me thinks.
7= is the year of production 1967
L= the month of production of Nov.
K 401 J engine code.
On the engine code I'm not certain if the K and J apply and just the 3 digit number was the code.
So the tag is from a 68 428 produced in Nov of 67.
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401 = 428 4V / Passenger car VIN engine code: Q = used for this particular 428 4V 1966/70.
Had a '66 T-Bird once, it was a Q code 428, t'was nothing special.
Had a '66 T-Bird once, it was a Q code 428, t'was nothing special.
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Those are foundry marks. The foundry is located at The Rouge...in Dearborn.
The only engine assembly plants back then were located in Cleveland, Ohio and Windsor, Ontario Canada.
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Well the tag is from a 428. Whether or not the engine is a 428 would need to be found out. Unless you know the entire history of the vehicle that little tag is pretty easy to swap. I've seen my share of shifty s#!t pulled by people and that's an old favorite. So....
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I suppose that comes from the Shelby designation? 350 or 500?
My pickup has Shelby covers on it..............so every "expert" tells me it's a Cobra motor? Or even better a 454?
I used to get real tired at car shows listening to the "book expert" tell me about whatever(they read it somewhere, so therefore they KNOW it's true).
I really like the ones that come up to your car/truck and say "I used to have one just like it"...........only it was a 4dr(not a 2dr), blue(not white), big block(not small block), etc. Just LIKE it!!! ya.
My pickup has Shelby covers on it..............so every "expert" tells me it's a Cobra motor? Or even better a 454?
I used to get real tired at car shows listening to the "book expert" tell me about whatever(they read it somewhere, so therefore they KNOW it's true).
I really like the ones that come up to your car/truck and say "I used to have one just like it"...........only it was a 4dr(not a 2dr), blue(not white), big block(not small block), etc. Just LIKE it!!! ya.
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My favorites are the ones that say they had one just like it but put a 350 in it. WTF?!! In my head I say, "What an unimaginitive retard. Why didn't you just go buy a friggin Chevy then since you love em' so much?" It's the same thing in the Toyota Land Cruiser world.
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