I have a block with the following info, what does it mean? : On deck- 8 W 225 6076, on the driver side- 530-7, 0468.

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71 Dart /6 2bbl, 72 Dart 360- 11.10 @117

8: Engine built for a 1978-model vehicle.
W: Engine built at Windsor Engine Plant
225: Cubic inch displacement
6076: Engine built on 17 March 1978

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Thank you!

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71 Dart /6 2bbl, 72 Dart 360- 11.10 @117

Dan, can you explain how this is determined, so even I can understand it?

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

First you eat a lot of cereal and save the boxtops. Then you send them off, together with $1.70 postage and handling, and wait eight to ten weeks. Then your secret decoder ring comes in the mail. Some assembly required, batteries not included. Once your parents put it together, you put it on and shift it into "date code" mode, then apply it directly to your forehead, and then those date codes read out as calendar dates! Simple.



Actually, these date codes are days on a 10,000-day calendar wherein day (0000)1 is 29 July 1961. They count up from there. I have an Excel spreadsheet that lets you put in the date code and it spits out the calendar date. There's a web version here. Note you have to do a reality check on the result, because sometimes a 4-digit date code is simply a regular day and month (such as "1024" meaning 10/24, that is 24 October.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Thanks, Dan

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225