Sorry for all the questions. One more on date codes

The engine was built in a separate plant and shipped to the assembly plant usually without a vehicle designsted. For example, my K engine was cast on August 11, 1965, assembled on August 23, 1965 but the car was scheduled for October 18, 1965.

Jim

If you don't mind, post your VIN up to the last two numbers and I "may" be able to figure out a "close" SCHEDULED build date (my K is 6R09K1218xx, built in San Jose on Oct 18, 1965). I don't like to publish my full VIN because of scammers.

Jim

Cars miss their scheduled dates routinely. My original engine was assembled on April 9, 1963 and the car's scheduled date was April 9, 1963. Obviously, my car was actually assembled at a later date. Cars can be assembled before and after their scheduled dates. For engines, you know exactly when it was assembled. There is a lot more "slop" for engines being well before the car's sceduled date than after the sceduled date, but I would say that any engine between two months before to one month after, should not be questioned. Outside of that range is reason for a question.

And what about toploader? My Kar was sheduled January 6, 1965. This is a HEH-T but the date is impossible to read. What was the range for the transmission?

Is it possible to know the toploader date range with the HEH-T tag?

Your door data plate date code should be 20R, which is April 20, 1965. That is a scheduled build date, the actual can be a week either before or after. In effect, nothing on the car "should" have a date after April 20. Ford date codes have several formats and the best source for decoding that is the Concours Mustang Forum. Typically, a week before on sheet metal, two weeks for seats, three and up for "K" engines and "K" transmissions. The picture shows the engine assembly date.

Jim