Posts by 6F09KANADA_old

  • HELP decoders and Date people!!

    1. My 1966 K code block has the following assembly date code stamp 6A5-X, what does the X mean?


    1. Does this build/date sequence seem correct?


    Exhuast Manifold C115

    Intake Manifold 5D27

    Distributor 5F8

    Heads, (both), 5L4

    Block 5M10

    Steering box 5M27

    Engine Assembly date 6A5-X

    Carb date 6BA

    Car build bate 6B25

    Car sale date as per original invoice March 15, 1966.

  • Re-uniting original engines back in Kars

    21.04 I think that there is such a mechanism in place here at the HPMX just for that purpose, I am sure someone will chime in and add to this thread about that topic. You bring up a good point though. I wonder how many cars are cruising around with someone elses numbered motor in their car...or even worse, a 'restamped' standard 289 block with fat mains line bored in....yikes!

  • K code registration ethics question

    Great answer and thank you round2K. I see that you are from the same neck of the woods as I am, (Abbotsford here), maybe I can lean on you for advice from time to time. The reason I ask this question was for a few reasons.


    First of all I was lucky enough to find a long lost K code fastback, (registered as an A code here in Canada). I was able to register it properly as a K code car and, as a result actually able to find the original owner. He still had the original bill of sale and many pictures of it from 1966 for me to "build the car to." I bought the car July 1st of this year, and was able to trace its original registration through ICBC, enabling me to properly and legally register it as a K code, (1st time its been registered properly since 1971). Obviously all standards of proof had to be met for this process to occur.


    I have always been the kind of person who prefers originality over anything else when it comes to classic cars. To me this kind of car deserves to be restored to the condition and appearance that it would have been in when it left the factory. The one thing that bugged me was that my cars original engine was long gone, until I found it last week, (still in BC). That kind of made me wonder, what stops people from re-stamping blocks with the 'correct' VIN and what stops those same people from passing that car with a re-stamped block off as a numbers matching, original car?


    I realize that a car does not have to be numbers matching or original to be in the registry. I completely agree with your philosophy that if you do put your car in the registry you should disclose those details to the registry. There seems to be a way that incorrect engines and the like can be disclosed in the registry. I see that if certain symbol appears next to the VIN it indicates a certain thing. For instance a '#' means "transmission only," a '@' means "engine only," a '+' means "body only" and so on. Because there are so few of these symbols indicated beside the VINs in the registry it makes me wonder how much of this information is actually disclosed. I suppose from a legal standpoint its really only necessary to disclose these things if you sell your car. If you were to claim it to be an original engine car and you know or become aware that its not, shame on you.


    Thanks for your help!

  • K code registration ethics question

    Please forgive me if this is the wrong spot for this question but these seems to be where all of the experts post. I was wondering if it is ethical or even legal for that matter to represent your K Code Mustang as "numbers matching" if you know that your block is not original to your car and/or a restamp? It seems to me that this would be fraud if you did not disclose that kind of information. If you are putting your car in this registry and you are saying that its numbers matching shouldn't it be? Otherwise, whats the point of the registry. Can someone please advise?

  • Free 1966 Hi-Po Carb Tag

    Recently I bought a 1966 K code carb from the GOOD people at PONY CARBS. It had the wrong date code on the tag for my application but they were NICE enough to supply me with the correct one for FREE!


    I am passing the favor on to my fellow Hi-po Exchange members. I can send you a picture if you like, I havent been able to figure out how to post one here. Here are the codes;


    AUTOLITE

    C6ZF C

    A 6GD

    If this works for you, you are welcome to it. Please do not ask for it simply to post on eBay or Craigslist, its really only worth about 20 bucks. Let some one who can use it have it. Thanks, Rob.


    *Thanks for the correction Mark!