fender decoding

was just wondering if anybody was deep into date codes to know how to figure out the date codes on our fenders????
THANX LATER SCOTT

 

According to Duanes date code book the fenders core supports etc.had the Julian date on them. Example if they are stamped with 21 that is the 21'st day of the year. 131 is 131'st day etc. Rear qtrs are coded by week I believe.

 

Are you sure the date codes for fenders and core supports are not "week" as in 48 = a December date?

Check your book again and see.

 

Glen, unless they had 127 weeks in the year back in the 70's it cannot be week. I have a fender with a 127 on it!!!. ... I did check the book again and as I noted it is the Julian day of the year. Page #36 of Duanes book shows the Julian date for front end sheet metal. I read this as fenders and core support, etc. I believe the other way is for rear qtrs which have other info as well.

 

Dave,
You better go back and look at my book again. The index for body panels, sub section front fenders, shows 2 possible date coding systems.

One is week of the year (page 35)and the other is day of the year (page 36).

For this particular part, the date coding system used depends on the production year.
Duane

PS. If you check the book you will see that some other body panels also do the same thing.

 

Ahhh grass hopper...it is both ways at once.

Year dependent makes more sense.

 

OH GRASSHOPPER
Please help the unwise. where the hall do i find the date codes.67 skylark, i am looking for fenders and core support
THANX SCOTT

 

I am not really up on the 67 parts but I believe the date code on the 66-67 fenders is at the bottom, near where they bolt at the rocker panel.

The rad supports should have a "year" code near the headlight areas, and should have "week" codes stamped into each piece before it was welded together into a unit.
Duane

 

I guess my world just revolves around 70-71.

 

Here ya go Dave....

A few examples.

1st - 1970
2nd - 1971
3rd - 1972

:TU:

 

WELL OK thanx guys i will look. and see if i can find them
LATER SCOTT

 

Thanks Dave, What in the heck is that TO on the 70 fender?

 

Dave,
That's not a "T0" but an "01", the date code is upside down in relation to the part number. Therefore that fender was built in the first week of the year, and as it's a 1970 model year fender it was produced during the first week of 1970.
Duane

PS. If you look at the 72 fender picture that David Walker posted, you will notice that the date code is stamped very lightly. All the 72 and replacement fenders were stamped this way. So if you have a 70 or 71 model car with a 3-digit date code on it then it's wrong. :laugh:

The only exceptions to this may be very late 71 cars as I never checked to see exactly when the change over of date coding systems took place.

 

ok about the rims??? my rim has a 12 3 wo stamped on it how does that work

 

Hello Guys not sure if this is polite
but what about
Trans Tags BA 72-BA-330
72 BA 1495?
sorry for the bud in.
Larry

 

I guess I see some bondo in my future to fill in that extra digit.ou:

 

does anyone know about the rims???????????????
thanx scott

 

Rims don't have a damn thing to do with fenders, except they sit in them, but if your wheels have a "WO" application code then they sound like 1973-1977 14x6 chrome rims.
Duane

 

Well I Am Sorry For Bothering You Duane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

Scott,
I was only teasing ya.......................................

Did the "WO" application code work, they should be 14x6 chrome rims with the hub sunk back 3/8" making a small lip between the hub and rim.