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If my memory is correct, the location of the date tags were changed in late February thru March of 1969. They were changed simply because date tag charactors wouldn't draw properly from that angled surface. Thus, the date charactors on the early castings were often hard to read. Also, the cope (top) mold machine operator had to index his pattern out of the machine once per hour to change the time clock - so he could better clean/monitor the date tag condition. It was a running change on the patterns. The muller on the MIV block line was the oldest and least efficient ( I believe that it was made by Baker Perkins) of the 8 sand mullers (the rest were all Simpson mullers). Thus casting finish on the BB blocks was never great.