abnormal spread between block date and body -L_78?

[ratbox]

ANYONE. i've had this car for years and always made me scratch my head. and researched earlier owners back 15-20 yrs. always this motor with car. 1969 nova l-78 ss with correct vin stamped block. block casting date- august 68, assembly date- late sept 68. body build- feb 69. any ideas?
anything weird about 69 L-78 nova's that i don't know about, or is it just mine?

[enio45]

Very strange however my 68 camaro COPO - non converted yenko car - has trans date code of feb 68, block casting in April, assembly date punched in june and car build date in August. Who would think these cars or parts would be sitting around???

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Larger spreads have been documented, if you have the right casting #'s and the vin is on the block, don't worry about it.

[rpoz11]

Consider that there will be assmebled parts for inventory and these will be pulled as needed, or sent as special orders came. GM , I am certain , would keep X amount of stock in inventory as needed! This is where the dates will move around. Consider that Baby Blue Z28 from Coloardo recently, all the orders placed but parts not in inventory, for example. Even the ZL1 cars lacked parts to meet a predetermined December timeline. But Chevrolet was really crankin' about January, 1969 so many parts could be floating about the assembly plants http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[Unreal]

I once looked at a 69 L-78 block with an October 68 cast date, and a May 69 engine assembly date. Don't remember the VIN, to estimate the car build date.

[70-SS/RS-L78]

My 1970 L78 engine was built last week of November 69 and the
car was built first week of June 1970.It is the original engine. For
the limited production cars you will often see a this kind of abnormal
time frame.

[JRSully]

My 70 L78 Nova block has a cast date of A2970 and a build date of 4/24/70 and a car build date of 05B. SULLY

[TimG]

Had a '68 435 vette that was a local, one owner car with a casting date of October 67 and a build date of July 68. It was bult in the final days of '68 production and was the original engine. Why a nine month spread? Who knows, but the original local owner sure didn't know anything about restamping an engine in the late 80's when I bought this car. The engine could have been damaged while being put together and sat for weeks and weeks before being repaired.

[Keith Tedford]

In the old days there was no "just-in-time" delivery. There was a lot of stock stored in the plant. Racks of engines could sit back against the back wall for a long time if the stock wasn't being rotated properly.