69 manual steering box
 

Can anyone decipher these boxes...Differences in the tops? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]..thanks https://www.yenko.net/attachments/use...1-img_1103.jpg
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I have 2 of the 142 manual boxes with aluminum tops that both came off 70's. One off the convertible, the other off that Atlanta car I have in there now. I also had one with an aluminum top that came off a 69 6 cylinder car that I gave to Ray a few years ago.

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Al
Check the date codes that are stamped on the machined pad on the edge of the covers.
and read this

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...;Number=204381

Mike

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My 67 has the fill hole in the cover. The top box is 69/70 style

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They are Julian dated.
The top one was cast the 328th day of the year and the stamp on the machined tab has a number which is the machining or assembly date 1 letter 4 numbers. The first being a letter (plant code?), next 3 being the Julian date, the last 8 or 9 being the year in which it was assembled. Julian will probably be within a few days of the casting - 33x 8 OR 33x 9.

EXAMPLE BELOW:

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thanks guys! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img]

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Doesn't the f41 package on the SS cars have a quicker ratio? Any way to tell by the numbers an f41 box or just do a lock to lock turn?