I personally like the dates on that block Dave-the other 0606 assembled block is cast within 4 days, so it all seems very plausible for shipments of engines heading from Flint to St. Louis in and assigned to cars when they arrive. The one car with the month earlier cast and assembled engine looks like an outlier. I like using Adams' database because I think he collected info before the information stream got too polluted with restamps. I wish I had access to pictures of the stamps to help verify my confidence in them. If you look at things like the pictures in the C2 Registry, its very helpful, but you have to look at the pics themselves and decide if you're buying them as real.
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