66 3247 carb dating to car build

[John H.]

I need some direction pertaining to how close the carb can be to the build of the car. My 66 427 was stamped 1129 on the pad and the car is a 10400 vin which I put close to a January 10, 1966 assembly. The car was licensed on January 26, 1966 on the west coast which in those days was a few miles from St Louis. It should have been delivered some time between those dates.

The car is very original but the carb was stolen in 1968 which it has a correct 3247 with service date of 68. In Nolands book there is an example of a 8600 vin car with a 5A3 holley date. This would be a short time frame.

My question is would a 5B3 be too close for my VIN?

[Bill Clupper]

Re: 66 3247 carb dating to car build

The carb was installed at St. Louis, so any correlation with the engine date is unnecessary. as long as you are comfortably ahead of the car's assembly date, allowing time for the carb to have been shipped to the plant you should be OK. A Dec '65 carb should be good for a Jan build date car.

[Bill Clupper]

Re: 66 3247 carb dating to car build

The carb was installed at St. Louis, so any correlation with the engine date is unnecessary. as long as you are comfortably ahead of the car's assembly date, allowing time for the carb to have been shipped to the plant you should be OK. A Dec '65 carb should be good for a Jan build date car.