My car's production date is approximately the first week in November. Please give me the numbers I should be looking for in my search for restoring my car.
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Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
Ron, The November '63 FI unit is quite unique compared to a typical (later) 63 unit. All 63 units are 7017375 though.
The serial number of the unit would be in the low teens.
But beware of bogus tags on later units. You need one with recessed nozzles blocks. No chrome except for the flag.
You go by the engine build date and not the serial number of car Ron. Especially with the distributor. You distributor tag would read 1111022. Tag dates precede the engine build date. John -
Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
Thanks John for the valuable information. I definitely need to make sure that I only purchase one from a trusted individual. I assume the engine build date precede's the serial date by a few days, let me know if this is correct.?
RonComment
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Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
Ron, Probably two weeks or less in most cases but not always. You should be able to get a better answer than this from the guru's here. JohnComment
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Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
There is a graph of vin numbers VS. fuel unit serial numbers somewhere on here.Comment
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Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
early batch of 022 distributors dated 2F15 if memory serves me correctlyComment
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Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
I gotta believe an injection unit around serial number 1517 should put you deep into the ball park.Comment
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Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
Hi Jimmy, As you mentioned the FI distributors were built in batches and in intervals when needed.
The earliest 022 tag we observed so far is 2F4.
Ron did not give us his engine build date by going by his serial number he said his car is 1st week in November.
The letter "I" was not used for the month of the FI distributor tags so Ron's distributor tag would be 2J26, or 2J9 or 2J6. Even an H tag would fly.
He could not use a "K" tag as the K's numbers are too late for his October engine.
Don Baker knows the distributor tag dates much better than I do. JohnComment
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Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
Thanks for the information for this NOM early big tank car believed to have been a race car at one time.
Regards,
RonComment
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Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
John DeGregory (2855)
You need one with recessed nozzles blocks. No chrome except for the flag. John, What does a recessed nozzle block look like? I have an early 7017375 unit (#1449). I had to replace all the nozzle blocks but still have the ones that came in it and thought they were original. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Don H.Comment
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Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
Don,
What John is describing is the area just under the nozzle block. On early doghouse castings, there is a recess which lets you see some of the threads of the retainer bolt:
This area was built up on later castings, obscuring the bolt.
JimComment
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Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
Jim, That's a first class pic there of the recessed nozzle block unit.
The early recessed nozzle block plenums had 2 bosses on each end of the plenum. If you had a radio car the rear two bosses were removed. By November 62 no more bosses sticking out the front of the plenum.
A little know fact: All the 63 to 65 plenums (except the sand cast one ) had the 4 bosses. We call them bosses but in fact they were used in pouring the mold for the casting. So from Nov 62 till the end of production the bosses were machined off.
Refer to posts here from a few months ago by Robert Boutot concerning the same subject for his Early 63. JDComment
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Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
Do anyone know how many of these recessed nozzle plenums were built in early 1963?Comment
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Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
Jerry, I don't know of an exact number. I asked Rochester Products chief engineer that question and Frank Sciabica said less roughly 3-400. JohnComment
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Re: early 63 Fuel Injection & Dist. Part Number
Jerry. Recessed nozzle block plenum with bosses. About a 100.
Bosses machines or cut off. 300 plus.Comment
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