1964 3-digit engine assembly date?

[Brendan Kummen (36973)]

Hi,

My understanding is the engine assembly date and suffix identification code format is FMMDDXX. However, I saw a car with F074RE, which seems to be missing a digit. Is it possible to have a 3 digit date like this example?

I guess this could be July 4, but based on the VIN (119xxx), the car seems to have been built in June.

Thank you,
Brendan

[John Hinckley (29964)]

Re: 1964 3-digit engine assembly date?

Anything is "possible", but the "RE" suffix was only used from '62-'64, well past the years where months 1-9 only used one digit, which wouldn't make sense with those numbers anyway. I'd say it would definitely attract further scrutiny on the judging field.