Hey there guys!!.. Interesting thread on here... I´ve heard a lot of versions about matching numbers cars... Mostly because besides the all know engine, trans and body... Judges in this cases checks dates and i believe someone in here posted a vid of a cougar and in that video, the guy said that a correct part for a car must have a date that were close enough from the production date... I believe the gap was a year...
Now as most of you know i have a basically matching everything car because it was unmolested till i got it in 2009... Howeveri have some parts dated in 69 and my car is a 72...
Could that happen because my car was an embassy order and an export car?
It depends if we're talking date code or part number. I believe the accepted time span for date code, such as the 0K30 used earlier, is about 2-3 months. If we're talking part number, such as a C9OE on a fan pulley or something, that is possible because it just means they haven't changed the part since then.
Steve