68 z/28 starter date (made likely a mistake)

[black69]

Would a 8 G 12 (july) starter be too late for a july 7 engine build date?  I screwed up and focused on the body date of 7 C and thought the starter was the early second week which is before the 3rd week of the body.
Asking the seller to not process my buy it now (fingers crossed).

dam trigger happy fingers today

[x66 714]

The starter was put on at the assm line & not the engine plant. Delco was usually built a couple weeks prior. The 7C is an approx date. Do you have the NCRS report which says the date of completion? My 68 has 8A24 & the car was finished 3/13/1968.....Joe

[black69]

I will check, all I thought it said it was from nickey Chevrolet. Learning a lot on this post. Thanks!

[black69]

Ok,  just read the official production date per NCRS and it was 7/18/68.  That lines up with the 7C on the cowl tag.

So.....what would be the correct date range for the starter considering that info?  Would 7/12 be still too soon (1 week before)?
My guess its a stretch.

thanks for the help.
-bob

[black69]

I am going to skip this starter that is one day short of the car assembly date and look for something in the 2-4 weeks before.
6 days is too close.  I am glad one should not look at the engine assembly date.
thanks for the help!