<VV> Engine block codes/dates

[Borrrris at aol.com]

When I bought my car two years ago ('66 Monza Coupe 110/PG), I was  pretty 
green about decoding the VIN plate and Fisher body plate.  The only  thing I 
could see evidence of being non-original was the exterior  color.
Two years and much reading later, I am happy as a ... well, as a  Corvair 
owner with a car on which the tags agree, and everything that  should be there, 
is.
So... on to the engine block code. Yes, it is the correct "RH"  code for a 
"66 car w/PG - but from what I've researched, they built "RH"  coded 110s for 
three years; so how to tell if it is THE engine it left the  factory with. I do 
not have any original sales documents or a build  sheet.
Idea: Since the engine block is numbered with a build date, and the  body 
plate is coded for the build week, I figured they should be reasonably  close if 
original.  Here are mine:
BODY PLATE = First week of May (05A)
ENGINE BLOCK= May 2nd (T0502RH)
That close? 
>From Tonawanda to Willow Run; into and out of a railroad box car,  and into a 
finished car before the week was over? 
If any of you are as intrigued as I am by the details of regular  production, 
and the codes that provide a window into it - as I am, let  me know what you 
think.
  Thanks,
  Matt from L.I.  
  ('66 Monza Coupe 110/PG)



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