59A Date?

[2935ford]

Would this be a date of the block on my 59A?

 

[JayChicago]

From what I have read at VanPelt’s site and elsewhere, any info on the meaning of the casting symbols from the foundry have been lost to history.

 

[2935ford]

JayChicago, thanks, I had read that. Sure looks like it's a date but the block is a '42 Merc block so 7 2 46(8) would not be correct.

 

[19Fordy]

I have always thought those type of markings were related to the "shift" and somehow to the factory calendar date code the block was cast.

 

[V8COOPMAN]

Would this be a date of the block on my 59A?

It COULD be, or a work shift, or a foundry worker code of some sort, or a foundry code for the particular iron's chemistry/make-up......WHO knows? Like others have said, NO ONE alive today has a clue as to what the majority of these lost casting marks refer to. DD

 

[ford38v8]

What makes you think your block is a 59? You say your block is a '42. 59's didn't come out till 1945, and had a large 59 on the bell.