Re: 400 or 440

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In a message dated 4/12/2004 10:45:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
earlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> I have never seen one?? I have read that also, but I have never found
> a 400 without a cast crank. You know Chrysler, any thing is possible.
> I have a H code 440 that has a 69 date code block, and I know it is
> original, because the engine number matches the car vin that the block
> came out of. I want to know what that block was doing from 69
> to 72. Nothing surprises me anymore


     Ha Ha Ha  Yeah tell me about it. Ive never seen a forged crank 400 
either.  Your right anything is possible with Ma  Mopar.  I just spoke with a 
gentleman this past weekend who worked at the engine plant for Chrysler for 35 
years, (he claims).  He told me that motors would come down the line and if 
something would be wrong with it they would tag it and send it to the storage area 
to be fixed. He said that a few times they would get laid off for months and 
months and when they would be called back they would be going like crazy trying 
to catch up. The motors that were set aside to be reworked were put on the 
back burner and sometimes it would be a year before they could get to them. He 
did say that most of them went for dealer replacements but he did know a few of 
them that were put right back on the line after they were fixed. They would 
have the wrong casting numbers on them but the correct VIN would be stamped for 
the car.  LOL   Probably happened at all the car companies back then. 

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