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    Re: Date this 515B?

    Quote Originally Posted by Old Guy View Post
    The black crinkle has been used off and on, don't trust that to date it.
    Right, my '55s are black crinkle.

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    Re: Date this 515B?

    '73 as evidenced by the square QC/inspector's stamp.
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    Re: Date this 515B?

    Quote Originally Posted by bowtie427ss View Post
    '73 as evidenced by the square QC/inspector's stamp.
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    Re: Date this 515B?

    What about the early cone part number then?
    Most 515B are 21184.

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    Re: Date this 515B?

    Quote Originally Posted by bowtie427ss View Post
    '73 as evidenced by the square QC/inspector's stamp.
    Works for me since a NIB matched pair of '71 421-8H [391142] have this version of the stamp.

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    Re: Date this 515B?

    Quote Originally Posted by bowtie427ss View Post
    '73 as evidenced by the square QC/inspector's stamp.
    What time period was the square stamp used ?

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    Re: Date this 515B?

    I have a square QC stamp on my 64 604E, but mine doesn't have a line through the middle of it.

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    Re: Date this 515B?

    Quote Originally Posted by cradeldorf View Post
    I have a square QC stamp on my 64 604E, but mine doesn't have a line through the middle of it.
    Is the cone number 21184 with no additional revision numbers(without -2 or -3 after it)?

    Out of curiosity, how do you know it's '64 and not '74?

    What time period was the square stamp used ?
    Mid 60's(nobody seems to know exactly when they started) thru 1980-81.
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    Re: Date this 515B?

    Quote Originally Posted by magnarc View Post
    What about the early cone part number then?
    Most 515B are 21184.
    You are assuming it is early. It likely is not. The 75 cone number I posted above is almost the same. 21090 for this one. 21092 on the 1975 sheet.

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    Re: Date this 515B?

    I guess I automatically assumed that as they progressed through the years that they no longer made the old models. That's why I figured that a 515 B was an early driver. I was not aware that they continued to make "B" models all the way into the 70's. I was wrong my 604 does have a line through the QC mark. and the cone number appears to be followed by a 3. I do not know whether it's a 64 or 74 other than I figured once they started making the g's h's and k's that they no longer made the E models.
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