I read this Date Code as 8J3, but they didnt make 351W in 68 and the Casting Number C9OE indicates 69… Anyone shed some light on this???
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/Liteforcehunter/Cougar/351wCastingNumber.jpg
Production on 1969 cars starts in August of the previous year. So a Sept 3, 1968 casting isn’t out of line.