VIN and engine serial number question

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My Cruiser's VIN is FJ4090394, which places it in September of 1970.
My Cruiser's engine serial number is F327681, which places it no earlier than September 1970. 9/1970 starts with F325624 and there isn't another reference until 2/1971 which starts with F341803.

My question is, if my VIN is clearly a 9/1970 then wouldn't that mean my engine would have to have been made before then? As in, is it even possible to have a 10/1970 engine in a 9/1970 Cruiser? Wouldn't the engine and everything have to be in and ready to go when they give it the VIN?

It seems pretty clear that my engine would be a 9/1970 anyway, my serial number is rather close to the start of 9/1970. I'm just curious.
 
I'm not an expert, but they likely made and stockpiled engines ... as you say your engine serial number is close to the beginning of the group between 9/70-2/71 ...
 
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