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RE: 1969 Mustang Engine VIN
By Rick - 04/06/2005 10:32:48 AM; IP 65.126.255.2
Thank you all for the responses. I have had alot of varying opinions about this subject. Some people emailed me directly and didn't post the responses here and some I talked to on the phone. After reading all the emails both posted and non-posted I have come to the conclusion that the motor is in fact original to the car. I say this due to a multitude of reasons, but mainly I know that Ford had production issues with the volume of 428CJ requests and used "A" blocks and blocks with no markings, etc. So I feel its not out of the question that my block having a "k" after the 9 instead of the right letter (D,T,M,R) is another one of the "borrowing" Ford did from other blocks "like the Fairlane/Torino". So in conclusion the fact that the block number is only a partial vin I am convinced its original, because what are the odds of someone locating a Fairlane block with the last 3 numbers matching my VIN and if someone was to restamp numbers why do it wrong?
Also my car has been parked since 1974, with the original owner telling me the block has never been out of the car. This car has been sitting since 1974 when it sucked a valve and the shaker was never covered and the motor was full of water. When I pulled the motor , water ran out of the crank seal for over an hour and don't mean just dripping. Its at the machine shop and he's trying to get the other 6 pistons out.
If any of you want to see what I mean by the block was full of water , I have pictures of what the top of the heads looked like when I took the valve covers off.
Thanks everyone for your input.
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=24425&Reply=24425><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor24425" onclick="return false;">1969 Mustang Engine VIN</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Rick, <i>04/01/2005</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=24425', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor24425') }); </script>  1969 Mustang Engine VIN -- Rick, 04/01/2005
 RE: 1969 Mustang Engine VIN -- Tony P., 04/01/2005
 Where'd you find that, exactly? What's the block's casting-date? [n/m] -- Mr F, 04/01/2005
 RE: 1969 Mustang Engine VIN -- Mark Viera, 04/01/2005
 Later dated "K"s stood for 429... -- Jerrell Snell, 04/01/2005
Collapse <b>RE: 1969 Mustang Engine VIN</b>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Rick, <i>04/06/2005</i></font>RE: 1969 Mustang Engine VIN -- Rick, 04/06/2005
 Hey, Ric, with Mr. F's permission . . . -- Orin, 04/06/2005
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=24471&Reply=24425><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor24471" onclick="return false;">Uh-huh...so, no point in answering my questions? ;-) [n/m]</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Mr F, <i>04/07/2005</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=24471', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor24471') }); </script>  Uh-huh...so, no point in answering my questions? ;-) [n/m] -- Mr F, 04/07/2005
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=24474&Reply=24425><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor24474" onclick="return false;">RE: Uh-huh...so, no point in answering my questions? ;-) [n/m]</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Mark Viera, <i>04/07/2005</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=24474', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor24474') }); </script>  RE: Uh-huh...so, no point in answering my questions? ;-) [n/m] -- Mark Viera, 04/07/2005
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=24486&Reply=24425><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor24486" onclick="return false;">...or date of assembly. Anyway, onto new business. :-) [n/m]</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Mr F, <i>04/08/2005</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=24486', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor24486') }); </script>  ...or date of assembly. Anyway, onto new business. :-) [n/m] -- Mr F, 04/08/2005
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=27086&Reply=24425><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor27086" onclick="return false;">Mr F, Just curious...</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Mark V, <i>03/28/2006</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=27086', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor27086') }); </script>  Mr F, Just curious... -- Mark V, 03/28/2006
 Someone 'bumped' it, but O/T. I relocated their post. [n/m] -- Mr F, 03/28/2006
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