Re: Hemi block ID help
[Re: AndyF]
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MN42630035319
MN= Plant identifier for the Marysville engine plant 426= Displacement 3003= Build date October 17, 1969 5319= Sequence number
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Re: Hemi block ID help
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MN42630035319
MN= Plant identifier for the Marysville engine plant 426= Displacement 3003= Build date October 17, 1969 53193= Sequence number
there's a fifth digit to the sequence number for 1970 model year & the partial VIN indicates it is/was a hemi'cuda
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Re: Hemi block ID help
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MN42630035319
MN= Plant identifier for the Marysville engine plant 426= Displacement 3003= Build date October 17, 1969 53193= Sequence number
there's a fifth digit to the sequence number for 1970 model year & it is/was a hemi'cuda So the 3 after the sequence number means 'Cuda? I did not know that. I've never seen any info on decoding the sequence numbers.
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Re: Hemi block ID help
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No, it does not.
It does match a 1970 Hemi Cuda though.
I do have an email contact for the car owner, I just sent him a link to this thread. Way to go Barry! Bet you just made his day, just like your efforts have done many times in the past. I remember years ago, you hooked up the owner of an AAR with a kid who had his TA motor in his Dart that I sent you the VIN # of. Thanks for being an asset to the Mopar community.
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Re: Hemi block ID help
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MN42630035319
MN= Plant identifier for the Marysville engine plant 426= Displacement 3003= Build date October 17, 1969 53193= Sequence number
there's a fifth digit to the sequence number for 1970 model year & it is/was a hemi'cuda So the 3 after the sequence number means 'Cuda? I did not know that. I've never seen any info on decoding the sequence numbers. The sequence number has nothing to do with what car it went into. The VIN on the block told them it went into a cuda. Serial numbers were issued in groups or blocks so if you know the group range you can surmise what type of car it went into.
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Re: Hemi block ID help
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No, it does not.
It does match a 1970 Hemi Cuda though.
I do have an email contact for the car owner, I just sent him a link to this thread. That could be good or bad. If the guy already has a "numbers matching" block in his car then seeing this thread isn't going to make his day..... I should say that this is not my block. I saw the block sitting in a shop the other day and it was so clean and the stamps so clear that I thought I'd shoot some pictures of it just to see what it was. The engine appears to be complete with original intake, carbs, crank, rods, etc. all sitting there. I do not know the back story on the engine but if the owner of the car wants to contact me I could tell them where I saw the engine and they could take it from there. The shop was planning to rebuild the engine so if the car owner wants to buy it before it gets rebuilt then they'll have to make a quick decision.
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Re: Hemi block ID help
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That could be good or bad. If the guy already has a "numbers matching" block in his car then seeing this thread isn't going to make his day..... I guess that would depend on whether or not he paid numbers matching money for the car but got a re-stamped block in the deal instead, otherwise I'd guess it wouldn't be a bad thing at all. I'd be doing the happy dance big time if it were my car and there was an opportunity to get my numbers block back, has the block ever been hurt or repaired Andy?
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Re: Hemi block ID help
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That could be good or bad. If the guy already has a "numbers matching" block in his car then seeing this thread isn't going to make his day.....
I should say that this is not my block. I saw the block sitting in a shop the other day and it was so clean and the stamps so clear that I thought I'd shoot some pictures of it just to see what it was. The engine appears to be complete with original intake, carbs, crank, rods, etc. all sitting there. I do not know the back story on the engine but if the owner of the car wants to contact me I could tell them where I saw the engine and they could take it from there. The shop was planning to rebuild the engine so if the car owner wants to buy it before it gets rebuilt then they'll have to make a quick decision.
Andy, I know what you mean. Could be quite expensive to obtain this block, and then build a whole new engine for your car, but may well be worth it for the owner. Can we keep this thread going with updates? I would love to hear if anything comes of this.
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Re: Hemi block ID help
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That could be good or bad. If the guy already has a "numbers matching" block in his car then seeing this thread isn't going to make his day..... I guess that would depend on whether or not he paid numbers matching money for the car but got a re-stamped block in the deal instead, otherwise I'd guess it wouldn't be a bad thing at all. I'd be doing the happy dance big time if it were my car and there was an opportunity to get my numbers block back, has the block ever been hurt or repaired Andy? Block appeared to be perfect to me. It is 0.030 over and it had old style pistons in it so perhaps it was rebuilt in the 80's or something. I didn't see any damage to anything. Crank looked factory fresh. I didn't spend a bunch of time examing parts since it isn't my motor and I don't know who owns the motor. I just happened to see this super clean Hemi block sitting on the floor and asked if I could shoot some pictures of it. I had never seen the rail stampings so nice and crisp. Thought it was the best original Hemi block I'd ever seen.
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Re: Hemi block ID help
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there's a fifth digit to the sequence number for 1970 model year
I realize that but according to Galen's White Book "Any numbers found after those 13 digits are of no meaning."
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