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Engine number #2624916
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This number is stamped on the pad on the side of pan rail
Block 69 hemi
# 0AI4I468
any body know what it's out of ???

Re: Engine number [Re: 440farmer] #2624930
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I'm guessing either a 1970 GTX or Road Runner .

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Ok thanks
I've got a pic on my phone but havent
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Re: Engine number [Re: 440farmer] #2625004
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Re: Engine number [Re: 440farmer] #2625028
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I wonder if it has a #'s matching block? Can't see the owner's ad...

Re: Engine number [Re: 440farmer] #2625048
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Hmm
Well that makes sense
Story about the motor is it was a street racing engine that the owner from NY brought down to coleman brothers and had built
Then didn't pay the bill
Then some friends of mine got it from Coleman brothers...

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Re: Engine number [Re: 440farmer] #2625918
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Looks like you have the block to the '70 RR that is for sale. Most likely an awkward conversation to follow........

Re: Engine number [Re: AndyF] #2626212
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Originally Posted By AndyF
Looks like you have the block to the '70 RR that is for sale. Most likely an awkward conversation to follow........


Yep I thought so also

Does anyone recognize the car ?
Or may have some knowledge of the owner?
Not sure on what to do- guess i'll send a message to them
Is that a broker or some sort of car search engine??

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Re: Engine number - pic added [Re: 440farmer] #2626645
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Does this look right?

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Re: Engine number - pic added [Re: 440farmer] #2626676
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Those numbers have been re stamped. #'s way too crooked.

Re: Engine number - pic added [Re: 440farmer] #2626690
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Yep that's what I thought
Also there are no stamps up on the top in front of the intake??
Would it be an old warranty block?
Casting date I if I remember correctly is 8/5/69 or 5/5/69

Re: Engine number - pic added [Re: 440farmer] #2626711
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The font looks funny, especially the '1' and the '6'.


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That pad in the picture looks like it has a miss-stamp on the upper edge in a smaller font.

Re: Engine number - pic added [Re: 440farmer] #2626784
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the looks like a typical hand stamp from the assembly line using the body stamp digits, the same digits with the correct font are on the edge of the machined area

there shouldn't be anything on the top pad except possibly the "WT" or "TW"

what's the "MN426" stamping info below the starter mounting?

Re: Engine number - pic added [Re: 440farmer] #2627012
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Thanks Dan.
Haven't looked there recently - last time I looked at the motor has been years ago. With all the hype about " Barn finds" I was wandering what exactly that motor came out of. That's why I took a quick look at the pad. Is there any other things I can look at to give any clues ?? I'll check it..

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Here's the numbers next to starter

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Also it seems clear that the '1's are instead 'I's and that does dot make any sense at all. Completely fake!

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The stamping "MN":refers the the place where the engines were cast, but right now I can't remember the exact location. Sorry...

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"Fake" can be a loose term when it comes to replacement blocks, etc. Dealers were actually allowed to re-stamp the numbers on replacement/warranty blocks/transmissions. Though, most were rarely done.

Re: Engine number - pic added [Re: cdp] #2632816
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2947 assembly date shows a final assembly date of August 22nd 1969 which aligns with an early 1970 built car (the 0A VIN tells us its a Lynch Road 1970 production model car VIN). The VIN stamping may look odd but it looks perfectly legitimate to me. I don't see anything wrong with any of those stampings. .02

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