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Old 19-11-2012, 09:53 AM   #1
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Default Engine number breakdown info req'd

Hi I have recently purchased a Crete motor and am keen to trace where it come from as in what model vehicle the engine is a 351 C 2v and the number on the block is as follows:
JG34MC 31425K

Any info would be greatly appreciated...

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Old 19-11-2012, 09:59 AM   #2
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May 1972 XA Fairmont
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Old 19-11-2012, 10:05 AM   #3
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Try this link. If you get on it, it has a fairly comprehensive system for identifying ford engines/bodies etc.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Vehicle...ian_VIN_format
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Old 19-11-2012, 11:27 AM   #4
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Default Re: Engine number breakdown info req'd

Whats peoples definition of a crate motor?

When I think of a crate motor, I think of a brand new motor built ready to fit into a car, sent to you in a crate or on pallet.

In this case it must be a reconditioned OLD engine as it has the engine numbers from an Australian xa falcon on it.
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Whats peoples definition of a crate motor?

When I think of a crate motor, I think of a brand new motor built ready to fit into a car, sent to you in a crate or on pallet.

In this case it must be a reconditioned OLD engine as it has the engine numbers from an Australian xa falcon on it.
Where did you think the blocks come from with crate engines?

Old block, new motor is how I know it.

Unless it is an alloy block where new blocks can be purchased over the counter.
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New blocks from the states. Iv bought in a lot of new crate engines for customers and a few 426 Hemi engines and other race engines for myself.
I know there are now a few different versions of new cleveland blocks floating around also.
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Old 19-11-2012, 12:37 PM   #7
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I know that for the crate engines here in Oz, namely Pavtek, buy a lot of used Clevo's from someone I know.
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Old 21-11-2012, 08:22 AM   #8
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Default Re: Engine number breakdown info req'd

Cheers guys, I called it a crete engine because it awas purchased as a rebuilt engine, made of an existing clevo block with all new internals, and it arrived on a wooden crete...
So its an XA Fairmont block, thats a good place to start...
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Old 21-11-2012, 08:29 AM   #9
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Can you tell me what the K stands for at the end of the numbers...
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That denotes it is a V8 for state duty and tax purposes

Both 351s and 302s have a K at the end Of their respective VINs
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