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[Blair]

Picked this up on the weekend.

1974 LH SL/R 5000

 

Bit of work to do but mostly all there including matching numbers engine. One owner car, sat in the garage its whole life so minimal rust.

What can you tell me about these numbers?

 

Model LH8VD69

Body Num 453268M

Paint 567-15942

308 with M21 box

Full body number ALH022679M

 

 

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[Pallbag]

Wohhhooooo good for you!

[hanra]

74 model by the looks. What do the ID plates look like. Bin those LX side mirrors.

[Blair]

cheers. Anyone know if the M21 box will fit onto an 304 block? think the 304 will be chev pattern, guessing will need a different bell housing. doing this to save the original motor. cheers 

[Pallbag]

I have a 4.9/304 in mine ..... mechanic did the transplant but I cant recall him saying we need a new bellhousing

[Ice]

304 is Trimatic and all Aussie 4 speed pattern afaik 

[Heath]

Gene, huh? 304's are definitely all Turbo/Chev pattern.

 

The question is "Can you put an M20/M21 behind a turbo/chev pattern block?" right?

 

Maybe with an adaptor plate, a re-drilled bellhousing, or if you can re-drill the block? I don't know what options are most practical.

If you throw a Falcon T5 in there or whatever you can just use a Dellows bellhousing that'll suit that. I have a 304 in mine but didn't keep the Aussie four speed so never had to answer that question.

[rexy]

If you are using the Aussie 4 speed you might as well use the original engine cos its going to have to be a stock/mild combo for that gearbox to survive.

[skap]

Stick to ya hot sixes Gino

[Shiney005]

Gene, huh? 304's are definitely all Turbo/Chev pattern.

LV2, V5H, and A9L in VK are all Aussie.

Edited by Shiney005, 29 March 2022 - 09:54 AM.

[Ice]

LV2, V5H, and A9L in VK are all Aussie.

Thanks mate 

What engine did the VL BT 1 have in them ? 

304 Yes 

[Ice]

With what gearbox ? 

[Heath]

LV2, V5H, and A9L in VK are all Aussie.

My sincere apologies. When I see "304" I just think EFI motors or VL stuff (which I assume is all Chev pattern) but I didn't realise they changed the displacement back in VK.

Definitely my bad!

[Shiney005]

The change came with the introduction of Group A. The reduction to 304CI put it below the 5 litre threshold which allowed the VK to race at a lighter weight...........something I would have thought you would know all about.

[claysummers]

I believe there is a Dellow turbo pattern bellhousing available for M20 by the way but yes why bother

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[MFM]

I angst over removing my original engine and replacing it with something else just in case I damage it, but then I came to my senses and realized life is far too short to delay gratification (I'm 60) so I left it in and try to use restraint on the right pedal past 5000rpm. Don't save the original engine for some other person to enjoy. Bring her back to nice and original and you enjoy it while you can as we never know what health surprises tomorrow brings. 

[Heath]

As above. Unless you're spinning it to the moon repeatedly in competition with highly strung components not designed for longevity, the argument for just hotting up the existing motor is a pretty strong one IMO.

[Blair]

Yeah, i only ask as ive already got a 304 in the shop being refurbed. the 304 had a saginaw behind it so safe to say its chev pattern, will consider just using orginal 308 block though

[kudu]

Hi Blair,

I was going to message you today to see if you'd had any luck with this car since your hatch had gone....and voila I see this post!!. Its going to be great to have 2 Contessa Gold LH's just down the road from each other!

[kudu]

Out of interest Blair, your body number is 453268M and mine is 453229M. So they were only 39 cars from each other down the production line. I wonder how far apart that would have been in time??

[Blair]

yeah mate, would be good to catch up, yeah unsure what the time difference would be there, wonder how many where bought into the country aswell

[S pack]

Out of interest Blair, your body number is 453268M and mine is 453229M. So they were only 39 cars from each other down the production line. I wonder how far apart that would have been in time??

Could easily have been the same or the next day, and, as GMH did not produce the cars in sequential number order, it is possible they may have physically been a lot closer to each other on the production line than 39 cars but we will never know. They will have been on the same ship over the ditch.
 

[Shiney005]

And don't forget that HJ Holden body numbers were in that mix too.  Maybe HQ actually. 453268 is around the changeover.

[Blair]

Im trying to ID the block aswell. the engine number is very faint and near impossible to read. the number behind where water pump goes is A282. what does that tell me?

[Shiney005]

28th Jan 1972. It will be a QT engine number from a HQ.