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[Ice]

Can anybody tell what year this 308  is out of 

25H5 

the clock is at 8 oclock 

thats all i got no engine number block has been decked

cheers 

[yel327]

1975 if 308. If a 304 or 350 could be 1985 or 1995.

Check the sides of the block. 308 on one side, 1975. 308 on both sides, 1985. Blank on both sides, 1995.

Edited by yel327, 08 June 2023 - 07:24 PM.

[hanra]

25th Aug ?5

[Ice]

So its got 308 on one side only so 1975 

Next question fair price for it ? 

oh its a virgin block to 

[Bigfella237]

How can it be a virgin block if it's been decked?

 

Doesn't really matter if it's a virgin anyway if it's got half-a-million kms wear out of it (who knows?), you'd really need to measure it up and even then possibly have it tested for core shift to see how much machining it will stand?

 

And then there's the issue of no engine number...

[Ice]

How can it be a virgin block if it's been decked?

 

Doesn't really matter if it's a virgin anyway if it's got half-a-million kms wear out of it (who knows?), you'd really need to measure it up and even then possibly have it tested for core shift to see how much machining it will stand?

 

And then there's the issue of no engine number...

Virgin bores better ?

[yel327]

Is it a manual or auto block?
Some restamper will buy it and claim it’s original for something. Luckily there is essentially nothing of great value built between September and November 1975 for it to be claimed to belong to. Probably the most valuable would be a HJ GTS coupe.

[Ice]

Thinking of buying it for the right price 

Gee i didn’t find that out Byron good point 

[yel327]

Probably doesn’t matter if cheap enough. Make sure you get sellers address and licence number in case it was stolen in its past. If you wave a flame over the engine number pad the original number might reveal itself. If so
Local cops might run it for you, just tell them you bought it and used the heat trick to bring the number up.

[Ice]

I know the seller 

[yel327]

Yes, but you never know with used engines, always important to get a receipt with name and address on it with the engine number. Without a number, if it ever gets x-rayed and the number is stolen you are in a pickle.

 

I went to buy an engine years ago. It had been in a shed for years. Engine was legit but it had been removed/replaced from a car and car was later stolen. Engine number had not been changed on the car prior to it being stolen, so the number was recorded as stolen - and turned up years later when I checked it via REVS against a chassis number off a rusty wreck. I could have spent money rebuilding it only to have it taken off me as it belonged to the insurance company on paper. It would have been sorted in the end if I had bought it, but you can end up being in trouble for receiving stolen goods and have to go through the legal system to sort it out. In this case I went back to the seller and told him, and he figured out what had happened, but it was up to him to clear the engine number with Police.