Engine Number code 351 Cleveland

[Mad RS 7]

Hey Everyone,

  I'm about to put my XE onto the Qld SIV register and am gathering all the info needed.  I pulled the starter motor to get to the engine number but I can't seem to find anything that breakes down the code for me.

I'm reading the code as:

 

J(upside down???)2AE-CA

4015

 

Anyone have a clue??

 

Cheers

[deankxf 21,128]

24 minutes ago, Mad RS said:

Anyone have a clue??

 

engine number?  for rego purpose is on the front left side under the head(behind power steering pump on the block, ) 

 

those casting numbers are something @CHESTNUTXE usually has a fair amount of knowledge of. 

[JG33 36]

5 hours ago, Mad RS said:

J(upside down???)2AE-CA 

That should be a D not J.

D - 1970

2 - second year of that decade so 1972

A - Full size Ford

E - Engine Plant or Division

 

CA - not sure exactly but could be certain revision.

 

5 hours ago, Mad RS said:

4015

 

4 - 1974 0 - month? 15 - day

[bear351c 10,433]

Yeah, thats the casting number. Just used by the foundry. The engine number is between the dizzy and fuel pump, should be 10 or so hand stamped numbers JG34123456K or something.

Matching numbers from the factory are the same on the block, the passenger side shock tower and the VIN tags. Doesn't matter if they don't, as long as the Rego dept has the recorded numbers on their computer. Most peeps don't bother to notify them when they swap engines out. 

[Mad RS 7]

Thanks for the help guys.  The block must have been painted a few times as I could see anything. 

 

After wire brushing the area off I got JK33PU14837K.  Which I read as coming from a XB GT Sedan manufactured in June 1974.  I'm guessing the 14837K relates to the body VIN???

[deankxf 21,128]

39 minutes ago, Mad RS said:

Thanks for the help guys.  The block must have been painted a few times as I could see anything. 

 

After wire brushing the area off I got JK33PU K.  Which I read as coming from a XB GT Sedan manufactured in June 1974.  I'm guessing the 1 K relates to the body VIN???

i'd have assumed it to be either JG or JH 33, PU is related to something, i think month or year or both, the rest is part of the chassis number of the car.

 

if it is a JK? then it is something rare i don't recall hearing about. 

probably be advisable to edit the number out also, just incase there's a way of scamming it somehow (someone could duplicate the number perhaps if shonky?) 

[CHESTNUTXE 7,694]

23 hours ago, deankxf said:

 

engine number?  for rego purpose is on the front left side under the head(behind power steering pump on the block, ) 

 

those casting numbers are something @CHESTNUTXE usually has a fair amount of knowledge of. 

Thats an interesting engine prefix and could be a x file,just make sure you read the block carefully,it all makes sense xcept the JK ,but i might have an answer for you ,my xf ute has a JL40 prefix and someone on here worked out where and what it was,could have been sparky dave,JL40 is the 2nd or 3rd production line at broadmeadows,JK IS THE NEXT LETTER TO JL,so it could be the answer,perhaps a special order car put together for reasons unknown,like a managers car or something,but other than that PU stands for july 1974 build date ,and your cleveland block is a garden variety d2ae casting 2 bolt mains.

[Banno 481]

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[CHESTNUTXE 7,694]

well done banno ,my old man used to own a few shonky car yards around that area in the 70s and i remember the huge FORD SIGN out the front of parramatta road,at homebush,not really sure why it closed as ford and holden were still hot sellers,i might do some research today into that jk33 engine number,as we all know its a gt but my guess is something like this,a customer under warranty wanted his clevo fixed pronto but getting it from melbs or other means was gunna take time,so if he went with his car to say julbellie ford at croydon,maybe the homebush plant had a block and stamped it or something like that,tbh i have never seen a jk33 pre fix,only other thing could have been a rush order car for a reason like a promotion or something,being a mid 74 build xb's were in full swing production at broadmeadows,and i guess all ford at homebush had to do was turn a destined fairmont 351 sedan into a gt sedan by stamping the shell as it was almost the same car except paint job/wheels/possibly cam shaft,but by 74/75 the gt thing was dead and sales where dropping ,ford made a bit of a comeback with the xc gxl and cobra,one thing that bugs me is did the ford homebush plant ever make sedans or was it more like other models like eagle farm at brisbane with the jh fairlane/ltd line,but i can tell you one thing i have owned a xb fairmont sedan 302c t bar and mulberry paint with the jh 34 prefix which is a brisbane assembly car so anything is possible i guess.

[CHESTNUTXE 7,694]

Ok the homebuilt plant shut in 1994,as was home to these models,but no falcons ?

[CHESTNUTXE 7,694]

but they did build mustangs rhd and galaxys,so there is a chance of a cleveland block ?