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Hi all just wondering if JL279000 would be a falcon engine number? Just trying to establish previous engine type.

It has xd brakes and wheels so was thinking possibly engine was out of a falcon of similar age ?

Thanks for any help in advance

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1st letter: J = Australia

 

2nd letter:

 

G = Broadmeadows (main line)

H = Brisbane

K = Sydney

L = Broadmeadows (secondary line)

 

I'd imagine that if your engine was originally from a Transit, its engine number would start with a "C" as the bodies were made in Europe/UK and bolted together here, like Cortinas and Escorts were.

 

It's more likely to have come from an F-series truck as they were built on the second line at Broadmeadows.

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I know Sydney (Homebush) did Lasers, Meteors and Telstars, but it was pretty much only an assembly plant. I think they did all kinds of knock-down kit assembly so maybe even goes back to Zephyr and Consul and possibly Customline (Thom?). It was built in 1936 so they probably did a lot of different stuff there over the years. The building is still there but has mostly been disused since they stopped assembling Lasers in 1994.

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