While visiting a friend's 62 GT Hawk to get the info for the GT Hawk Registry, I noticed that there was no engine number machined into the top of the block on the driver's side. I was once told that no number meant engine replacement with a factory short block. Is this correct?
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Peter Bishop -
Probably, Peter. Another good way to tell would be to see if it is a full-flow engine and compare that with the car's serial number. If the serial number is too "early" to have a full-flow engine, that would confirm a replacement engine being in the car. BP -
Unless someone popped in a '51 232, in which case the number would be in the rear passenger side. Unlikely.Brad Johnson,
SDC since 1975, ASC since 1990
Pine Grove Mills, Pa.
'33 Rockne 10, '51 Commander Starlight. '53 Commander Starlight
'56 Sky Hawk in processComment
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And there should be a cloverleaf on the number pad for a replacement engine. StevesigpicComment
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From what I've been told, the Heavy Duty replacement engines had a cloverleaf, a standard replacement engine won't, I've got one of each. They do both have a faint "keystone" inspection stamp, but you really have to look for it.Skinny___'59 Lark VIII Regal____'60 Lark Marshal___Comment
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