Hi Mike and others interested,
I did exactly as you suggested. For my '55 C300 I reconditioned a New
Yorker block (actually complete engine) to 300 specs and then later I found 2
correct 300 blocks and built up 2 complete additional engines, one for a later
change or to sell with the car in the future and the other just because I
could and I like to build engines.
Another issue that has come to my mind on numerous occasions is the
question
of how the factory marked replacement engine blocks, short blocks and
complete engines (long blocks). I know that at least in some years these
items were all produced. It would be hard to say that such a block
regardless of how marked is incorrect for a given car.
Marshall Goodknight engines---NE5544272, 3NE551536,
3NE552113
&n bsp; C300
3N552650
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Michael Moore
<mmoore8425@xxxxxxx>
To: Bob Jasinski
<rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: LabLoverDC@xxxxxxx, Chrysler 300 Club
<chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Value of
correct date block
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:28:07 -0800
1. Here’s another option to consider. A car with the wrong date code block
casting number might be a glitch. But what if you had that car all finished,
but also had a spare block with the correct date code to go with it?
If you went with the block you have, you’d be on a path to complete
your project. You could then, at your leisure, be watching for a correct date
code block.
You might decide to build up second engine and swap it or just hang
on to the block in the vent you were going to sell the car.
& nbsp;
2. The “matching numbers “ thing can get crazy. I belong to a Jaguar
forum. It was discovered that two members in different states had the
same commission number (English car). There is one number stamped on the front
"picture frames" and the same number is on a welded on label in the boot
(trunk). The numbers on the picture frames were different and how they were
registered, but one car had the other cars boot number. The car whose number
was misplaced had no number in the secret boot location.
When I restored one of my Jaguars, I needed to install a later version
window frame part to accept a modern electric fan. That part is where the
commission number in front is metal stamped. My new window frame came in and I
correctly stamped it using my commission number. I sold my old window
frame part, also with my same commission number stamped, to a man in
Connecticutt. I have always wondered what he did whe n he registered his car.
Mike Moore
300H
&n bsp;
&nbs p;
I can't speak for
others, but I can tell you that my experience with selling a few G's, the
first thing a knowledgeable buyer wants to know, is if the engine is correct
to the car. If it isn't, the price it
commands is compromised, and the potential interest is reduced.
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