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Author:  norton [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:46 am ]
Post subject:  Cooper S engine Number
What do you think about this engine no. ? 9FXEY5521
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 0237819725
Author:  drmini in aust [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:06 am ]
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I reckon there's a digit missing- my 1970 S motor is engine # 9F/XE/Y5546*
Author:  peter1 [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:10 am ]
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Interesting that the pic of the number on the block seems to show just the 4 digits - maybe the original stamping was lost when/if the block had been planed, and re-stamped incorrectly?
Author:  Wombat [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:14 am ]
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looks complete in photo

Image
Author:  peter1 [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:16 am ]
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Nah - still only 4 digits after the Y - should be 5. Or am I going blind?
Author:  AJ [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:32 am ]
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Should be 5 digits , its been re-stamped , also has the wrong type of font for the letters and numbers , and is missing the spacing slash between the letters ie : 9F / XE / Y
Author:  peter1 [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:40 am ]
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Yep - just went and checked mine and the font is quite different. So there's a good chance that this one either
1. has been stamped incorrectly in error after skimming (and there are signs in the pic that there has been some skimming/filing?)
2. is not the right block, and in an attempt to make it look like one, been stamped wrongly.
Author:  9YaTaH [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:31 am ]
Post subject:  Overstamped
and you can see the previous numbers faintly....maybe it was done by an engine reco place and they cocked it up :oops:
Author:  drmini in aust [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Overstamped
9YaTaH wrote:
and you can see the previous numbers faintly....maybe it was done by an engine reco place and they cocked it up :oops:

Could be a dodgy no restamp, the surface isn't a nice flat surface grind or milled finish.
Author:  Wombat [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:47 pm ]
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Hmmmmm when you play around in Photoshop there is a 2 under the F and the x looks like it has been placed over a / as there appears to be more of the / below and in line with the / part of the x - if you get my drift. Also appears to be a 9 under the 9 - all the faint numbers are half the size of the clear numbers
Author:  drmini in aust [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:45 pm ]
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Not that it'd definitive for date but is the block a thin or thick flange.
Number looks to me like it could have been a Mk1 block, overstamped as a Mk2.
Author:  DOZ [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:51 pm ]
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smog head fitted too :?

Daniel
Author:  drmini in aust [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:34 pm ]
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DOZ wrote:
smog head fitted too :?

Daniel

Nothing at all wrong with a 12G1316... as long as you don't pretend it's a kosher S one.8)
Author:  DOZ [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:43 pm ]
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drmini in aust wrote:
DOZ wrote:
smog head fitted too :?

Daniel

Nothing at all wrong with a 12G1316... as long as you don't pretend it's a kosher S one.8)


True - just pointing it out as even if the block had a police number, it could still be an S. The head definately isn't though and it seems odd to me...not that I really care either lol

Daniel
Author:  Morris 1100 [ Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:36 pm ]
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I don't think that it is a Cooper S block at all.

I would want to have a good look at it before passing judgement but I am very doubtful about the engine. I think the car is the real deal but the engine looks wrong.
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