Dave -
It WOULD be a Spitfire engine, if it started with FM instead of FP. The
1500 Spitfire engines ran from FM1UE to FM168502UE. The same blocks
destined for 1500 Midgets were stamped with a serial number in the same
series starting with FP (i.e successive blocks coming off the line might
be FM1001UE, FP1002UE, FP1003UE, FM1004UE, etc.)
Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net
> Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 20:06:16 -0600
> From: Dave Quirt <quirt@sk.sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: More Info: Original 1500 Engine
>
> Mike:
>
> It is a Triumph Spitfire engine number. A 1500 engine, which came out in
> 1973 and went to 1980/81. The 51719 suggests a 1976 vintage to me. The
> head may not be original.
>
> Dave Q.
> As and Bs
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