This is what I have C40E-6015E---4E22 99 percent sure I have the original
block it was painted black. Also have a couple of questions my 260 has been
sitting for quit afew years on the garage floor and the bores have started
to rust I know the bores are thin wall, but has anyone had their 260 rebuilt
if so did you use 10 thousand over pistons or what and are they available,
also my car came with the optioned intake that says tiger on it also
painted black . Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks Kevin
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com> wrote:
> Bob
> That number should also be on the Vin Plate.
> A27KA = 4/27/64 engine group
>
> 4E16F = May 16, 1964 the engine build date
>
> C40E-6015E engine block casting started production in May, 1964
> 4E11 = casting date May 11, 1964
>
> Everything here is consistent.
>
> This probably means all the A27KA engine group are the C40E-E casting which
> was the last casting change for the 260 block
>
>
> The inconsistency of the engine numbers, I believe is due to shipping and
> storage of the engines.
>
> I don't know the details for this but here is how I see it. The
> Cleveland Foundry casts and builds the engines, then they go to packaging
> and shipping where they probably receives the valve cover labels and
> numbers. The engine and transmission are crated and packaged for shipment
> in sequential order and possibly put into cargo containers. The crates
> and
> containers are in 1 order on the ship; in England they are removed and
> stacked in a different order. The crates are most likely put on the train
> and delivered to Rootes receiving and put in storage, another order.
> Someone has to break down the crates and the engines are sent to final line
> storage or to final line delivery, another order. I think you can see how
> the sequential order has now become a random sequence of engine numbers for
> the final assembly line. There is no clear explanation of how all of this
> was handled so this is purely a guess on my part.
>
> Hopefully this gives you a slight understanding how and why the engine
> numbers jump around so.
>
> Ron Fraser
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Dixon [mailto:bobdixon@frii.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:55 PM
> To: rfraser@bluefrog.com; tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Original engine?
>
>
> Looks like my valve cover plate/sticker is a reproduction, but it says
> engine 2063 A27KA.
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