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matte |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 977 Location: Sydney, Australia | Hey Guys, Can someone decode this please 1944929-4 L6 I only can find it's a 1958 B 350 but I don't know what the -4 is or the L6 Thank you | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9900 Location: Lower Mainland BC | Come on Matte. Give us at least a clue what you think it is? Body number? Engine Number? What? We're not the Amazing Kreskin out here! Well, at least, I'm not | ||
BigBlockMopar |
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Expert Posts: 3575 Location: Netherlands | I recall "-4" means something like they were up to the 4th mold to cast the engine blocks with. Here's mentioning of a -5 casting: http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=29421 | ||
matte |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 977 Location: Sydney, Australia | 56D500boy - 2018-02-18 4:07 PM Come on Matte. Give us at least a clue what you think it is? Body number? Engine Number? What? We're not the Amazing Kreskin out here! Well, at least, I'm not :stressed: Lol Dave that's part of the fun. 58 Plymouth Belv... | ||
matte |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 977 Location: Sydney, Australia | BigBlockMopar - 2018-02-18 5:01 PM I recall "-4" means something like they were up to the 4th mold to cast the engine blocks with. Here's mentioning of a -5 casting: http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=29421 Cool thanks. So it's the first numbers that give the main details.. Now for this L6... | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | matte - 2018-02-18 5:47 PM BigBlockMopar - 2018-02-18 5:01 PM I recall "-4" means something like they were up to the 4th mold to cast the engine blocks with. Here's mentioning of a -5 casting: http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=29421 Cool thanks. So it's the first numbers that give the main details.. Now for this L6... 6th month of 1958?? Although 1.9 million seems high for 58? Greg | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9900 Location: Lower Mainland BC | LD3 Greg - 2018-02-18 8:44 PM 6th month of 1958?? Although 1.9 million seems high for 58? Greg You're going down the wrong road Greg. 1944 is just a prefix for many 1958 parts, not the start of a sequential casting number 1,944,000. Edited by 56D500boy 2018-02-18 10:42 PM (ListOf1944parts.jpg) Attachments ---------------- ListOf1944parts.jpg (237KB - 196 downloads) | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | 56D500boy - 2018-02-18 9:37 PM LD3 Greg - 2018-02-18 8:44 PM 6th month of 1958?? Although 1.9 million seems high for 58? Greg You're going down the wrong road Greg. 1944 is just a prefix for many 1958 parts, not the start of a sequential casting number 1,944,000. Been there many times before! It's usually muddy, lol. Greg | ||
BigBlockMopar |
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Expert Posts: 3575 Location: Netherlands | The last two alineas on this link describe the -number after the casting number a bit better: http://www.440source.com/partnumberinfo.htm | ||
matte |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 977 Location: Sydney, Australia | Thank you for the link.. I started out by reading the last 2 paragraphs but then got me interested so went back and read the whole thing. Very interesting and informative read. | ||
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