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#1 Posted : Monday, 23 September 2019 3:31:20 PM(UTC)
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Hi All, I am about to start restoring my monaro and would like some info on the build date, I would also like to find a period correct 253 for it. So could anyone inform me on build date and engine number range I need please, numbers are large vin tag body# 640-h5, small tag 80837TH608421 and body stamp # HT26335s. Its the first time I have posted anything so hope I got it right, Thanks in advance.
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#2 Posted : Monday, 23 September 2019 4:14:13 PM(UTC)
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It will be a 1969 build if it has no ADR plate, probably late in 1969 by those numbers. If you want a 253, any 253H prefixed 253 is as wrong for the car as any other unless it is the original, so it won't really matter. The next best thing to the original would be a 253N prefix, cast anywhere from 1969 through to 1972-ish would be OK. I haven't actually seen a 253N but I have seen a few 308N (I have one in my shed), but the 253N engines will exist. Your best bet would be to just get any 253 (or 308 manual pattern for that matter) and dress it as a HT engine, so get HT-HG heads, HT rocker covers, air cleaner and timing case cover plus the alternator bracket. Although not absolutely correct a HQ intake will do. Finding a HT-HG water pump will be your biggest challenge. You can use HQ-WB engine mount adapter and mounts too, they are a better mount and do the same job.
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myothercarisamonaro on 23/09/2019(UTC)
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#3 Posted : Tuesday, 24 September 2019 10:25:15 PM(UTC)
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Your car would have been built around October 1969 by those numbers, the original engine would have been built a little while before that, around the 253H10000 to 12000 range
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myothercarisamonaro on 25/09/2019(UTC)
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#4 Posted : Wednesday, 25 September 2019 8:18:07 PM(UTC)
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Thanks for info, I was told it was an early build because of the location of the speedo cable hole but had know idea about that.
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#5 Posted : Wednesday, 25 September 2019 8:34:03 PM(UTC)
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All V8 HT GTS should have the same two speedo cable holes except for the very last few that may have had a Trimatic. The rest be it 307, 253, 308 or 350 auto or manual have the same two holes, the standard hole that all HT have plus another one for M21 or V8 M35.
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