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Originally Posted by: Telstra  Hi HK1837, I'm looking for some help identifying early 307 engines. I'm not sure what the number range they should be. Is there a way to identify the build date from the number stamped on the engine, or can you share the range that I should be focusing on. I'm chasing something in early August 68 or younger.
here are a couple of numbers you can check for me.
30743992 k11 21
30740140 k10 25
I also have these numbers below supplied to me but i'm not sure what they are or if indeed have anything to do with the engine build date. I'm following up with him to see if he can provide/find a number starting with 307. Again, I'm not sure if all early 307's had a prefix starting with 307?? Early early ones may have either had nothing or some weird American/Canadian number code I'm not sure of, hence why I ask for some help.
v021duj
20l206687
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john Both of those are out of Dandenong assembled HK. Only one of them is early, the one assembled on 25/10/67. It is the 141st Dandenong HK V8 engine. WIll be from a Belmont, Kingswood or Premier sedan or wagon. The other one is a fair bit later, probably from a HK later in 1968 maybe August or thereabouts. Both were auto engines. Only GMH engines were stamped with 307, 327, 350 etc. The other two numbers aren't from a Holden engine. V0219UJ is from a 1969 307 out of a Chevy 10 or 20 van, it is a Flint V8 assembled engine. The other number is a partial VIN that was stamped in addition to the engine assembly coding, no idea what that is but again not a Holden engine. Edited by user Tuesday, 12 December 2023 7:25:16 PM(UTC)
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Hi Hk1837, can you please let me know the info on the following, 30740429 K09 28
Thank you for your time, I really appreciate it.
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Dandenong engine from a HK Belmont, Kingswood or Premier sedan or wagon. Definitely an auto engine, probably a January or early February 1968 build vehicle. What’s its cast date? It was assembled on 28th September 1967. Will be cast somewhere from the end of August to late September. |
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Hi HK1837, thanks for your reply, the cast date is 7 H 8. Can you also help me with my tag info?
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Cast 8th August 1967.
Possibly on tags, depends on what it is. |
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The engine doesn't belong to those tags. I don't have a huge amount of Dandenong HK recorded but by what I have I'd say those tag numbers most likely belong together, but whether they belong to the body or not I cannot say or if the tags you read them off are real or not I also cannot say. I assume the first digit of the VIN is a typo too. You have to be very careful with these cars today, so many dodgy ones about. Edit: info gone from above post. Car was a Picardy Red HK GTS with Dandenong PSN J136251 from memory. Edited by user Wednesday, 27 December 2023 11:45:04 AM(UTC)
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Thanks Hk1837, all good, mostly wanted to confirm if it was a v8 car or not.
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You can’t tell from tags. |
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Hi HK 1837, Thanks for all your info, its a lot of fun, decoding all of this. Ive got a powerglide with the following on the oil pan E8 142211L. Can you please let me know what this means.
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No idea, I never took any notice of them. E8 is possibly be May 1968 but the rest no idea. Could be a partial VIN? You’ll have to look at US sites maybe. |
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Ok thank you mate, I really appreciate your time. regards Rod
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Hi HK1837, could you give me some information on a 307 please.
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307445xx K0929
Cast Date 7 J 25
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That is a relatively early build 307 for an Australian car. It isn't out of an early HK but it was built early relative to others I have seen in HK's. The engine plants stopped building 1967 spec engines in July 1967 and then tooled for 1968 with engine production kicking off in August for 1968 model vehicles beginning in September. That one has it's pattern made on 25th September 1967 and engine was complete and test run on 29th September 1967.
It was originally in a Dandenong HK built roughly December 1968. So the engine sat around for well over a year before being first run on liquid fuel in a car. |
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Without full numbers of the car I have no hope of helping. And I go not help in private, has to be on a public forum |
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Will have a look when I get home. |
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Originally Posted by: HKPREM307 Originally Posted by: HK1837 Without full numbers of the car I have no hope of helping. And I go not help in private, has to be on a public forum ok thanks 30740590 K10 11 body number HK80569 - 22326M vin 80569KJ127209 By my records that engine number is way too early for that PSN, BODY number and a chassis number I'd guess around HK212xxM. I have 30741 starting around the BODY & chassis 7000 and that is about 1/3 of your BODY & chassis numbers. Your original would have been above or round 307423 |
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