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Hi Guys,
Have just picked up a 308 motor with an engine number starting with VT and ending in 85.
Can some one tell me a year or model range it came from?
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Allan
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VB - mid VK. Without seeing the number it could have been from any of these, red, blue or black motor.
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Allan, maaaaaate just show it like this VT45##85 etc, with the colour of course. Edited by user Tuesday, 7 July 2009 6:07:23 AM(UTC)
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Why even hide it??? what is the big secret???
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No big secret!
I just thought the last two digits was the year?
I will mosy on down to the shed in the next 10 minutes and get the whole number.
Back in ten!
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Allan
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The magic number is VT451785.
The donk is painted black but it is flaking quite a lot so I am not sure if it was the original colour.
It is unusual that it has a two barrel manifold??? Is this from something else or did the 308 come out with a 2 barrell carby at some stage?
Its another one of those lucky finds by the look of it. The internals of the motor look as new or re-conditioned in fact I dont think it has been fired up since being rebuilt.
Picked it up for $200 this afternoon.
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Allan
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A long shot, but could it be the 308 as fitted to some Bedford trucks?
Didnt the 308 in that application have a 2bbl carby?
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About 6/84 so VK Commodore. Will originally have been a 4BBL.
I saw a photo of a Bedford 308 the other day and it had a 4BBL manifold with an adapter to fit the Rochester 2-jet with a governer attached to the adapter.
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