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Hi Guys I have a statesman deville with a 350 chev in it. I am getting conflicting reports regarding the originality of the engine and whether the car came with a chev engine or was it manufactured with a 308. Below are the numbers I have taken from the plates. I would appreciate your assistance. I dont mind it being emailed to me [email protected]. Thanks for the assistance, this is what I have. What do you make of it. On the rectangular tag Statesman Deville HQ 8/71 AHQ05365S On the other elongated rectangular plate to the side. 81469QH695490 Now on the engine block i have identified these numbers reading from left to right. In smaller letters 18L53839 Than in larger letters next to the smaller letters TO424HH They are all stamped on the block next to each other, i am confused why they have used how i would describe using a smaller font initially for the first lot than increased the font on the next lot. Regards Bruce
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the engine number should have a prefix of:
11QU for a 350
11QS OR 11QR FOR A 253
11QT for a 308
so the motor is not original to the car
someone else will have to decipher the tags for you
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Bruce.
You cannot tell from the plates alone on a 71 model Deville if it was a 308 or a 350 (or a 202 or 253 for that matter on a Custom).
But that 350 is definitely not an original HQ 350. The T means Tonnawanda NY, and all HQ engines were from McK |
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does it have L30 as the engine code on the plate ?
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does it have L30 as the engine code on the plate ?
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