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Posted this on another forum but I thought I'd give it a shot here as well. Picked up a 308 this week. The engine number is QT645289, the code above the water pump is 13E5 arrow points to 6 o'clock. Can anyone tell me what it's out of?
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13th day of 5 month 1975...hj but not statesman.... |
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Hey Greg,
Do they use all letters of the alphabet on this date code as I know in some other instances they skip the I as it looks too much like a 1. Is this true on these engine date codes as well?
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That's correct, you will never see an I in a Holden casting number because of the confusion with 1.
This is also why the VQ Statesman VIN doesn't go 6H8VQ.. like VN which has 6H8VN..., 6H8VP... for VP etc.
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and isnt that a pain...the vq vin...ive had my vq statesman new 1 tonner for 10 years and the insurers cant figure out why it is vs... |
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Holden don't use an I in casting dates, BUT Chev did in the 60's. Makes it a bit confsuing. Plus Holden also used US date formats on V8 blocks up to 1972 eg 12/5/71 is E121 whereas 12/5/73 is 12E3. Just helps to further confuse us. |
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And the V6 commodore motors - being US sourced initially, reverted back to the US date format.
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