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- Thunderbird Year
- 1964
Team T-bird,
I want to thank you all for answering all my questions to date. I have been preparing my car to sell for months and am getting to the finish line. One important detail I want to verify is - does the car have the original engine? Critical in the sale of the car as you all know.
I had always assumed it was, my dad bought on the car in 1990 and he mildly "restored" it, but it is somewhat of a survivor car. Without getting into too many details, there is so much original in this car, having a NOM would really surprise me. I have searched the internet and researched quite a bit. What I am finding is some contradictory information. I think my dates make sense but the engine is blue (research shows it should be black). And appears it always was blue. I'd like to get some input/opinions...
Number above oil filter adapter is 4B12 (sorry for the poor picture)
Number stamped on front left of block is a bit confusing...
Aluminum tag bolted to head
VIN tag
It would seem the engine could be original but the engine casting number is only 6 days before the build date of the car. And why is it blue?!
Thanks!
Dave
I want to thank you all for answering all my questions to date. I have been preparing my car to sell for months and am getting to the finish line. One important detail I want to verify is - does the car have the original engine? Critical in the sale of the car as you all know.
I had always assumed it was, my dad bought on the car in 1990 and he mildly "restored" it, but it is somewhat of a survivor car. Without getting into too many details, there is so much original in this car, having a NOM would really surprise me. I have searched the internet and researched quite a bit. What I am finding is some contradictory information. I think my dates make sense but the engine is blue (research shows it should be black). And appears it always was blue. I'd like to get some input/opinions...
Number above oil filter adapter is 4B12 (sorry for the poor picture)
Number stamped on front left of block is a bit confusing...
Aluminum tag bolted to head
VIN tag
It would seem the engine could be original but the engine casting number is only 6 days before the build date of the car. And why is it blue?!
Thanks!
Dave
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