VIN stamped engine

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I recently purchased a VIN stamped hipo motor and was wondering if there is a way to track down the current vehicle owner.

any thoughts ??

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is the VIN in the registry ?

Z.

What is the VIN? If it's from a San Jose car it would be worthwhile contacting SAAC Registrars Howard Pardee (65-66) or Dave Mathews (67) to see if it originally came in a GT350.

Is the motor complete? are all the Hipo unique parts intact? what kind of intake is on it?-this may tell if it came from a Shelby, Hipo Mustang or Fairlane....

I have a similar motor that I bought with a wrecked Hi Po fastback. The motor was not original to the Mustang, but it was original to a 1966 Shelby. I am in the process of contacting the owner to see if he is interested in recovering his original block, heads and distributor.

I discoverd that it was from a Shelby by contacting Howard Pardee.

tellerhills and cchesley,

I've got a 1966 GT-350 (actually it's a '65 carryover) here sans original serialized motor.

Is it a 5R09K series?

If so, would it be possible to run this car's 'original' Ford VIN by you privately to see if perhaps we have a match?

Thanks

Edited by - camp upshur on 09/02/2009 21:34:37

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tellerhills and cchesley,

I've got a 1966 GT-350 (actually it's a '65 carryover) here sans original serialized motor.

Is it a 5R09K series?

If so, would it be possible to run this car's 'original' Ford VIN by you privately to see if perhaps we have a match?

Thanks

Edited by - camp upshur on 09/02/2009 21:34:37

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I would run the last four numbers, not the whole thing. Or better yet just go through the Shelby registrar, Mr. Pardee.

Z.

Edited by - zrayrichter on 09/02/2009 22:12:02

You can run all the numbers as it isn't going to matter to anyone other then the guy with the car who wants the original motor back.Chances are the car isn't around anymore!

Mine is 5R09K113XXX. It has heads dated 5H17 and distributor dated 5HA.

I have already been told that my engine is from a 66 Shelby. Howard Pardee is attempting to contact the current owner.

Thanks Guys

FYI the first 252 1966 Gt-350s were 1965 Mustangs. The one here is SFM6S1XX and its' FoMoCo VIN is 5R09K242XXX.

Camp Upshur

Hi Craig,

Your vin probably should start with a 6 and not the 5

, correct?

/Bo

Edited by - BoS on 09/03/2009 23:21:35

Bo - You are correct. My mistake. It should be 6R09K113XXX.