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Old 01-11-08, 10:57 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Engine block serial number

Fred,
If you look at the timing chain area on the block it should have two bosses protruding frontwards either side. The number is a block from the Mustang line and is alleged to have a higher nickel content than an ordinary block. The deck height should be 8.206

D=1970 decade
1=one, so block is 1971.
Z=Mustang Carline
M=Mexico or Performance
This is a good block.
Old Mexican blocks bored 060 have been know to make 250-300 dollars on ebay!

BTW I also have one.

Brett
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