Who' engine is it!

[Dean Lampe]

How do you tace the history of an engine? It is easy for people to verbally say an engine is from a specific team or car but how do you know? Did the GT40 teams keep those records? Are there parts that would indicate such a special use? Maybe some custom work done to the engine that is identifiable?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Bill D]

Dean
Ronnie Spain's book has the engine numbers listed for each car when it left the factory. However, if the engine was replaced, it doesn't indicate the replacement engine ID.

 

[Gary Kadrmas]

Sounds like 427 fever to me.

I think you are going to have a hard time with written documentation on engines. You would be especially lucky if you found someone that had a receipt when the engine changed hands from one party to another. I do not know of anyone that had documentation on engines.

Good luck Dean. Just go ahead and buy it if its a good deal. Start the paper trail at that point.