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Calif liked to use the engine serial number as the vehicle number back then for registration purposes.
Actually California didn’t like to use engine numbers but the CA DMV didn’t stop them being used either, especially where the vehicle tag was held on by screws.
In any event, I have a CAL engine in my shop which, if it’s the one I am thinking of, came from a 1951 300 that was used as a race car. I am not sure the original of the engine but its number (other than the CAL) matches 1951 300.
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