Re: Engine Serial Number-53 Clipper

Posted by Rich Bishop On 2011/4/15 5:29:32

I found the serial number after rubbing the closest thing I had to chalk (Boelube) over the spot and came up with this. A few days later, I was looking at the owners manual and things that came in the folder and found that the Engine number is typed on the back of it, so I have the original engine which was removed and likely rebuilt at some point. I know my car had a lousy repaint at some point as well, but not in the firewall area, so all I can assume now is that the engine didn't vome out at the time the car was painted. I'm looking at a full repaint later this year. There is a guy in Fredericksburg, VA who does Ultramatics (Ultramatic Dynamics) and I saw in Hemmings Motor News that there is a restoration shop in town also. I'm considering having everything done down there (Engine pulled and rebuilt, trans pulled and rebuilt, and car repainted) since its not too far away from me-about 3 hours. My wife and I loved Frederickburg when we breezed through on our last vacation.

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