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Yes, the "N" in that photo didn't show up clearly at all, but trust me that it is clear to the eye under the right lighting. I will clean it up some more, and try to get a better picture to post which shows it clearly.

Thanks for your input.
Dennis

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Just thinking about the statement above, and now it's been established the engine is a 288, is replacement of the pan because it's been "modified" to fit where a 282 usually goes. If it is, and if you obtain a replacement pan, you would probably have to modify the new pan to fit as well. Don't know the differences between a 288 and 282 pan but I do know a 282 pan is fairly shallow up front to clear the steering linkages.

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Highly doubtful that the pan has been modified. The later pans are all pretty shallow up front, and I doubt it would cause any problems at all. I know that both the 327 and the 356 I have now in the Speedster presented no problems in the oil pan department whatsoever.

Eric!

There needs to be an "Anytime!" Smiley...

I would prefer a 'you betcha' smiley, along with an 'uff dah' smiley and maybe and 'eh' smiley Just saying...

Of course, Mal will might now be utterly confused...

LMFAO!

There also needs to be a "kiss my a.." smiley as well....

As for Mal being confused, well, isn't that the norm??

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Yes, it is the Norm!

But Confucius says:
"Confusion rains and we all get wet".

There is no sign that the pan has been modified. The reason for replacing it is that it got water in it back when the car was in the salvage yard, and rusted the bottom inside pretty severly, with lots of thinspots. Some pinholes had formed, and when uncle John (now deceased) did the "cosmetic" restoration, he sanded down the outside surface and painted it with epoxy. That held up for about 25 yrs and kept the oil in, but began to separate and started leaking progressively worse over the last several years. Finally, last month it got really ugly, so I pulled it off and sandblasted it, exposing the thin spots and many small holes. I tried brazing them up, but the floor of the pan is so thin and impregnated with oil, that the torch heat just cracks the metal and creates more holes. I probably also had the torch too hot, too much O2, so the metal buckled up and it is a total mess! Well, that's the story, probably more than you wanted to know!
I'm going out to try again to get a picture of that engine number and post it in the morning.

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Are they mounted in-line or side by side?


Sorry, couldn't resist.