[Healeys] Mystery casting number on Austin 6 cylinder engine

[richard mayor]

I am talking about the casting number on the "block".   Not the cylinder
head

On Sun, Dec 5, 2021 at 4:01 AM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote:

> Richard,
>
> see here:
>
> <
> https://www.ahexp.com/forum/the-100-six-forum.5/100-6-cylinder-weslake-head-numbers.183672/
> >
>
> It doesn't address your *specific* number but I guess that the answer is
> in line with what it says there namely that it's a Westlake head.
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
>
> On 05/12/2021 01:26, richard mayor via Healeys wrote:
> > What I thought was an Austin Healey 3000 engine has a casting number on
> > the side of the block 12B266.    It has the early style Austin block
> > with the tachometer drive housing.  The boss for the engine tag is in
> > the same place as the 3000 engines.
> >
> > I looked at a couple of early 3000 engines and the casting numbers on
> > them are AEC881.
> >
> > Does anyone know what engine this is?
> >
> > Richard
> >
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> Dr. Peter Dzwig
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