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[philsford]

As title can anyone identify this. 12H 298F 1159
could do with knowing what model it came out of.
Thanks

[nicksuth]

Have a look here................

http://www.theminifo...showtopic=81929

[philsford]

unfortunatly it is not on that site.

Anymore?

[shorty]

clicky

found this tooclicky 2

not sure how much use they will be though im afraid

Edited by shorty, 19 May 2009 - 09:00 PM.

[philsford]

That last one is quite good 12h means its a 1275gt or mk3 s or a mk3 1300gt but the 298f is not mentioned which if info is available surley would tell me what car it came from. Or am I wrong?

[Retro_10s]

12h means its a 1275gt or mk3 s or a mk3 1300gt

The 12 simply means it's a 1275 - the H means it's transverse....

It's the rest of the code that does the interesting stuff.

[newdawn1st]

Are you sure that's the number, looked at mine recently and had to clean up the plate quite a bit before i could read it correctly. sorry don't mean to go for the obvious but worth eliminating it first

edit: aside from that I can only suggest pm'ing guessworks on here?

Edited by newdawn1st, 19 May 2009 - 09:35 PM.

[philsford]

The number has definatly been read correctly.

[newdawn1st]

The number has definatly been read correctly.

well thats me out of ideas

[shorty]

so still no luck with it then?

have you tried PM'ing GuessWorks?

[62S]

298F = Lucas C40 dynamo, S type design variants, Close ratio remote control gearbox, Carburettor crankcase ventilation and twin carbs.

It is NOT a Cooper S engine, its from an MG 1300, Riley 1300 or maybe early 1300GT.

[philsford]

62S that is about the best suggestion yet. I couldn't find anything on 298f.
The gearbox and head are mk3 cooper s and I can only imagine that the block was damaged beyond repair and this alternative was sourced. It is now running a weber 40 instead of the twin carbs.

[62S]

The later MG 1300, Riley 1300 and 1300GT used the same cylinder head as the Mk III S.