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Hi All,
Could anyone help me with the following question:
At the moment the 1300 cc engine of my 1972 GT 1300 Junior Zagato with chassisnumber 1801112 is being overhauled. A loss of oilpressure due to clogged oilcanals in the crankshaft was fatal for the original bearings.
After we took the engine out of the car and read the enginenumber on the block we got confused. The number reads 00530.066110.
According to the Fusi bible the 1300 cc engine numbers run from:
00530.031087 to 00530.050322 in 1970,
00530.070001 to 00530.125656 in 1971,
00530.125657 to 00530.158330 in 1972.
First I noticed the strange gap between numbers at the end of 1970 and beginning of 1971.
Second thing is that the amount of engines in 1970 seems small compared to especially 1971.
Third point is that my engine number isn't listed.
Could their be a mistake in the Fusi bible? It would be logical for me that the numbers in 1970 run up to 00530.70000. That would make the batch of 1970 consistent with the number on my engine. It would also make the amount of engines produced in 1970 more consistent with especially 1971 and less with 1972.
If this is true, it would mean that the engine in my car is from 1970 where as the carbody is from 1972 (as stated by mrs. Ruocco at the documentazione storico 3 years ago).
My car spend it first 7 years in Rome with an architect. We don't know much about that period apart from the licenseplate 'Roma K61254'.
So possibilities as I see them are:
- an engine swap in the Italian days of my JZ (it travelled about 80.000 km's in that period)
- a special badge of engines for the GT 1300 Junior Zagato (as is the case with the 1600 Z)
- an engine (or batch of engines) sitting around for a while at the Zagato factory before being installed in the 1300 cc cars.
Any suggestions on this matter??
Thanks for the replies!!
Ciao, Olaf
Could anyone help me with the following question:
At the moment the 1300 cc engine of my 1972 GT 1300 Junior Zagato with chassisnumber 1801112 is being overhauled. A loss of oilpressure due to clogged oilcanals in the crankshaft was fatal for the original bearings.
After we took the engine out of the car and read the enginenumber on the block we got confused. The number reads 00530.066110.
According to the Fusi bible the 1300 cc engine numbers run from:
00530.031087 to 00530.050322 in 1970,
00530.070001 to 00530.125656 in 1971,
00530.125657 to 00530.158330 in 1972.
First I noticed the strange gap between numbers at the end of 1970 and beginning of 1971.
Second thing is that the amount of engines in 1970 seems small compared to especially 1971.
Third point is that my engine number isn't listed.
Could their be a mistake in the Fusi bible? It would be logical for me that the numbers in 1970 run up to 00530.70000. That would make the batch of 1970 consistent with the number on my engine. It would also make the amount of engines produced in 1970 more consistent with especially 1971 and less with 1972.
If this is true, it would mean that the engine in my car is from 1970 where as the carbody is from 1972 (as stated by mrs. Ruocco at the documentazione storico 3 years ago).
My car spend it first 7 years in Rome with an architect. We don't know much about that period apart from the licenseplate 'Roma K61254'.
So possibilities as I see them are:
- an engine swap in the Italian days of my JZ (it travelled about 80.000 km's in that period)
- a special badge of engines for the GT 1300 Junior Zagato (as is the case with the 1600 Z)
- an engine (or batch of engines) sitting around for a while at the Zagato factory before being installed in the 1300 cc cars.
Any suggestions on this matter??
Thanks for the replies!!
Ciao, Olaf