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HalcyonDays · 12-12-2018, 11:51 AM

The car did come from California perhaps that is what the CAL is for.

I just read and interesting article about two hundred short blocks, forty-five completely assembled motors with bell housings intact, and many other Russian-made Model A parts imported in 1965 to Long Beach California. Ford Obsolete Parts in Long Beach California imported via Czechoslovakia, a seventy-ton consignment of surplus Russian B engines and parts, originally built in the Gorky plant in Russia.

I am curious to find out if this could be one of the 200 short blocks. The head is Model A. What are the outward differences between an "A" block and A "B" block?

12-12-2018, 11:51 AM	#4
HalcyonDays Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Maine Posts: 224	Re: Engine Number The car did come from California perhaps that is what the CAL is for. I just read and interesting article about two hundred short blocks, forty-five completely assembled motors with bell housings intact, and many other Russian-made Model A parts imported in 1965 to Long Beach California. Ford Obsolete Parts in Long Beach California imported via Czechoslovakia, a seventy-ton consignment of surplus Russian B engines and parts, originally built in the Gorky plant in Russia. I am curious to find out if this could be one of the 200 short blocks. The head is Model A. What are the outward differences between an "A" block and A "B" block?