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DHC1 Kurt B Kansas City, MO, USA Sign in to contact 1931 MG F-Type Magna 1960 MG MGA 1600 1965 Triumph Herald 1200 1967 MG MGB GT & more	Topic Creator (OP) Apr 26, 2015 08:47 PM Joined 11 years ago 105 Posts

My '60 MGA has this engine - any ideas where it came from?

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Re: Any ideas on this engine number? #2
Jim Stout Shoreline, WA, USA Sign in to contact 1961 MG MGA MkII De-Luxe "Molly" 1962 MG MGA MkII De-Luxe "Ruby" 1992 Lexus SC "Lexie" 2004 Honda S2000 "Sylvie"	Apr 26, 2015 09:40 PM Joined 9 years ago 459 Posts

It looks like a Gold Seal replacement engine. Here is another example

https://www.flickr.com/photos/13722314@N08/5892581793/

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Redhawk1689 Steven Stockham Salina, KS, USA Sign in to contact 1958 MG MGA 1500 "Belle"	Apr 27, 2015 09:23 AM Joined 9 years ago 2,711 Posts

My car has a Gold Seal replacement engine and it's engine number is like the one in Jim's link. The numbers are warehouse parts numbers as the replacement engine was considered a replacement part by BLM! That first photo looks like the bottom numbers were stamped (probably not by the factory.)

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Re: Any ideas on this engine number? #4
Jim Stout Shoreline, WA, USA Sign in to contact 1961 MG MGA MkII De-Luxe "Molly" 1962 MG MGA MkII De-Luxe "Ruby" 1992 Lexus SC "Lexie" 2004 Honda S2000 "Sylvie"	Apr 27, 2015 09:32 AM Joined 9 years ago 459 Posts

I believe that the "47G" prefix indicates a B series engine. I have a NOS 1800 short block which came in a box with that number. Since it is not a complete engine, it had no engine number tag.

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Re: Any ideas on this engine number? #5
DHC1 Kurt B Kansas City, MO, USA Sign in to contact 1931 MG F-Type Magna 1960 MG MGA 1600 1965 Triumph Herald 1200 1967 MG MGB GT & more	Topic Creator (OP) Apr 27, 2015 12:09 PM Joined 11 years ago 105 Posts

Thanks guys, I believe you're all correct after seeing the examples, thanks for posting pics.

Kurt

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