Recent content by earlymodel

Hi there, I think there is a huge amount of infomation on these cars available from the members of this forum and in some ways it may be difficult to reach all of that knowledge as some if not many may have moved from C3's on to later models and therefore might not necessarily be looking at...

Thank you XLR8 for doing that for me. Greatly appreciated.

C3 Downunder My 79 at Docklands in Melbourne. Might not be the best example, but I would hate to be without it.

The time you have taken to look into this for me is really appreciated. Removed the engine and installed a crate engine due to this one having a bit of an oil burn problem, nothing major. Will now take the time to do qaulity rebuild and reinstall this sometime in the futrue. Thanks heaps...

Many thanks for your contribution Mike. If the consecutive unit number is in fact 452178 then it is the right number for the car. I think the last character is an 8 for sure so the question is really whether the second character could be a five. The thing that worries me the most is the...

Can anyone with experience in this area provide a view as to whether this engine is likely to be genuinely the one installed at the factory in the car that I now have here in Australia. As you can see in the picture, the engine number details are slightly worn of the pad and are not on the pad...