Cars that I'd.....

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I would most definitely like to own these following cars: Land Rover 110 (now known as the Defender) - indestructible and very useful, a BMW 2002 (not sure what year) - quick and nimble; lots of fun, and a 1965 Corvette Stingray coupe with the 427 - big-block brute force.
 
Wasn't the M code reserved for Hemi/racing cars, or am I remembering wrong?
Up through 1965, a Chrysler corp. VIN only distinguished between a 6 or an 8, but starting in '66, it indicated the installed engine type. Between '66 and '80, it was the 5th digit, from 1980 on, it's the 8th digit.

In regard to the "M", it was a special order V-8 engine in 1967, in 1969 it denoted a 440-6, from '72 through '76 it was a 440-2 and in '81 '82 it was a 318-4

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Tought I'd toss the full engine code list in there for the heck of it!



A
170-1 1966-69
1.7-2 1978-82 (VW)
1.6-2 1983-86 (Peugeot)
2.2 T2 1987-89 (including '89 TC, 5th VIN digit)
2.2 T3 1991-93

B
225-1 1966-69
198-1 1970-74
2.2-2 1981-82
1.7-2 1983

C
Special Order 6 cyl 1966-69
225-1 1970-80
2.2-2 1983-87
2.2 T4 1990

D
273 1966 (2 or 4 bbl)
273-2 1967-69
225-2 1977-80
2.6-2 1981-82
2.2 EFI 1985-94

E
318-2 1966
273-4 1967
Special order 6 cyl 1970-80
225-1 1981-82
2.2 T1 1984-88
488 V10 1992-

F
361 1966 (2 or 4 bbl)
318-2 1967-69
225-1 HD 1981-82
2.2-2 HP 1984-86
3.5 1993-

G
383 1966 (2 or 4 bbl)
383-2 1967-69
318-2 1970-80
225-2 1981-82
2.6-2 1983

H
426 Hemi 1966
383-4 HP 1967-69
340-4 1970-73
318-4 1978-80
225-1 1983

J
440 1966
426 Hemi 1967-69
340-6 1970-71
360-4 1974-79
225-1 HD 1983
2.5 T1 1989-91

K
Special Order V8 1966
440-4 1967-69
360-2 1971-80
318-2 1981-82
225-2 1983
2.5 EFI 1986-95

L
440-4 HP 1967-69
383-2 1970-71
360-4 HP 1974-78
318-2 HD 1981-82

M
Special Order V8 1967
440-6 1969
400-2 1972-76
318-4 1981-82

N
383-4 1970-71
400-4 1974-78
318-4 HD 1981-82

P
340-4 1968-69
400-4 1972-73
400-4 HP 1974-78
318-2 1983-89

R
426 Hemi 1970-71
318-4 1983-87
2.2 T 1989-90 TC only--5th digit (DOHC Maserati head)
2.0 1990- DSM Eclipse/Talon only
3.3 1990- non-LH

S
318-4 Police 1983-89
3.0 1990-91 TC code ONLY--5th digit (same Mitsu 3.0)

T
440-4 1970-77
1.8 1990- DSM Eclipse ONLY
3.3 1993- LH

U
440-4 HP 1970-77
2.0 T 1990- DSM Eclipse/Talon ONLY
3.0 1990-

V
440-6 1970-72

X
2.2 LPG 1987

Z
Special Order V8 1970-78
318 LPG 1987
 
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Wasn't the M code reserved for Hemi/racing cars, or am I remembering wrong?

No, in 68' they were 383s A bodies and in 69' they were 383s and 440s. These engine blocks have the engine mount bolt holes in a different location on the block from the rest of the big blocks because of the small engine bay on the A bodies. So you have find a M code block to do one correctly.
 
wait, I see...lmao, he was asking if those pictured were all M code

You know, decoding can be a twisted path sometimes...like the stock small block Chevy 283 block that was designed only for the Chevy Nova 1964 through 1967 (will also fit 1962 and 1963) was cast code "396". That confused way too many people...
 

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