[Colin S]

I have recently bought an NOS 21 stud engine that maybe wartime production. The bell housing has the numbers 5 43 cast in(May 1943 ?)and it is numbered as 18F-7073499. The style of the block is that of the Pilot with freeze plugs in the rear of each bank. It is painted Canadian grey but I feel that it is of British origin. It has dual pulleys and a throttle linkage for a semi forward control (COE) Ford 7V truck that was made pre-war, during the war and for a time afterwards. In the 1950's and even into the late 1960's these new war surplus engine were sold in their crates for a little £25.