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Charlie Stephens · 03-11-2012, 01:05 PM

My guess is that you have one of the engines brought to this country from a Polish warehouse by Ford Parts Obsolete back in the sixties. I don't remember if they were still in Los Angeles or had moved to Long Beach by that time. They are no longer in business. I think there were several hundred engines involved. Many consisted of parts that were assembled into engines after they arrived. They were intended to be used in Russian military vehicles. The owner, Joe Mac, kept one of the engines aside for a "future project". He stored it in the closet of his house. I bought the engine from him at the Long Beach swap meet in the nineties and am storing it in my closet for a "future project". I believe they are the same (except for a few small casting marks on the block) as the American Model B engine with the later counterweighted crank.

Charlie Stephens

03-11-2012, 01:05 PM	#3
Charlie Stephens Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,031	Re: information about NOS Russian GAZ B engine... My guess is that you have one of the engines brought to this country from a Polish warehouse by Ford Parts Obsolete back in the sixties. I don't remember if they were still in Los Angeles or had moved to Long Beach by that time. They are no longer in business. I think there were several hundred engines involved. Many consisted of parts that were assembled into engines after they arrived. They were intended to be used in Russian military vehicles. The owner, Joe Mac, kept one of the engines aside for a "future project". He stored it in the closet of his house. I bought the engine from him at the Long Beach swap meet in the nineties and am storing it in my closet for a "future project". I believe they are the same (except for a few small casting marks on the block) as the American Model B engine with the later counterweighted crank. Charlie Stephens Last edited by Charlie Stephens; 03-11-2012 at 01:11 PM.