Help with engine number

Saloons
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I’m getting stuff ready to take to the Carlisle flea market tomorrow and I can’t find what car has an engine number starting with E. I know the Mark 7, 8, 9 used prefix A,B,C, & D and the 120 used W & F, but what used E? I guess someone just grabbed the wrong stamp after lunch at the pub.

Phil.

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Phil,

Here’s a link to the Jag-Lovers website info on engine serial numbers:

http://www.jag-lovers.org/xk-lovers/library/engine_numbers.htm

According to that list an engine number starting with an “E” would be from a C-Type or D-Type. If this was true, and your engine was original, I would think it would be worth quite a bit.

Regards,

Paul M. Novak

1990 Series III V12 Vanden Plas

1990 XJ-S Classic Collection convertible

1987 XJ6 Vanden Plas

1984 XJ6 Vanden Plas

1969 E-Type FHC

1957 MK VIII Saloon

Ramona, CA USA

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Better check more carefully. It could be a letter F or BE or NE or KE or LE or 7E. The casting part number Cxxxxx is more important.