Topic: 17 millionth engine

[J_Speegle]

Know this is a long shot but we've got some pretty smart guys and researchers here -

Question-

Anyone  know when the Cleveland Engine plant produced their 17,000,000th engine?

There is a reason for the question -

[CW4macret]

Not only do I not know I was not able to find out on the internet

[mwizz]

The only fact I was able to find was that over 34 million engines have been built in Brook Park since 1951

[67gtasanjose]

The only fact I was able to find was that over 34 million engines have been built in Brook Park since 1951

That is all I came up with too (on a Google search) It would seem obvious it had something to do with a Mustang and going by the numbers estimate, late 60's to early 70's. Somewhere in print most likely... for example,  Mannel's book on small blocks would be a reasonable guess.

[sgl66]

The only fact I was able to find was that over 34 million engines have been built in Brook Park since 1951

According to this, engine plant 1 produced 34 million of a total 47 million total built in Cleveland (appears to be Ford reported numbers from 2004)

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/articles/history-of-cleveland-manufacturing-plant-466.shtml

At it's peak in the mid 70's, engine plant 2 is reported to have produced 1.8 million engines with 16,000 workers

http://www.fmcs.gov/internet/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=165&itemID=16291

By 1978, production dropped and workers reduced from 16,000 to 11,000

http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=FMC1

Some history about how Cleveland came to be including original capacity estimates of 4,000 to 4,500 engines per day

http://www.nber.org/chapters/c10233.pdf