Ok. Lets assume that it's 
 
XXXXRM13989
 
That gives a build date of November 1975. That's a good thing as the engine is pre adr27a and you'll be able to run sidedraft webers.
 
All you need now is the first four characters of the engine number for rego purposes and you're done.
 
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=86374&highlight=Ford+code
http://www.falcongt.com.au/id.html

Hallo
i am Guy , i live in Belgium and owner of a Pilgrim Bulldog MK 2 Roadster.
this car is bild with donorcar Ford Taunus or Ford Cortina
the engine is a 1600 Pinto or OHC engine
but i dont know if the engine is for lead or unleaded.
 
the engine block number is  stamped and i have seen lot of numbers on other Pinto's but this one is started with a star stamped in the block, then the normal code and at the end again a star stamped
at the end
on the cilinderhead i see a mark: X
Normal its always: N, NN,M,MM, L,LL for unloaded  but on this is just a X
 
Can someone help me out?
Found this forum, and tread via Google 
  
thx
from Belgium

Hi Fordsy. I couldn't find the pinto codes on Unique Cars. Any idea about the year of this one?
CG56XO*****R
 

Hallo
 
me agian:
te code on the engine is:
(star)   RE 48233   (star)
 
can someone help me with this  enginenumber.
 
 
thx

Hi, new to the forum and just received my Mk1 Cortina with a pinto fitted from Australia. naturally the vin and engine number do not match but I can't figure out the engine origin from the decode info on this site. the number is:-  TC9A71006442250D
any help would be appreciated. cheers John
 

Can you do mine please. engine no: CG57XT24477R. I have these other numbers on block too. 21030, 27B80 any idea what these are. Thanks

Mine starts with G6 so I'm totally lost!!! lol

Joining the group of curious people, mine is CG65SC10495P. It also has a T6 cast into the block, anybody know that that means?
thanks

I'd love some help with mine too!
2L from cortina I think, but it has a sideways "7" stamped -I don't know if I include both "7"s or just the correctly aligned one.....

 

The 5th digit is the year Without having to go back through time i can remember these codes for years
W = 1979
X = 1980
U = 1981