Why don't you just give the part number to the Ford parts bloke at your local dealership. He could tell you straight away, posted by Brockles at 12:59 PM on January 3, 2008
The number on that Spindle is actually a Ford part number, not a serial number. It looks like the shocks have part numbers on them (same format as on the spindle), in addition to a serial. Usually you can just call up a dealership and ask them to run the part number. posted by sanka at 1:38 PM on January 3, 2008
Ford has used a part number scheme for a long time that starts with the a letter that denotes the decade and a number which denotes the year. For example "C8AZ-bla bla bla" is a 68 year part for a Mustang. The number on that spindle (7L34-3K171 ?) doesn't seem to fit that. Some more info here.
I am not sure how the part number for the shocks would help at all, as most shocks can fit a wide variety of vehicles. posted by Big_B at 3:43 PM on January 3, 2008
If I had to put a bit of money down, I'd guess these are European Ford parts. Any chance of that being the case? Perhaps for one of the European Escorts of Mondeo? posted by maxwelton at 3:54 PM on January 3, 2008
posted by Brockles at 12:59 PM on January 3, 2008