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1crosscut · 12-22-2018, 08:07 PM

One sort of gets into a quandary when it comes to matching engine numbers. So you have a car with the original engine in it and you throw a rod through the side of the block damaging it beyond repair.
Oh well I no longer have a matching engine number so I should just junk the car and get another car that does??
Better in my opinion to rebuild a replacement engine and stamp the numbers to match the old identification numbers. There is essentially nothing different between engines other than the identification numbers.
The intent of re-stamping is not to commit fraud but to maintain the proper documentation of a vehicle.
A technicality but these aren't actually VIN's but are serial or identification numbers. I'm probably off on this but I understand the term VIN was not officially recognized by the government until somewhere around 1981.

12-22-2018, 08:07 PM	#11
1crosscut Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 2,068	Re: Serial number size One sort of gets into a quandary when it comes to matching engine numbers. So you have a car with the original engine in it and you throw a rod through the side of the block damaging it beyond repair. Oh well I no longer have a matching engine number so I should just junk the car and get another car that does?? Better in my opinion to rebuild a replacement engine and stamp the numbers to match the old identification numbers. There is essentially nothing different between engines other than the identification numbers. The intent of re-stamping is not to commit fraud but to maintain the proper documentation of a vehicle. A technicality but these aren't actually VIN's but are serial or identification numbers. I'm probably off on this but I understand the term VIN was not officially recognized by the government until somewhere around 1981. __________________ Dave / Lincoln Nebraska