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Asron82 · 10-31-2016, 09:32 PM

Hi,

I was wondering if someone could help me out with finding the year of my motor. I have is a 28 2 door sedan I have been working on and I was wondering if I had the correct motor for the car or if it has been changed over the years. well I cleaned up the area where the stamp should be above the water inlet and it has the number 4288164 but there is no stars at the front or end of the serial number and the first 4 of the serial is hard to see and off to the side. One more thing that makes me question the motor there is a tag on the block near the oil fill with numbers all over it according to what I have read that should not be there. I have a late 30’s model motor sitting around and it does not have that tag. I have attached pictures of both tag and stamp please take a look. Thanks for your time and any info is appreciated.

Drive Shaft Dave · 10-31-2016, 09:42 PM

The first # you have is a Jan. 1931 eng #. The other ones are most likely enng. rebuild dates from over the years. That first # , I didn't see the stars, maybe a restamp when the engine was switched.

160B · 10-31-2016, 09:42 PM

Here is the link to the table for serial numbers to manufacture date.

4288164 is a January 21 1931 assembly date, but the stars are missing.

http://plucks329s.org/pdf/studies/Mo...n%20Charts.pdf

CWPASADENA · 10-31-2016, 10:32 PM

You have a re-stamp.

The charters are incorrect and there is no "A" prefix or "Stars".

You can also see where the old numbers have been ground off.

This is not uncommon.

Chris W.

Mike V. Florida · 10-31-2016, 11:12 PM

To add to what Chris said, the motors also never came with an additional tag on the block.

Asron82 · 11-01-2016, 12:51 PM

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thanks for the info everyone.

10-31-2016, 09:42 PM	#2
Drive Shaft Dave Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: New hope Minnesota Posts: 742	Re: Motor Serial Identification The first # you have is a Jan. 1931 eng #. The other ones are most likely enng. rebuild dates from over the years. That first # , I didn't see the stars, maybe a restamp when the engine was switched.

10-31-2016, 09:42 PM	#3
160B Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Port Orchard, WA Posts: 1,498	Re: Motor Serial Identification Here is the link to the table for serial numbers to manufacture date. 4288164 is a January 21 1931 assembly date, but the stars are missing. http://plucks329s.org/pdf/studies/Mo...n%20Charts.pdf __________________ 1931 160B & 1931 68B If you don't have time to do it right the 1st time, how do you have time to do it the 2nd time?

10-31-2016, 10:32 PM	#4
CWPASADENA Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: PASADENA, CA Posts: 1,893	Re: Motor Serial Identification You have a re-stamp. The charters are incorrect and there is no "A" prefix or "Stars". You can also see where the old numbers have been ground off. This is not uncommon. Chris W.

10-31-2016, 11:12 PM	#5
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: Motor Serial Identification To add to what Chris said, the motors also never came with an additional tag on the block. __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

11-01-2016, 12:51 PM	#6
Asron82 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 13	Re: Motor Serial Identification Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) thanks for the info everyone.