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 Mad Manx
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| posted on March 1st, 2004 at 09:49 AM |
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strange engine #
I have an engine at home with an engine number I cant identify- can anyone shed some light?
its an upright dual port. generator not alt. and was removed from a 1965 beetle.
the numbers under the gen stand are: 5025538
they are not stamped evenly and are smaller in size to other #'s on motors i have. Also there has not been any grinding or sanding of the block
so I guess they are the original numbers as such.
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Mad Manx
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| posted on March 1st, 2004 at 09:50 AM |
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P.S. there are no letters before the numbers.
- '71 Kombi (Died 24/11/05 ) - '65 manx (smick)
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| posted on March 1st, 2004 at 09:56 AM |
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It might be a type 3 engine, in which case the real number will be under the fan shroud next the oil cooler outlet.
A previous owner may have copied only part of the number to the Type 1 location under the generator stand. Or thought it didn't have one so made
one up :o
Best of luck
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Purple Martin
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| posted on March 1st, 2004 at 11:19 AM |
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I think I remember hearing somewhere that if you build your own new engine from scratch you get allocated a number by the relevant road authority.
Maybe that's what happened with your engine.
1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper
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| posted on March 1st, 2004 at 07:48 PM |
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according to the book infornt of me the only engines that came with a 5 at the front were the 1961 1200s
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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| posted on March 1st, 2004 at 08:51 PM |
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Yes, had a number allocated by the relevant authority and stamped on by the mechanic when I had a rebuild with a new case. And a 1600 DP is certainly
not the original engine for your car
Easy enough to check, does it match the number on the rego papers?
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Mad Manx
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| posted on March 2nd, 2004 at 08:42 AM |
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yeah the same numbers are on the rego papers- the previous owner told me it was a 1775cc but nothing more. I was just curious as to what case it was
originally and a little worried that I may have probs when it comes time to re-register it again.... but I guess if the numbers are on the old rego
slips then it must be ligit
- '71 Kombi (Died 24/11/05 ) - '65 manx (smick)
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| posted on March 2nd, 2004 at 11:52 PM |
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Looks like it may be a Type 3 1600 converted to upright fan to suit the Beetle and stamped with the 1200 engine number of the previous motor to save a
visit to the Rego Branch. |
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