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Jim Adney wrote: > That was my question. I figured it was worth asking. ;-) > >The engine number is a mid to early '71, so I wonder if it was made then, or if >this was a rebuild with a '71 case. I would have expected a rebuild to have a >different mark of some kind, so I'm gonna guess that this really IS a brand new >'71 engine. > > > I was guessing a factory remanufacture, not factory-new- the crate has a recycling-type symbol on it (pic on the bottom, with the VW logo painted on the crate). Unless that logo is meant to imply that the old engine is to be returned to VW in that box. The real test would be to find out if that engine was ever installed in a car (if it was a rebuild)- one could look up the engine serial number and see which VIN it's associated with, if applicable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~