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Re: [T3] '67 Squareback original engine question


On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 11:50, Everett Barnes wrote:
> I have a question about my '67 Squareback engine.  I'm pretty sure it has
> the original engine but I've noticed that the engine # is not stamped into
> the top of the case, it is stamped into a little plate that is then attached
> to the top of the case.
> 
> I don't have a photo of the little rectangular plate but it looks like the
> id plate in the upper right of this '66 T34:
> http://thesamba.com/vw/scrapbook/t34/366089848/vin.jpg
> 
> Is this normal?  Does anyone have a low mileage '67 Type 3 to verify this
> is correct?
> 
Everett,

All original VW engines I have ever seen, had the number stamped into
the metal of the case itself. Any engines that were stamped into a tag,
were rebuilt engines.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT (It drove)
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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