--- In goldenfin@xxxx, "Larry Stanley" <peerless@xxxx> wrote: > Personally, I do not endorse the changing of any serial number whatever the > reason. There is enough confusion about what was what now that adding any > more isn't needed. In most states it is illeagal to change any part of any > serial number on a car. In some states, a replacement block that came > without a number would have to have the old engines number stamped on the > pad. In others, a new (often made up) number had to be stamped if one was > not already stamped. (Check your local laws, your mileage will vary, .....) > I would be torn , 'though, about having a true 1958 non-Fury engine in the > '58 Fury or keeping the true '57 Fury engine with its colorful backstory. > > Larry Well Larry, that would probably be considered a fairly extreme viewpoint in many peoples eyes. A few points though... There is no "pad" in the block for a number... and the whole darn thing looks like it was hand-stamped to begin with. And I don't know any laws or regulations which govern the ENGINE numbers of a car... VIN #'s are of course another story. I have only encountered a few vehicles that were ever titled or registered off the engine #'s - those were the inspection people didn't know where to look for the real VIN (like VW beetles - under the back seat), and those whose VIN's had been removed and there were no other #'s on the car, or those who just plain screwed up the registration (like minimum wage idiots at the DMV who will NOT under any circumstance believe your 6 or 7 digit # is the REAL VIN). I have a '67 Beetle with a factory remanufactured engine, and on it, the whole engine # was routed out of the block, leaving only the "H" type identifier, and stamped with a really cool little VW emblem with "recycle" type arrows going around it. Maybe other states are more Dracionian about it than Mizzery, but I dobt many others give a flying F about what #'s appear on a 44 year old "clunker". Of course that's just my opinion... You make an excellent point though... it's tough... keep an "incorrect" block in the car but with an interesting history (and at least it's a "real" Fury block), or find a "correct" FLP block (or "fake" one) and just have correct looking #'s. Tough call man. My theory, from looking at the "F" in the #'s is that the "F" blocks are the same as any other Plymouth 318 block of the time. I think that when the motor was destined for a Fury, the "F" was added so as to identify it as a motor with the higher compression pistons, rowdy cam, forged crank or whatever else was special to the Fury, etc so they didn't wind up in the nanny's grocery getter Plaza or Savoy. Again, just my opinion. Brian ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Home Selling? Try Us! http://us.click.yahoo.com/QrPZMC/iTmEAA/MVfIAA/BBiolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: goldenfin-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ <<attachment: winmail.dat>> |
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