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JSRTUDOR · 09-13-2017, 10:49 AM

Was it possible to have a Jan 31 built engine installed in a 1930 Tudor body, or would it be a mismatched engine?

WHN · 09-13-2017, 11:20 AM

Engine was given VIN number when it was approved for installation in a car. Not at the time engine was assembled.

Engine number "VIN" was than stamped on car frame at time of car assembly.

You can have engines with approval dates "VIN's" that do not correspond to manufacturing date stamped on cowl, 1928/1929. They were in storage awaiting movement to assembly line.

You should not have engine VIN dates that are newer than manufacturing date for car.

I don't see how an engine with an approval number "VIN" from 1931 could be in a 1930 car. Unless Henry was using up old parts in January 1931 from 1930.

Does engine number and frame number match?

Enjoy.

JSRTUDOR · 09-14-2017, 08:38 PM

Thanks !

160B · 09-14-2017, 09:25 PM

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RG&JS Area 1 Engine page1-2 Revised 2011

The assembly date for a vehicle may be as long as three months after the date the engine was produced (four months in 1931).

09-13-2017, 10:49 AM	#1
JSRTUDOR Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: NEW JERSEY Posts: 210	engine year to body year Was it possible to have a Jan 31 built engine installed in a 1930 Tudor body, or would it be a mismatched engine?

09-13-2017, 11:20 AM	#2
WHN Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Connecticut Shoreline Posts: 1,823	Re: engine year to body year Engine was given VIN number when it was approved for installation in a car. Not at the time engine was assembled. Engine number "VIN" was than stamped on car frame at time of car assembly. You can have engines with approval dates "VIN's" that do not correspond to manufacturing date stamped on cowl, 1928/1929. They were in storage awaiting movement to assembly line. You should not have engine VIN dates that are newer than manufacturing date for car. I don't see how an engine with an approval number "VIN" from 1931 could be in a 1930 car. Unless Henry was using up old parts in January 1931 from 1930. Does engine number and frame number match? Enjoy. Last edited by WHN; 09-13-2017 at 02:36 PM.

09-14-2017, 08:38 PM	#3
JSRTUDOR Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: NEW JERSEY Posts: 210	Re: engine year to body year Thanks !

09-14-2017, 09:25 PM	#4
160B Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Port Orchard, WA Posts: 1,498	Re: engine year to body year Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) RG&JS Area 1 Engine page1-2 Revised 2011 *The assembly date for a vehicle may be as long as three months after the date the engine was produced (four months in 1931).* __________________ 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?