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Re: Morris engine number

To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Morris engine number
From: TVRVixen@aol.com
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 94 00:24:23 EDT
>The vehicle registration plate on my 1964 Lotus Seven has the
>engine number: 8G19RS2364B

>That number did not match the number of the 948cc A-series engine which
>was in the Seven when I bought it.

>As far as I know, all 948cc engines were numbered either 9C or 9CG.

>Does the 8G number match the serial number of an A-Series 803cc engine?
> -- Flemming Larsen                       flarsen@uclink.berkeley.edu

I was going to say that those numbers don't match BMC numbering, but then I
went out to the shop and looked.  I have a 1098cc A-series motor  (with 2"
main bearings) with the serial number 8G150RS41658.  The trouble is, I don't
really know what it came out of.  

Anyone else have a guess?

Don




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