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Re: numbers don't match

To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: numbers don't match
From: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 17:24:42 -0800
At 07:01 PM 3/20/99 -0600, Matthew W Peterson wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I just discovered a new characteristic of my car, the engine numbers
>don't match.  The number R-61661 is stamped on the info plate but the
>engine is stamped R  15877.  Didn't the post 67 R engines start at the
>number R-40000?  If so what is my engine from?  Is it from an earlier
>roadster, or something else?  I am totally stumped.

No, you got it right. It's an earlier engine. Could be from either a
roadster or a 411 sedan. I don't know how to tell the difference. 
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
http://www.gordon-glasgow.org

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