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Re: Block Stampings

To: neil.cairns@virgin.net
Subject: Re: Block Stampings
From: neil.cairns@virgin.net
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 10:08:27 -0700
neil.cairns@virgin.net wrote:
> 
> Barry,
> 
  Theres more.........I have just been chatting to a retired neighbour,
who use to work at VAUXHALLS, ( the General Motors subsiduary in nearby
LUTON town, who assemble  OPEL cars and stick Vauxhall badges onto
them.....) He worked in the INSPECTIONS department. He says, in the days
when Vauxhall built their own engines, gearboxes, etc, as the engine
passed down the line, it would get various QUALITY CHECKS, and the
Inspector would stamp his number on the block if it passed muster.

Your 7,66,67 could well be just that, inspection quality assurance
stamps.

Neil
( AWG meant A Wild Guess.)
> 
> Baker, G. wrote:
> >
> > Neil,
> >   Enjoyed the answer and learned things...............but............what 
>do the
> > numbers "7
> >          67
> >          60" mean.  I suspect they were just for internal factory 
>bookkeeping
> > stuff but that's a WAG.
> > Thanks again for the time you spent in answering.
> > Gregg Baker
> >
> > At 09:41 AM 8/23/98 -0700, you wrote:
> > >WARNING...long answer.
> > >
> > >Baker, G. wrote:

> > >
> > >>   On inspecting the block of my 56 A I notice stampings on the panside of
> > >>                                   " 7
> > >>                                    67
> > >>                                    60"
> > >

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