Engine Number

[grey_ghost]

Hi All,

I am cleaning up the engine in my 1960 SWB Series 2.

Under all the dirt and grime I found this:

http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p549/tomb1971/IMG_2464_zpsf58f21cb.jpg

It's the number 537 - on the passenger side of the block...

Does it mean anything? (I know that it is not the engine number).

[chazza]

They seem to be quite common - I had one on my S1 engine - perhaps they are batch numbers.

To preserve mine I traced it onto a piece of paper; measured two reference points and made the tracing into a stencil after the block had been cleaned and re-painted,

Cheers Charlie

[incisor]

my early block 2.25 had the same style of stencil number on it...

[korg20000bc]

It was a staff reward prize number.
Land Rover workers got to put their employee number on engines if they bolted the head to the block. A prize was given to that worker if, at the end of the working week, their number was on the most engines. It was seen as a way of motivating staff with minor rewards.

[korg20000bc]

It was a staff reward prize number.
Land Rover workers got to put their employee number on engines if they bolted the head to the block. A prize was given to that worker if, at the end of the working week, their number was on the most engines. It was seen as a way of motivating staff with minor rewards.

Please don't believe this.
Its just a bunch of arse I made up on the spot.

[Landy Smurf]

Please don't believe this.
Its just a bunch of arse I made up on the spot.
just like a land rover, so therefore it must be true

[wrinklearthur]

Watch out it might come back and bite you on the fore mentioned. :D or should it be ?
Watch out it might come back and bite you on the rear mentioned. :D

After stripping down some of the paint on 'HECter', I marvel at the way the original paint just refuses to give way and if I can find a type of paint that stays as well, I will be using that for sure.


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[grey_ghost]

I figured that it was a joke...

What is slightly interesting is that the numbers are painted on - and the paint has lasted 53 years! I need some more of that paint!

:D