Thread: Engine Number

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

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

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.

Originally Posted by 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.

Originally Posted by korg20000bc

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

Watch out it might come back and bite you on the fore mentioned.

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

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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