Douglas:
I agree with you... and state only from my limited knowledge. My '73, I
beleive is very early- like January. The comm # is FM3812U, which seems
to correlate with your comm# info. My engine certainly could have been a
'74 dropped in later- I've only owned it since '94.
I was always curious about the large difference between the comm & engine
numbers- and I am surprised that yours are so close too! I attributed
some of the difference in numbers to perhaps the same engines being used
in some other project... but don't know.
(THIS IS WHY I'VE FORWARDED THIS MESSAGE TO THE LIST-
I'm sure someone there will have an opinion. Is this an understatement?)
David
On Thu, 22 May 1997, Douglas Mitchell wrote:
> On May 20, 5:07pm, David M Brock wrote:
> > Subject: Re: New Spit
> > Neil:
> >
> > Based on that engine number, I agree that you're right on. My '73 1500
> > engine is, I think, #FM17528UE (from somewhat shaky memory).
> >
> > On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, N.A. Campiglia III wrote:
> > > Motor #FM17345UE, 73-74 1500cc motor
> >-- End of excerpt from David M Brock
>
>
> David,
>
> When in '73 was your car built? My '73 was built in April, and has
> commission number FM4879U. The engine is, ISTR, FM4987UE. I have always
> found it to be remarkable that the engine and comm numbers are so close
> and have the same digits.
>
> I would have thought that an engine number in the 17xxx would be a '74.
>
> Doug in Michigan.
> dmitchel@ismi.net
>
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