Re: Vhehicle Number Plate
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2013/12/17 10:51:56
TWB, what you have pictured is the "casting number" and casting date; all engine blocks cast from the same pattern would carry the same number though of course the dates would vary. Your actual motor or engine number, hopefully to match that on your repro patent plate, will be stamped on the distributor side of the motor.
Without digressing too far but on the topic of the patent plate curiosities, here's a couple of interesting features. The first, with the "R" as a suffix, shows the method used prior to 1932 to identify right-hand drive vehicles. I don't know how, or even if, there was any identification for RHD after that. The second picture, courtesy of Mike Grimes, shows something which I believe is particular to the 1936 (14th series) cars, and then only to the senior models and that is the prefix "14th" before the actual VN. Never not seen it on a 14th series senior, never seen it on a 14th series junior, and never seen it on any other series.
PS - The statement in the text of the patent plate about the number of patents was updated and changed frequently, for example:
On late 226/233 and 136/143, also early 326/333 and 236/243 it stated "five hundred" patents.
On late 236/333 and 236/243 thru the early 10th series it stated "six hundred" patents.
On late 10th series thru early 11th series it stated "eleven hundred" patents.
On late 12th series thru early 14th series it stated "twelve hundred" patents.
On late 14th series thru the 15th series it stated "thirteen hundred and fifty" patents.
On the 16th series and thru early 1949 22nd series it gave a partial list of the actual patent numbers involved in the car.
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Without digressing too far but on the topic of the patent plate curiosities, here's a couple of interesting features. The first, with the "R" as a suffix, shows the method used prior to 1932 to identify right-hand drive vehicles. I don't know how, or even if, there was any identification for RHD after that. The second picture, courtesy of Mike Grimes, shows something which I believe is particular to the 1936 (14th series) cars, and then only to the senior models and that is the prefix "14th" before the actual VN. Never not seen it on a 14th series senior, never seen it on a 14th series junior, and never seen it on any other series.
PS - The statement in the text of the patent plate about the number of patents was updated and changed frequently, for example:
On late 226/233 and 136/143, also early 326/333 and 236/243 it stated "five hundred" patents.
On late 236/333 and 236/243 thru the early 10th series it stated "six hundred" patents.
On late 10th series thru early 11th series it stated "eleven hundred" patents.
On late 12th series thru early 14th series it stated "twelve hundred" patents.
On late 14th series thru the 15th series it stated "thirteen hundred and fifty" patents.
On the 16th series and thru early 1949 22nd series it gave a partial list of the actual patent numbers involved in the car.
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