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blue40devil

Engine number/year

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I am trying to track an engine number.

It is supposedly a '31 std 8.

338250

Based on my research that number is too high. Am I missing something?

Posted on: 2020/7/28 9:30

Owen_Dyneto

Re: Engine number/year

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Are you sure you're seeing it correctly? According to my sources it falls into no-man's land, too high for the 8th series and too low for the 9th.

Though it isn't guaranteed to provide an answer, any casting dates?

Posted on: 2020/7/28 9:48

blue40devil

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Owen_Dyneto,

Thanks for the response.

The car is titled as a '31 Packard and it is identified as 338250.

The engine number was all I could come up with as to why that number is on the title.

Maybe it is an assigned number to comply with current title requirements??

Posted on: 2020/7/28 12:00

Owen_Dyneto

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338250 is on the patent plate, or the motor, or both? Or neither, just on the title?

Posted on: 2020/7/28 12:41

blue40devil

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Just title,

Still looking for the data plate.

Posted on: 2020/7/28 12:47

blue40devil

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Mystery solved. The number on the title is one digit off the engine number 33xxxx vs 32xxxx

Posted on: 2020/7/28 14:28

blue40devil

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Owen Dyneto

Does 328250 tell you anything?

Bill

Posted on: 2020/7/28 14:32

Owen_Dyneto

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Yes, 328250 fits quite neatly into the motor # range for the 826/833.

For the purposes of my research database, would you provide me with the theft-proof number?

Posted on: 2020/7/28 14:52