Possible faked 67S engine 960266

[ajwans]

Recently posted to ebay.co.uk, I'm really sorry if you bought this but there is not very much right about this engine number.

Poorly stamped, 960266 is a reasonably early MY67 number.



Type number looks badly stamped, and the production number signifies the end of MY67, should be for an engine around 962000.



Date marks are for an engine cast in August 1967, again around the end of MY67 production, if not past.



I'd hope to be proven wrong but that serial and type stamping do not sit well with the production number or date casting.

For reference here's a legit type number:



andy

[Frank Beck]

Why was it posted?

[HughH]

Andy
I am not sure what others think but I think the type number is probably OK.

I have seen quite a number of them with that sort of stamping - mismatched fonts etc. It looks as if the first part of the type number is done at one time, maybe at one part of the process, and then the last numbers are stamped in later when it is decided what type the engine will actually be.

also is that July or august 1967 - ie is the last tiny dot that is a little way off the circle a casting flaw or a month dot stamp?

but I agree it does not match and either the engine number should be something like 962066 rather than 960266 or the first number of the serial number near the type stamp should be a 5 not an 8 ( it looks a dodgy 8 as well to me)

[P-CarLover]

Definitely looks odd to me too~ Perhaps the engine # wasn't redone (although I suspect it had~), but that engine code 901/02 looks waaaaaay off to me. Where is DaveP at to settle this??