161 Motor

[Royal]

  Hi again
     Just noticed a grey engine on e/bay for sale with a N.S.W. # n#####p just what we were talking about, don't know how to post link but it's item #4602249610
            Cheers   Roy

[craiga]

Here you go Roy - knock yourself out!!!

Link to eBay item is here http://tinyurl.com/b5q2n

And here is the eBay description and a picture:

POLICE NUMBERED ENGINE!!!!!

[Sarge]

Rob J
       Do you know if this motor is any good as you seem to be the Guru on all things old and Grey.

Cheers
Sarge

P.S what does the N stand for.

P.S.S and what does the 58 - 1881- mean

[4hammers]

Check the first page of this thread, Sarge. Fast Eddie has summed it up pretty much spot on.

Rob J

[Sarge]

More reading. lol

Cheers
Sarge

[mcl1959]

The stolen and recovered and restamped theories may only account for a tiny amount of these blocks, the main reason for police stamping is because the police were in charge of registration records until about 1980? I think and during that time if you bought a new block from GMH (as hundreds of people did per year) you then took it to your local cop shop and they stamped it with the next number and recorded it. I have seen WP NP and VP blocks as well as VP chassis numbers as well, where new subframes were fitted to cars after accident damage.

Ken

[FC-225]

the main reason for police stamping is because the police were in charge of registration records until about 1980?

Ken

Correct Ken, That is what I had to do when I fitted the V8 to mine originally,,my #is V390P.

ALAN

[Motörhead]

I have seen WP NP and VP blocks as well as VP chassis numbers as well, where new subframes were fitted to cars after accident damage.

That was definitely the case. I was reading up on another club's newsletter (can't remember which club) about a year ago where a member's 1959 FC had been re-registered as a 1961 car. Turns out the FC had to be rebodied after a bad accident in 1961 so the FC was rebodied and the Police stamped 'P' to the chassis after Police inspection. It seems that if Police at the time had to inspect and certify a rebodied car, they would also re-register it.

Cheers ...... Pete