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1939 P2 Engine Number
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:21 pm
by Kitty
Hello Gary first post.
Where is the engine number? I thought it was on the engine mount leg on the right hand side, looking forward.
I need to locate for DVLA.
Logbook gives it a different number to the chassis number.
1939 P2 saloon.
Re: 1939 P2 Engine Number
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2023 5:26 pm
by luli
It is exactly there. May be covered by paint or dirt, so remove it.
Re: 1939 P2 Engine Number
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2023 8:45 am
by GOY189
Is there a brass plate screwed to the nearside of the engine near the dipstick? If so, that usually means the engine has been reconditioned by the Rover Co.
Mike Maher
Re: 1939 P2 Engine Number
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:59 pm
by Kitty
Thanks for the replys.
The attached shows the engine mount.
- Engine mount leg.JPG (41.88 KiB) Viewed 19515 times
I have a letter stating the engine was rebuilt by a local engineer as instructed by Rover!
Thanks again.
Re: 1939 P2 Engine Number
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:52 pm
by HAD501
Hello
The engine in my car (1947) has no number either. There is a small engine-number plate mounted with the chassis number plate which states the engine number the same as the chassis number. However the V5 gives a different number for the engine. I've no idea how many times the engine may have been changed during the car's life. I vaguely remember reading somewhere (Freewheel, perhaps) that Rover engines weren't always numbered, which might explain the small extra plate. Having said that I do have a couple of spare blocks which are numbered in the expected place - so there we are!
All the best, DaveM