Dartsun
Mopar Dude
I’ve got a 340 engine I’ve had for awhile. Wondering if belongs anybody’s car. Vin looks like BH23P9B251864
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Sorry I saw casting date in the header and then an engine Vin in the post, got confusedNo question just have a found motor to no 340 car
I thought that I read somewhere that they did that on some early '69 motors but then only used the last 7 or 8 of the vin.Is that vin on the oil pan rail? If so, I cant say I've ever seen a complete vin there before.
Thanks for posting!
I thought that I read somewhere that they did that on some early '69 motors but then only used the last 7 or 8 of the vin.
Yep Steve, makes sense, haven't any alcohol yet.I wonder if being a 68 date code that its stamped up where bell housing mounts( where 68 model years were). Not that I've seen a lot but all 340 vins I've seen were 8 digits long. For example Dartsuns would read 9B251864.
Hope that makes sense?
No question just have a found motor to no 340 car.
Yep Steve typically just the last 8 of the vin. Never seen a complete vin on an engine block like that.
Steve, Is your in box full?I wonder if being a 68 date code that its stamped up where bell housing mounts( where 68 model years were). Not that I've seen a lot but all 340 vins I've seen were 8 digits long. For example Dartsuns would read 9B251864.
Hope that makes sense?
Yep Steve typically just the last 8 of the vin. Never seen a complete vin on an engine block like that.
Steve, Is your in box full?
Yes that’s by the oil pan. I don’t see any stampings by bell housing.Is that vin on the oil pan rail? If so, I cant say I've ever seen a complete vin there before.
Thanks for posting!
Which 1969's ? early casting date on the ragtop 340?Only 1969 had the full vin on the block, I have one out of a ragtop
not all,As far as I know all 1969's. Casting date 9-9-68
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which is typical Mopar. This motor casting date is one day later than the op motor as far as I can tell.Maybe it was only the early ones, I had a 440 with a full vin but that's been gone for a while so not sure on casting date
That's what I had posted earlier that I had read somewhere that it was the earlier castings but one day later and this one that I showed is a partial.Maybe it was only the early ones, I had a 440 with a full vin but that's been gone for a while so not sure on casting date
the person that stamped that block needs help, I stamped many castings in 10 years at a foundry-vice grips and a hammerAs far as I know all 1969's. Casting date 9-9-68
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the person that stamped that block needs help, I stamped many castings in 10 years at a foundry-vice grips and a hammer