21-03-2019, 11:50 AM
(This post was last modified: 21-03-2019, 11:51 AM by Nick Salmon.)
Worth noting that whilst engine and chassis numbers can give guidance on dates of manufacture, the two may well differ by a wide margin despite being put together by Austin at the same time. The reason is that if an engine failed on post production test it would be hauled out and a replacement 'off the shelf' put in. By the time a few years of production had gone by, for dating purposes, the number on the chassis would be out of kilter with the engine number.