Vin# on engine?

[Tower Rat 95B]

  Can the vin # on the engine give info on what type body the engine was originaly in?   The vin# down by the oil pan rail is     F199321            and the pad up by the distributer is stamped,,,,


                                              J 440         HP

                     
                                              2          9

 
    I spaced that as it appears on the pad,,,,,,,,  does this info tell any thing about what year and body type it came from?


                     Thanks.............

[Chryco Psycho]

Yes & no , it gives the plant the engine was installled at & from that we know only certain models were produced at the plant , but it will not give you specific body type the engine came from

[Culvers]

  Can the vin # on the engine give info on what type body the engine was originaly in?   The vin# down by the oil pan rail is     F199321            and the pad up by the distributer is stamped,,,,


                                              J 440         HP

                     
                                              2          9

"J" would mean 1973

[ChallengerHK]

Doesn't apply in this instance, but a couple of years had the full VIN (i.e., not just the sequence number) stamped on the block.

[Tower Rat 95B]

Thanks fellas I do appreciate the help  ........

 So  it goes like this right?


 J= 1973

 440= obvious 440

 HP= High Performance

 2      9  =      Assembly plant?    Which plant?


 Since this is a 1973 440 hp it would most likely be a Road Runner engine so 2  9 would be a Road Runner assembly plant?

[Culvers]

2    9  = February, 9th

[Alaskan_TA]

The assembly plant for the car it came out of will be on the VIN pad. Look on the passenger side of the block, about mid-engine (front to back) slightly above the oil pan rail.

[Chryco Psycho]

assy plant was F - Newark plant

[Tower Rat 95B]

          Thanks nice to know what plant it came from,  but what state is  the Newark plant?    So if I was to search for a 70 date coded block  what would the the code for the Hamtrack plant be?  If you have a 70 car with a 10/69  build date does that mean you would have a 69 date coded engine? 

[Chryco Psycho]

B is the Hamtramck plant
 yes a 10 /69 car would have a 6/69 block
 not sure where the newark plant is or what was built there

[NoMope Greg]

Newark is Newark, Delaware, closed last year.

http://cbs3.com/topstories/Chrysler.Plant.Employees.2.307421.html

[69coronetrt]

Newark is Newark, Delaware, closed last year.

http://cbs3.com/topstories/Chrysler.Plant.Employees.2.307421.html

And a '73 440 out of the Newark plant would have come in a C body.