![]() ![]() There is a small (1/2″ x 1/4″) casting boss on the front, left (driver’s) side of your engine block. This tip will show you how to learn the approximate month your car was built and the exact month your engine was assembled. the assembly date of your engine by Ford.the build date of your car by Sunbeam and.What it CANNOT prove is the engine is not original if it was manufactured before the car was built. This tip will prove if an engine was built AFTER your car was built thus proving the engine is not original. ![]() Since Tigers have their serial numbers on the firewall identification plate AND on a sticker on one rocker arm cover, it’s real easy to swap the rocker arm covers of the original engine and a replacement engine and pass it off as original. Part of this originality is if the car has its original engine. With the astronomical escalation of the value of Tigers in recent years, cars that are original can command a premium price. Want to know if the engine in your Tiger is not original? Need a sure fire method of telling if your engine was made AFTER your car was assembled? Keith sends this, noting “it is a way to determine the approximate assembly dates of the Tiger at Sunbeam and the engine at Ford-it can’t guarantee the engine in the Tiger is the right one but it can guarantee if it is the wrong one!” Thanks to Keith for researching and sharing this information. Originally published as “Your Tiger’s Other Serial Number” by Keith Bettencourt in the January 1993 RootesReview: ![]()
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