Re: [Chrysler300] Engine ID and year

In a message dated 1/9/2014 11:54:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 1970hurst@xxxxxxxxx writes:

This may help:

Year Engine Code

1959 MR41-

1960 P41-

1961 R41-

1962 S41-

1963 T41-

1964 V41-

1965 A413-

1966 B440-

1967 C440-

1968 D440-

1969 F440-

1970 G440-
Ray

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Jerry Lindsay <jerrylindsay300h@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I’m sorry S41

From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jerrylindsay300h@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 8:50 PM
To: LabLoverDC@xxxxxxx; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Don Verity
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Engine ID and year

My "H" has an HP stamped on it as well as the R41

Jerry Lindsay
---- Don Verity <d.verity@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> In 1960 the engine did not have a special # for the 300. The pad next to the distributor will have P 41 plus a build date. The P is for 1960, and the 41 is for 413. All the 60 413’s were stamped this way. The engine should have been built before the car was, within a few months I think.
> Don
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> From: LabLoverDC@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 11:34 AM
> To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Chrysler300] Engine ID and year
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>
> Hello Folks--I am trying to determine if the engine in my 300 F (convertible) is original. Does anyone know how to tell that? It is currently out of the car, which is undergoing a complete restoration. It is a long ram motor, but beyond that I'm not sure what it is.
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> I'm assuming there are numbers on the engine somewhere, but I haven't been able to find them, so I would really appreciate knowing exactly where to look, and how to interpret them once I do find them.
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> If the engine turns out to be not original, is there a way to determine what year/car it would likely have been out of?
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> I tried searching the list server because I'm sure this has been answered before, but I couldn't seem to find anything specific enough to help. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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> Shannon
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> 300 F convertible

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