KT1986
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- Apr 28, 2018
- Location
- Sumter, SC
So where are the stamped numbers on the body you saw? And what paperwork did you get with the car? And what number does that paperwork have on it?
What I'm calling the crossmember is the bolted on front suspension/motor mount assembly that goes from the left side to the right side. Your idler arm is bolted onto a welded bracket on that crossmember, so it's an early (-61) PV, not a later (62-) one where the idler arm would be attached to a bolt on aluminum bracket on the front frame spars (the structure that runs from the bumper to the firewall).
Of course, since that front crossmember bolts on, it's possible that it was replaced after some crash repair, could be a 62- car with an earlier crossmember. Or a -61 car with a B18 motor swapped into it after the B16 wore out.
The B16 radiator def has the lower radiator outlet on the driver side, but it's possible someone had that moved over by a radiator repair shop good at soldering brass. Post up a pic of that and the hood hinges. The B16 nose has some ungainly large non-spring loaded hinges that come back around the sides of the motor when closed. The B18 nose has a spring loaded hinge that sits in front of the radiator.
The stamped numbers were just above the heater core box. Id take a picture of them but even with plain eyesight, its hard to make them out since they are covered in paint. The hood hinges arent spring loaded in any way and no provisions for a spring.
Here are the pics I got, I took one of the numbers anyway and you can kinda make them out in the pic.