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Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:15 pm

^Thanks. Appears unstamped
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VW logo on oil filler seal

14mm Kamax on the generator strap
I have a Verbus bolt on a second strap I have, off a slightly earlier engine

Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:18 pm

Two holed Bosch TE6A3 coil brackets

The left bracket has two holes to the rear too

Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:41 pm

Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:47 am

Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:08 pm

Setting the points on a 54 Oval
Good picture for detail

Is that a radio suppressor (silver cylinder) to the right of the regulator?

Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:17 pm

RockStock wrote: Is that a radio suppressor (silver cylinder) to the right of the regulator?

I believe so but it's larger than most I've seen in the past

Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:25 pm

Cleaning up a '54 motor I had sitting and while glassing the tin noticed that the 3 and 4 cylinder top tins had been double stamped? Maybe a mixup at the stamp machine?

Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:58 pm

Weird but very cool.

I guess they had the numbers backwards?

Mon Jul 08, 2024 8:07 pm

EverettB wrote: Here some 54/55 fuel pump serial numbers for reference.

These are all loose pumps so I don't know what month/year engines they were removed from.

938716 - Screw
999870 - Screw
1300635 - Screw
1304024 - Screw
1311009 - Screw
1578179 - No Screw
1659613 - No Screw

I’ve just picked up a no screw fuel pump with number
1711392 - no screw (so must be late in the run of no screw versions)

Mon Jul 29, 2024 12:20 pm

Here is my jan55 engine.
It was all original except the regulator. It has the early MANN filter.
Wiring needs to be finalized.

Please put your remarks

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Mon Jul 29, 2024 12:55 pm

Good effort!
The 2 lhs regulator screws should be fitted from underneath

Your lead pipe clamps…are they the weldnut type? Or screw type?

Mon Jul 29, 2024 1:15 pm

RockStock wrote: Good effort!
The 2 lhs regulator screws should be fitted from underneath

Your lead pipe clamps…are they the weldnut type? Or screw type?

Thx for the tip. Regulator was all that was missing :)
Clamps are screw types...

Mon Jul 29, 2024 1:39 pm

Sticker on the filter too

This is supposedly a very original 1955 engine
Month unknown

Have you have a lot of the fixings blackened?
Screws like the regulator mounting screws, fuel pump cap screws, carb screws/bolts?

Another pretty original 55 engine from p10:

Tempie wrote: Clamps are screw types...
Original to the engine as far as you know?

Mon Jul 29, 2024 1:44 pm

Yes, clamps are original.

Must honestly say, the sticker on air cleaner was not there when I found the car

Tue Jul 30, 2024 12:07 pm

The badge on the distributor is a reproduction. You might want to check the distributor body stamp to make sure it really is a BR3.

Wed Jul 31, 2024 1:22 pm

It looks like his dist tag is like this one. Mine is that style too, which is date code 5L.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2397273.jpg

Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:12 pm

A very original February 1955 36hp engine in a very original Swedish Oval
1-0983220

Bar maybe a uterus manifold and a lead boot…I can’t fault it
Lovely

Tue Aug 13, 2024 6:45 pm

I should have been more specific, sorry. I was referencing the distributor badge shown on page one of this topic.

Wed Aug 21, 2024 7:37 am

53 0val wrote: RareAir wrote: Luftsick Tero wrote: When did the generator nut change to smaller one?

Generator nut went to 21mm size in 1956

The real question is: What color were they painted? :D

Look! A squirrel!

Sun Oct 06, 2024 1:54 am

Some date codes I saw while building a july 54 industrial engine. The matching engine was once replaced by a '59. Starter motor still the original one. The industrial engine had period correct date codes ( if I may believe this topic) and suits my 15july 54 very well. ( wheels are 7/54 , speedo 6/54)

1 clips from the distributor is not correct. Boxes are 3 holes but didn't find the older style cylinder tin. And maybe there's more stuff ?