Unidentifiable Engine Serial Number

[Lex Hightower]

Hello All,
This is my first post, as I am a new member. I have a 1960 356 T5 that came with a motor that I am unable to find even a casting # on. I have looked in the normal places such as the gen stand and right behind the fan shroud on the case hump. The only numbers I am able to find are stamped on the oil sender section of the engine case itself. However these set of numbers appear to be to long for any serial # I have research thus far. All areas where the number should be are in my opinion "virgin in appearance" meaning i don't believe those areas to have been ground off or milled down. Has anyone run into this issue before?
Thanks for any help!

[Jules Dielen]

welcome Lee,

post some "peechurs" please

[Ron LaDow]

Lex,
Per Jules, pictures would help. But the factory sold un-numbered replacement cases for ones damaged beyond economic repair. You are fortunate no one tried to stamp a fake number on it; that gets VERY difficult to explain.

[Alan Hall]

The replacement cases always had the case matching numbers, so those should be there at a minimum.

[GregVandenbussche]

Alan, got replacement cases with 0 stamping anywhere

[Jay Wiener]

Industrial engine?

[GregVandenbussche]

industrial engine would have serial on the left side of the third case (90 degree from usual position of engine number on cars) i believe