Engine number question

[andyG]

Sorry for being a pest, but are you saying it could be the original engine, but the number on the left had been removed, i'd like to think that as the old guy I bought it off was adament it was original, is there any way of finding out the engine number it rolled off the floor with?

[HK1837]

Sorry for being a pest, but are you saying it could be the original engine, but the number on the left had been removed, i'd like to think that as the old guy I bought it off was adament it was original, is there any way of finding out the engine number it rolled off the floor with?

Yes and yes sometimes.