Vin decoding help

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by Reps4Days

So I found the motor and it has "FAM246770" stamped on the block by the distributer. I looked up this and it was saying it is for a passenger car from 1948. Any idea why both inside the door and the block would say it's from a 1948 car?

probably because, like I said before, most states used the engine number to title stuff this old, but engine wore out and got replaced, so it was probably an attempt to show where the engine came from in case there was a question