Subject: Re: Can't Find The Engine Number On An M45
I think the reason for this is that if an M45 developed a fault during the guarantee period, they would take it back to the Works, whip out the engine and put another one in straight away so the customer got his car back pretty quickly.
The cost of repairing the faulty engine could then be argued over by Lagonda and Meadows at their leisure.
To make sure they were talking about the same engine they would doubtless use the Meadows number to decouple it from a particular car.
Colin