canvas Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Hello all of you, A short introduction of me. My name is Paul and live in the Netherlands. I'm 51 years old and together with my son we bought a Corolla KE20 from 1973. I own the car now for almost 4 years, the outside of the car is almost like new after the respray (do everything myself) and a lot of cosmetic work. At this point the complete engine, shocks, brakes, are being overhault. I visit this site very often (also before I joint) to get more info about all kind of stuff, thank you all for the info on the site here, very useful for me Try to have some nice picture's this evening to this site. But one question is troubling me, how can i find out if my car is a matching number car. The number on the body and the motor are not the same not even a bit. And I'm pretty sure the engine is the original one. Thanks With kind regards Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canvas Posted October 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) A few picture's of the car. http://1drv.ms/1DTQ9ij Edited October 27, 2014 by canvas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrot Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Welcome Canvas Unfortunately there is no way to confirm that you have a matching numbers car UNLESS you have the original paperwork and books at the time of sale. These should record the engine number. The car build plate at that time did not incorporate the engine number. If it isn't a 3K then it definitely isn't original. There were various variants of 3K's, 3K - C's, 3K-H's etc, which will be noted on the build plate, so that may give you a clue as to possibility of original engine, or more likely rule it out if it doesn't match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 A nice rebuild, you must have done a lot of work there. We can have a Netherlands sub-section soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosty Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Uitstekende werk Paul :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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