1953 Plymouth 218?

[dgrinnan]

I have a 1947 Dodge truck.  It appears a previous owner has installed a flathead six 218 from a 1953 car.  I used an engine decoder link posted in another thread on this site but I am confused by the numbers stamped on the engine.  See the pic.  If I read the decoder correctly this is clearly a 1953 Plymouth car engine.  P24.  It is the numbers after that I am confused about.  Every example picture I have seen contains the engine code, the star as a separator and then a string of numbers between a star and the end.  My number has the small o separators????  Has anyone seen this and know how I should read it?

Edited July 22, 2022 by dgrinnan

[soth122003]

Did a little digging around and found this page. Now it doesn't explain the small 0, but the picture if you look at the number 6 and 9 in it, you can see how faint the tag line off the number 6 or 9 is faint. Maybe these are the numbers 6  and 9 with the tag line worn or missing. Just my 2 cents worth. 

 

Joe Lee

 

https://www.t137.com/registry/help/otherengines/pengines.html

[dgrinnan]

You could be correct.  If I zoom in and squint there might be some indication of a tail on both of those small circles indicating a 6 and 9.  That would make since.  I might take a scotch pad and lightly hit that area to remove a little of the paint and see if anything is revealed. 

[soth122003]

You might want to use a little water and your finger first. I tried a scotch pad on the vin on the frame and almost wore the number off. Basic point is to use a light touch and minimum abrasion.

 

Joe Lee

[dgrinnan]

I will start out light.  Thanks for the tip.