Guilty of another thread drift..sorry. Arwyn, I had an old TR block out of a Flat Rad/Twin spare on which it seems the habit at the time was to stamp ME as a prefix to the engine number, which I think related to Morgan Engine. I also had a Mangoletsi modified (1500cc?) Ford in a boat I once owned which was devoid of engine numbers in the usual place. Perhaps just muddying the waters again..?