VIN and Engine # (1 Viewer)

[Stage10]

I'm new here and looking for some help...I just bought a 1975 HJ45...VIN on chassis is different than the motor. VIN HJ45006947
Motor is H25290. Can anyone help in decoding the VIN and motor number? Should they match? Is there a way to tell if this is the original motor?
Thanks!!

 

[brian]

the vin and engine numbers are nothing more than a sequential number, that do not match each other.

 

[Stage10]

the vin and engine numbers are nothing more than a sequential number, that do not match each other.

Thank you! Bringing this from Costa Rica so the details for import are important.

 

[Green Bean]

These may not be useful since it appears to be for US market: vehicles:

Land Cruiser Frame Numbers

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[Rusty Panels]

In Australia at least the VIN number is the chassis ID number and tells you everything about the vehicle and what it has fitted from the factory including type of engine and transmission. The engine number is different again and refers to nothing other than the engine. The Toyota records would however show the engine number that went with that chassis VIN. Maybe a call to Toyota would be able to confirm if you have the original engine in that chassis.

 

[OGBeno]

In Australia at least the VIN number is the chassis ID number and tells you everything about the vehicle and what it has fitted from the factory including type of engine and transmission. The engine number is different again and refers to nothing other than the engine. The Toyota records would however show the engine number that went with that chassis VIN. Maybe a call to Toyota would be able to confirm if you have the original engine in that chassis.

Toyota in the US will have no ability to correlate engine to frame number of a non-US vehicle.