63 Starter pt. no.and Date Stamping

[Edward J.]

I recieved my 63 340/4 spd vert. today and am accessing the correct part no., and there stampings. The starter does not seem to have a part no. facing the normal direction on the housing, do they stamp no.s on the starters somewhere else or is it possiable there was no stamp?

[Michael G.]

Re: 63 Starter pt. no.and Date Stamping

Ed,

Starter would be stamped and should be plainly seen....ending with #'s (I believe) 242 if an original starter. No big deal, found found mine at a swap meet. Start you a list Ed....

[Wayne M.]

Re: 63 Starter pt. no.and Date Stamping

I recieved my 63 340/4 spd vert. today and am accessing the correct part no., and there stampings. The starter does not seem to have a part no. facing the normal direction on the housing, do they stamp no.s on the starters somewhere else or is it possible there was no stamp?

Edward --- IIRC, some V8 Pontiacs with a driver-side mounted starter have the Delco stampings on the case clocked differently. I know that there's Pontiac starters with numbers close to the 1117352, (correct for a '65 L78 396 engine), but with the last digit off either way -- I forget exactly. These numbers can't be seen when installed on a car with passenger-side starter.

[Harry S.]

Re: 63 Starter pt. no.and Date Stamping

63's are 1107242 and are date stamped. The solenoid ends in 910.

[Kenneth S.]

Re: 63 Starter pt. no.and Date Stamping

Here's a picture of the one on my '63.
Ken

[Jack H.]

Re: 63 Starter pt. no.and Date Stamping

As others have mentioned, the practice of physically where a given starter motor case was stamped varied with starter PN and target vehicle. Once a given original starter has gone through the aftermarket remanufacturing cycle, all bets are off as to what/how a given case might be stamped.

Since starters were a high wear item, it's not unusual for the factory original to a given car to have been replaced in the prior ownership chain. Ditto for the starter's solenoid...