VN engine numbers

[Noakesy]

G'day all I have a vn 5ltr wagon that I'm having trouble finding info on. The guy I bought it off told me it was factory 5ltr, the vin seems to confirm this last digits of the vin ULL4382** then engine number written in the owners handbook matches that but after a closer look at the rego papers I discovered that the current engines number is vu5944** if anyone can shed any light on my situation it would be greatly appreciated cheers

[88GreenVN]

Checking now for you....

Car was probably made in May 1990 and the engine number starting with VU5944XX is around May 1990 also - so yep looks like a match time line wise.

The U in the VIN = V8 engine code.

[Noakesy]

Thanks a bunch mate I checked the plates and it's ended up being June 90 so u were near smack on. I managed to figure out that who ever wrote the car details in the owners handbook wrote the body number where they should have put the engine number hence the confusion. Thanks again