History of a Lola T492 Sports 2000 chassis?

[Clive Brown]

I am a little puzzled by this talk of engine numbers, as I would have thought that new cars were supplied as rollers only so that the customer could fit an S2000 motor from his or her chosen tuner. The better-heeled teams did tend to carry spare motors with them, so engine numbers might in any case be swapped from meeting-to-meeting. Furthermore, did most tuners not build motors from parts? If so, would the block even have an engine number?

Perhaps the motor that Owen installed in the car was not the same one with which it came to Paul; it could be that Paul still has that original Pinto, rather than the one with which he sold it to Dennis.