Have been unsuccessfully looking for the engine serial number. I understand it is near the distributor. There is a machined pad on the drivers side of the distributor between the accelerator linkage stand and the valley pan that looks like it was designed as a pad to stamp numbers on. I cleaned it off and it is has no stampings. Am I looking in the correct place? The engine is painted blue which I'm assuming is the Lincoln color. Is the complete car serial number or just the last four sequence numbers supposed to be there? Still haven't attempted to remove the radio antenna yet.

Thanks, Dave

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