Mike, I had the V5 copy from when I bought the car so knew what I was looking for on the block. It does help to know what it's supposed to read when looking at it though, I would not be so confident just reading it straight off the rusty block as 2 of the characters are quite worn though the others are OK-ish.
Peter, the only problem I read into that definition is that if you're unable to prove the date of the engine (in the event BMW can't/won't tell you), will a V5 from the donor be good enough to determine the effective date for the kit car given that the donor could have undergone a swap to a newer engine at some point? Does a swap get permanently registered on a V5 a bit like a colour change does?
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