Hello everybody!
I live in Mexico and love old cars, and I am not afraid of working on them. I have wanted a O19 for a long time, and a couple of months ago I bought a 1962 O319 which has been in Mexico I believe since new, owned by a government agency. It is a deluxe version with the 10 tall seats and it still has it's original upholstery, but it needs paint and several other things. When I got it, it was about to be painted and the mouldings were removed, but I have most of the trim. I already located with the help of a Belgian friend some of the missing parts, like emblems and lights, but still have some more parts that I need to find.
First thing I would love to ask is for help to find out what I have. My main doubt is that it has a 6 cylinder 180 engine, like the ones on 220S from the era. Could it have been done this way from factory? I understand they always came with 4 cylinder gas or diesel engines, but in my case the 6 cylinder looks like it was built that way. I cannot see any adaptation to chassis or body to receive the larger engine and everything seems to fit fine.
Unfortunately I have no original papers, but the papers from the government agency that owned it and auctioned it in 1985. In those papers, and everything I have since then, the O319 is listed with the 6 cylinder engine it currently has.
The data of my O319 is as follows:
• Serie: 31907110001087
• Engine: 1809247505147
Can anybody tell me from these numbers what type of O319 I have and if the engine could have been originally with the bus?
Thanks!
Victor