And when I obtained the Chrysler repair manual I was triggered to have the Chrysler IDs checked. According to the manual it's stamped on a metal plate attached to the upper left of the instrument panel. Upon checking this plate was obviously removed.
So on to the engine id:
And we found the following:
7M-318 followed by C9170803
According to this table: http://legacy.earlham.edu/~byersjo/info.htm
The engine is build in 1977 at plant Mound road (Detroit - Michigan). See Wikipedia reference about this plant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_Road_Engine
And the displacement is 318 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_LA_engine#318_V8
I'm unsure about the 2nd number.
The exhaust manifold had also a casting nr visible: 3370337-1. Not sure how to explain/read this number too.
It made me wonder though. If the engine is build in 1977 this must have been very early 77. Next it had to be installed in a car that must have been ready as well. And then consequently shipped to Swiss. I'm not sure how much time that would have taken in the seventies. Let alone all paper formalities for Swiss. On arrival the car then had to be completely overdone in Monteverdi dress and presented in March 1977 on the Geneva autosalon - as our car was one of the showcars. I wonder how much time they had to make this happen. It must have been a rush job. Maybe coming week we will get to know more about all of this.
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