It has had a replacement engine in its past and its new engine number starts with an S so it can't be dated from that.
The rest of the cast codes lead to it being from around August 1963.
Work to date...
Replaced PTO transfer casting.
Replace roller and pin in hydraulic lever control linkage.
Free off stuck unload valve for hydraulics.
Skim cylinder head.
Regrind inlet & exhaust valves.
Replace PTO/rear end seal.
Replace gearbox input shaft seal.
Re lined brake discs.
Replace king pin bushes.
Repaired cracked gear lever housing.
Cleaned and rebuilt starter motor and dynamo.
Repaired many minor areas where possible, replaced if not possible.
Shotblast and paint...
The day it arrived. July 2004.
A bit of light work to find all the oil leaks etc. May 2005.
Strip down begins. January 2008.
Why the PTO and hydraulics didn't work.
Wear on the hydraulic lever linkage.
Replacing seals.
Suppliers badge.
Ready to go off for shotblasting.
Shotblasted and primed.
Disguising the dent in the diesel tank.
Patching up the holes in the cowling.
Top coat applied.
but im still in a projekt on a 55' major, so its waiting a year or more 
