Thanks Jeff. So is it safe to assume that the motor was shipped separately from the transmission or was it all one assembly?
For manual transmission engines they had the engine, engine plate, flywheel, clutch assembly and bell housings in place when painted, The engines were then dressed for the application that matched the aluminum and paper ID tags and they were shipped that way. transmissions were attached at the car plant. They came from another plant to the car plants. For other engines they ended up in crates as replacement/over the counter purchases.
We have a fair number of assemblies showing just this from multiple years. You'll find them in different threads through out the site. Below is a picture of an engine (428 CJ automatic application) to give an idea of how they looked when shipped and arrived at the car plant
Automatics would have the engine plat and automatic flywheels attached when painted so no engine blue on transmission