Nope, it is not that.
Anyway, I found a NewerTech 603ev/183 upgrade, so I'm 'giving up' on the 1400c/166, and I have just installed the upgrade into my 1400c/133. It's all yours now, Strimkind!
So, at present, the laptop is in the following condition:
Apparently 100% functional motherboard with 16 MB onboard RAM (All rear-panel ports verified functional, both PC Card slots verified functional)
Good 603e/166 processor
16 MB Kingston RAM expansion
Video out card
Verified functional hard drive connector (but no hard drive included)
Verified functional battery bay (but no battery included; although if you really want, I can include a dead battery that claims to be full and charging when plugged in, but doesn't last even a fraction of a second when unplugged)
Verified functional drive bay (verified works with both original floppy drive and original 12x CD-ROM drive)
No major physical flaws (apparently got hit with some light paint spray droplets at some point, very far between, and easy to scrape off with a fingernail; hinge points in lid are starting to show signs of stress, with one stress fracture, but not crack, on one side; my 1400c/133 has noticeable cracks on both sides.)
Screen has no dead or stuck pixels that I could find.
Will include one clear "BookCover" in serviceable physical condition. (Has paint spray droplets, plus a bit of smudging; should clean off with some elbow grease.)
One flaw: If lid is open, it acts as if you are constantly pressing the on/off button on the keyboard. You can trick it into getting all the way to the desktop occasionally by messing with the keyboard and/or connector during boot; but within 15 seconds of getting to the desktop, it will shut itself off. Works flawlessly with lid closed on external display and external mouse/keyboard. I have not yet traced the exact source of the problem to its root. I'm 99% certain it is *NOT* the keyboard itself, since I swapped keyboards and the symptom stayed with the system, not the keyboard.
Hrm, upon finishing typing that, I realized I should have sent it to Strimkind by PM... I'll do that now, too.