Is the identification of the 235 vs 261 solely the "Captain's Bars"? I don't have the truck at my home yet but a friend got the engine serial number but I forgot to ask him about the C.B.s

Engine serial number is 0865618F540

I guess that means it came from Flint, Michigan and is indeed a 54 but don't know what the zero or "o" means at the end.

Bob

1954 Chevy 3100 5-Window
1954 5-Window COE aka "THE BEAST"
Bill Ritchie's Original Truck

Granddad's Hardware Store: Ritchie Hardware, Concord, N.C.
Bethesda, MD