I bought a 1952 Chevy 3800. The seller told me that the engine and transmission were original. It is pretty clearly a 216 engine. However, I bought Dave Krehbiel's book on rebuilding stovebolt engines, and started looking for the engine numbers. It turns out that after a lot of degreaser and wiping down, there is no engine casting number to the right of the distributor. There is no casting number on the driver's side of the head. I have read that the number on the distributor deck is supposed to start with either a "T" for Tonawanda, New York, or an "F" for Flint, Michigan. The number on my engine starts with "AKCA" followed by "43247" and ending with "I" (as in India). this doesn't conform to any numbering scheme in the book.
I was wondering if someone in the forum might be able to share something about an engine with these features, and whether someone in the forum might know where I could find further infromation on what the number from the distributor deck means? I would deeply appreciate any information someone might have.
Jim
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