The block date code - three numbers after the E, the last of which is either an 8 or a 9, hard for me to see - would indicate a '58 or '59 block. As Mike B posted, the K suffix in the engine number decodes it as a Thriftmaster 235, truck engine. Unless it has been modified when rebuilt, it would have solid valve lifters.
Doug
Last edited by drdoug; 12/17/2020 10:58 PM.
