Waking an old thread...
From reading the entries on this thread, I BELIEVE I have a little information about the engine in my project.
The block casting number is 3835911 indicates a 1954, 235 cubic inch engine designed for the low lift cam used in early cars and trucks. It is made for solid lifters. Its date of manufacture is cast as K10 3 indicating November 1953.
The head casting number is 3835913 which is a 1954-55 235 engine head. Its manufacture date is cast in as K103 (under the valve cover) indicating a date of November of 1953.
The serial number as stamped into the machined spot just aft of the distributor is 0022I 39 F54Y. (That looks like an "I" as in India.) What intelligence can be derived from the serial number?
Is there a way to tell which foundry cast the block and head?
They both seemed to have been created on the same date. Is that unusual?
This motor came to me in my 1940 KC 1/2 Ton Pickup project. The owner who started the project said that it was a new engine. I have not taken it apart to determine if that is correct, if it is a rebuild, or if it just happens to be very clean on the outside. It was suggested to me that since the block and head were cast on the same day, it might make sense that they were created as a replacement engine and so new, or "crate" might actually apply.
I have a long way to go before I get to trying to get this thing running, but it would be nice to know what I can about what the history might be on the engine.
Thanks,
Nick
