Brian - the casting number is actually cast into the block, and as Larry says, will start with a 3 .... if those numbers were stamped into the small machined pad near the distributor, they'll most likely be a rebuilders number, as it's not the pattern used from the factory

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics