The Keith Hardy site is your friend.

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/

If you looked there at the 1952 resto pack under truck serial numbers you would see that KBA is a 216 truck engine built at Flint

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyresto/52057.html

Looking under passenger car serial numbers in 1952, a passenger car engine would have an "A" as the middle letter I believe.

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyresto/52009.html


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