I bought what I beleived is a 261 engine. The casting number as run though inliners says it was made in 54-55. It has the captains bars on it and everything about it appaers to be a 261. The problem is nothing I've ordered for it fits this 261. Every time we've order things like water and oil pumps, the right parts aren't right. What ended up doing was ordering every oil and water pump that was currently out there at NAPA, putting them on the counter and picking out the one that was right. Strangly all the parts seems to fit a 53-54 235, at least by the books. This is really driving me nuts. Were there any 235 made that might have had captians bar on them. Also I noticed that this block has the places cast on it for side mounts, but they were never drilled or tapped out. i would like to get to the bottom of this.

Jeff
1947 Chevy 6400 2-ton
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1953 3/4-ton
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