well - I finally got down to the casting codes on my 1950 3800 only to find out that my 235 is really a 216 (drat). So with casting 3835849 I have a 216 from 42-53. The block numbers are CON4 F290 so it looks like it was cast in February of 1950.

Last question - what does the CON4 identify? I haven't been able to find any data on what those 4 chars stand for.

Thanks