Hello folks, well im sorry to post this as see now often its comes up, but cant get to the bottom of it?

ive picked up a bit of a strange engine today?

Numbers;-

Head – 3835913 is it a 235?

Block 3837012 is it a 261?

Serial number by distributor F311k or maybe F3IIK…is it a 1957 engine built in flint? 3rd November? And a 34-35-3700? What ever that is!?

No history on engine at all? But hoping it’s a 261..it has the 261 captains bars on both sides and thinking it may have had a 235 head fitted?

im trying to work out what it is and what year it is to help rebuild, it also has no oil filter just pipework coming out the side? would a standard bypass oil filter from a 235 fit it?


1953..panel truck.I love my truck!...