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#18894 03/06/2004 10:02 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 18 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 18 | I need help with identifying the Inline 6 from an old 62 stake truck. After the last topic I went to inliners.org for a lot of good info.
I got the number off the engine block, its: 3769717. According to inliners.org this matches a code for a chevy 59-62 261. I always thought this was a 292 and it matches the pictures of a 292. It also has a wet (oil) air filter like the 292. There is still original green paint on the engine as well.
The only difference from the 292 picture to the engine is that the oil filter is on the drivers side at the front. On the passenger side it goes: fuel pump, coil, starter.
If any one can help, its appreciated.
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#18895 03/07/2004 6:20 AM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 687 | No need for further investigation - the engine is definitely a 261, not a 292. Inliners has it right. The 292, barring some serious customized work, will always have the oil filter on the passenger side of the block. Believe it or not, the 261 is physically larger and heavier than the 292 also. So is the 235!  -ftyler | | |
#18896 03/07/2004 10:59 AM | Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 85 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 85 | I heard 261s were painted alpine green to distinguish them from the 235s. The first few years the 292s were painted that same green as a carried-over tradition, I guess. By '67 all L6s and I guess all small block V8s were chevy engine orange. Big blocks got a darker reddish tinge to their engine orange. But I'm not sure if that was later.
Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292 just for GP
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