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| | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 20 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 20 | Hi guys,
My 1957 Pickup had a 327 V8 put into it a few years ago. The guy who put it in has since passed away, and I am trying to figure out where this engine came from.
There is a plate on the left side, just under the passenger valve cover. It is flat and looks a small extension of the block.
The only numbers that I can read stamped into this block are:
V062 HP
The HP is separate and is about 3/4 inch or so away from the other letters.
Does anyone have any ideas, or are there any other places that I can look to get the serial number off this motor?
It just looks like that front plate was stamped too softly. I've cleaned the area thoroughly, and all I can read is the V062 HP. It looks like there are some numbers before it, but I can't read any of them.
Should I take a light sand paper to it to see if I can get down to the metal?
Not too sure what to do . . .
Thanks to anyone who might be able to help on this . . . . | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | The engine serial number is stamped on the passenger side of the block, on a machined pad just ahead of the cylinder head. If you can get that number, that will help us figure out what it originally came from.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 20 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 20 | That's the pad where I saw the numbers. I can't read the first few numbers, but the last ones are ....V062 HP.
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 | Hy Joe VR, if you're sure it's a 327, then it's from a 1965,66,or 67 Corvette, if it is possibly a 350 it could be from a 1969 Chevelle with a manual trans, or a 1969 Chevrolet with a manual trans.
Last edited by 3B; 07/30/2009 8:38 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 20 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 20 | How do I tell if it is a 350? Are there any other identifying marks on it?
Joe
1958 Chevy Pickup
1990 Ford F250
1997 Ford Ranger
2003 Harley Davidson
| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | There should be a block casting number on the bellhousing flange.
Bill Burmeister
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 20 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 20 | Hey Guys,
Here are the numbers that I was able to pull from the truck:
The numbers stamped on the front of the block (on the machined pad):
V026 HP
The numbers stamped on the back of the block:
3970010
The casting numbers look like it's a 1968 motor, but I can't tell anything from the V026 HP number.
Somebody told me that the HP stood for High Performance, instead of the regular passenger motor, but I can't find any more info online. Any additional help would be great.
Thanks guys!
-Joe
Joe
1958 Chevy Pickup
1990 Ford F250
1997 Ford Ranger
2003 Harley Davidson
| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Casting #3970010 comes up as a 1969-1975 350, truck application according to the American V-8 Data Book. The HP code looks to come up as a 300 horse 4bbl 350, Chevelle, Camaro, Nova application. Might have been a case of a block shortage, so they used a truck casting to build a passenger spec engine.
Bill Burmeister
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