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#56079 02/06/2006 4:40 AM | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 17 | Could someone look up the following engine serial numbers and give me an idea when they were cast?
235: HAA915619
216: LAA162645
216: LBAI46878
Thanks,
John M. (Marc) Knight
VTCI #33786
Thunderbirds, 64s, 57, 2002
40 Chev Truck (Rat) project for my 16 year old daughter
Bountiful, UT
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#56080 02/06/2006 8:53 AM | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 452 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 452 | The serial numbers don't provide a casting date, but they do tell the model year, type of vehicle in which they were used, and the plant at which they were built.
HAA=1950 regular production passenger car 216 (not a 235), built at Flint.
LAA=1953 regular production passenger car 216, built at Flint.
LBA=1953 regular production 3100 series truck 216, built at Flint.
The numbers after the prefixes are the build sequence numbers, starting with 1001 at each engine plant.
If you want the exact casting date, look for the casting date code (a letter followed by two or three numbers) on the block, usually located near the starter.
Curt
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1953 Chevy 6400, 1957 Chevy 2dr Sedan
--"Mediocrity is easy, the good things take time"
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#56081 02/06/2006 5:04 PM | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 17 | Curt,
Thank you for the information.
John M. (Marc) Knight
VTCI #33786
Thunderbirds, 64s, 57, 2002
40 Chev Truck (Rat) project for my 16 year old daughter
Bountiful, UT
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