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#63106 07/16/2006 10:00 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 | Got a sbc chevy from a 31 Mod A that was a Katrina casualty. I have been around the mouse motor since the add on oil filter 265 in 55 but never saw one like this. There is nothing stamped on the block pad but seems to have a very light engraving like a tool marker makes. It's in script and when my 69 year old eyes couldn't decipher it I had some young eyes take a look but no luck. No casting numbers anywhere and a large flat milled area on the front of the block in front of the fuel pump boss. No numbers, no "Mexico", nothing. Will pull a valve cover tomorrow and check for a head casting numbers. Has an 8 inch balancer but it's hollow in back like a 305. Any ideas?
Evan
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#63107 07/17/2006 2:15 AM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | Sounds like the block was machined and smoothed to look good in the Model A. You may have to pull the pan and a head to see what you actually have,
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#63108 07/17/2006 2:39 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 510 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 510 | Yeah...it sounds like it was "kustomized." Can ya send some pics of it? Especially the balancer and the freeze plugs...not to mention the casting mark area and the milled area in front of the pump. | | |
#63109 07/17/2006 3:28 AM | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | coilover, I ran into somewhat the same problem with a small block I purchased. The "numbers" were ground off but it was because the "remanufactured" folks did ir. I found a little tag still glued and hanging onto the side of the block and called them. So happens the company had changed names and could tell me nothing. My next step was take the block casting #'s off the very back of the block and checked them on Mortec.com. Turns out the engine is a 305. Just to see if it had been bored or tinkered with I pulled the pan off of it and checked the bore and crankshaft #'s. Sure enough, it was a plain jane rebuilt 305. Maybe you have somewhat the same situation? | | |
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