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#65837 09/16/2006 4:27 PM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 26 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 26 | My 53 1-ton panel has a 1956-1962 235 engine in it. I cleaned off the boss to the rear of the distributor looking for the serial number and its blank. As near as I can tell there has never been a number stamped there.
I don't think its blank because of a previous rebuild because the boss is at an angle that matches the distributor pedestal mount. Decking the block would not have affected this area.
When the factory replaced engines did the engines have serial numbers stamped in them?
Or are there any other means of identifying a specific engine serial number other than the one stamped in the boss?
Thanks for any info.
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#65838 09/17/2006 1:31 PM | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1 | Hi. Keep reading this forum. open up everything that has 235 or 261 in the heading. You will be amazed at the info you will find. Also go to a site called 'inliners'. Not all engines had stuff stamped on that pad and if it was taken form another vehicle it would not count anyway. You need to look for the #s casted into the engine itself to identify. harvey | | |
#65839 09/17/2006 3:28 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 324 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 324 | This was probably a warrenty replacement block a lot of them were not stamped. | | |
#65840 09/17/2006 3:59 PM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 26 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 26 | 235 Fat Fenders,
Kinda what I was figuring if/when they replaced engines back then. Thanks for the info.
graggh,
I've found the casting numbers which is how I figured out it was a 56-62 235 engine.
Oh well, back to the drawing board!
Thanks,
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#65841 09/17/2006 10:53 PM | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 | The reason the replacement engines were not stamped with the serial number at the factory was that vehicles of that time in the U.S. were normally registered with the engine serial number rather than the body serial number, so when an engine was replaced, the old engine serial number was stamped on the new engine while it was being replaced. That way, the registration paperwork matched. | | |
#65842 09/17/2006 10:58 PM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 26 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 26 | Baldy,
That makes sense. If only they would have stamped mine!
Luck of the draw I guess.
Brad | | |
#65843 09/17/2006 11:06 PM | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 | All you have to do is stamp it yourself if your panel truck is registered with the engine serial number and you are sure it was never stolen. | | |
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