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| | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 338 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 338 | SOmeone said this is a 1953 chevy motor - but the serial number is not making sense. F115A To me it is a 1957 Made in Flint Jan 15 A= std 235 Does this stamp look authentic? Engine Ser num pic | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | looks like "eye eye" to me, not "one one", maybe a reman number
Bill | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 | The casting date barely visible in the pic looks like a 9, that would make it 1959.
Can you show more of the side of the engine?
See the USA in your vintage Chevrolet! My Blog | | | | | Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 56 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 56 | I looked and to me it says F I I 5 A. With the " I I ". Being I as in Illinois.
1966 Chevy C 30 1 ton truck
| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | It's not unusual to find "I" and "1" used interchangeably in engine serial numbers. Generally, unless otherwise noted, if you see an "I" in an automotive serial number, it is considered a "1". Same goes for "O" and "0".
The code you have posted can be read two different ways, depending on what the casting date next to the starter is. If it is a '57, as you have originally suspected, it is a Flint built Passenger 235. assembled on Jan. 15. But if it's a '59, as Dave suspects, and I agree with from what I see, the number works out as the same plant/application, but the date assembled could be May 11, as '58-'62 went with a day/month format instead of the month/day format found on the earlier engines.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 338 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 338 | Gonna take it as a freebie and see if it is rebuildable. hopefully it is a full pressure oiler. | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | '54 and later will be full pressure, so that will not be an issue.
Bill Burmeister
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