Can you decode this engine?

[Brandan]

Well I got the engine numbers for my '67 Convertible project.  The block was milled at one point and some of the numbers are skewed (Vin/ plant code).  This is what I found.

casting on block (left side):  3892657  (from what I can find this is the correct 327 block casting number for the car.)


On the other side of the block (right side, same side as casting) the numbers read:                         C                 944                           
                                                                                                                                           H17                 657
Not sure what those mean.




Intake numbers 3919803 (the last number might be an 8 but looks more like a 3).  with a GM 3 stamped under it.  There is also a 1968 stamped on the top of the intake so this may be a 1968 part.   Also stamped on the intake at different places are the numbers L26  7 and there is a T under the GM 3 part.




The engine block pad is milled so I am going to try and acid etch to recover the numbers.  Not sure how this will come out.  Where the engine assembly location codes are it looks like it reads  V I 1 I 2 6 A.  The V tells me Flint MI but the rest is unknown.  Like I said it is skewed but it definately looks like an I in both places. the 6 may be a 5 but looks more like a 6.

There is also a plate that was rivited to the engine that looks like the size of an army dog tag.  It is on the side of the engine near the oil pan.  It is also skewed but I was able to read ......number 2056540.  It might read serial number but the serial part is skewed.  I can post some pictures of these reading if you think that it will help in decoding this thing. 




Any help would be appreciated.

Brandan-

[rich69rs]

http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=969.msg5213#msg5213

Above link discusses your 803 QJet 4 Bbl intake; correct for 1967-68 327 CID engine, 300/350 Hp. 


Also, please note comments by JohnZ about plugging the hot slot in the manifold in the link below - potential afety issue.

http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=278.0

[JohnZ]

Driver's side is LEFT, passenger side is RIGHT 

The numbers you found on the same side as the the casting number are foundry pattern numbers - not meaningful.

The block casting date is about 3-4 inches toward the passenger side from the distributor, on the rear flange of the block (like the casting number on the other side). It will be a letter followed by two or three numbers.

The plate riveted to the side of the block is most likely a rebuilder's tag - GM never used tags.

The L 26 7 on the intake is the casting date - December 26, 1967; the GM3 is a foundry pattern number.

[Brandan]

Thanks for the replies.  The engine is in a crate and I was in a hurry and grabbed the numbers before I left for the airport. 

I have to go back and spend some time pulling all the data from the engine.   

thanks again.

Brandan-