[tom406]

Interesting engine pad I saw in a ‘57 Bel Air I looked at the other day. I was unable to verify the casting date, but did verify the casting number of 3756519, which is a ‘58-61 283. The pad is stamped F0906DG, which is a 230hp/PG Corvette engine assembled in Flint on September 6. 100483 is a 1960 Corvette serial number derivative, and was a car built in the first month of production in October 1959. Most resources you find, especially older ones, suggest that the stamping of partial serial numbers on the engine pads of 1960 model year Corvettes started several months into production, like December or January around car 1500. This engine has been in this Bel Air for what looks to be 30 years or so, and its not trying to be anything its not. I like the broach marks and the stamp, and I now believe they were stamping serial numbers on at least some of the cars almost from the get-go.