A question of practicality

[Smokey]

I'm wondering why it didn't get machined 40 years ago. If I was a betting man, I would put money on it that they thought it was a junk casting back then...and made it into a scrap pile or the back end of someones truck.

They didn't let good casting cores slide through the cracks that easy.

[nuch_ss396]

I've probably seen six or more of these "un-machined" rough
castings over the past 5-6 years. I tend to agree with the
suggestion that these blocks may actually be less-than-worthy;
which is why they exist in their un-machined states.

I would actually like to know the final tally if someone did
attempt/succeed with finish machining one of these.....

So is this item destined to be in a ZL-1 tribute somewhere?

Nuch

[old5.0]

I'd buy it for the story. World's coolest coffee table.

[ANDY M]

It was well known in Ohio that a number of "red tagged" blocks went over the back fence. They were machined in Delaware OH, and there are still some of these blocks floating around here. Listen to Mark and Ken.
They were tagged for a good reason.

[m22mike]

Some of the good ol' Canton boys here still talk about "Free" heads and intakes from the foundry. So who knows about those blocks

[firez]

I seen a 1969 302 block rough cast block last year at a local swap meet. Never seen one before that Sure are a rough looking unit before machining

[rafbody]

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I seen a 1969 302 block rough cast block last year at a local swap meet. Never seen one before that Sure are a rough looking unit before machining

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How would you know it was a 302 block if it has had none of the machine work done? It wouldn't have the assembly stamp on it at that point.