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05-08-2006, 09:01 AM
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Re: 3969854 block question
Guys!
 Another question to add to the pile: Shouldn't the hyphen between the day & year actually be a screw head? See these images I just dug up.  This is another '854 block:  A '512 block:  Steve
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05-08-2006, 09:07 AM
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Re: 3969854 block question
Oh - wait a second!
I just realized ( duh ) that the year went to two numbers so what do you think the odds are that someone just ground off the 0 -or- 1 and redimpled the block in this area?  Steve
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05-08-2006, 09:16 AM
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Re: 3969854 block question
It's a 4 bolt block and they were only made the first year so there would have never been a 70-71-72 cast into it,only a 9 or 69,,,,i think!
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05-08-2006, 03:25 PM
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Re: 3969854 block question
The picture of the casting date of D-7-7, there looks like the remainders of a '0' after the last '7'. I think someone ground off the '0' in the 70 date code.
Rick
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05-08-2006, 04:20 PM
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Re: 3969854 block question
Question I have is why would someone do that?
Paul
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05-08-2006, 05:56 PM
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Re: 3969854 block question
It's fun to imagine things about something when we never seen anyting like it before and doubt it but i really think it's legit.I have the engine in my shop and i think it's factory.One of the things people are focusing on is the casting date,the date is one of if not the earliest seen for an 854 block .While the date is odd the hyphen is odd also and it's not like someone put one there after the block was cast, that was there when the block was born. I asked your opinions and im getting them and appreciate them but as of right now im taking this block at face value ,a 68 Chevelle 375/396.This thing was in a race car or in a race shop corner before most people ever cared about numbers matching. It also came from Texas in case you live there and are missing the original engine in your 68 Chevelle.It came from Texas 3 years ago and was in a Fiat drag car,before that.Thanks guys
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05-08-2006, 06:00 PM
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Re: 3969854 block question
Back to ricks454 question if they ground off a 0 they sure did a wicked nice job textureizing(sp?)the block back to bare cast!?
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05-08-2006, 06:43 PM
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Re: 3969854 block question
[ QUOTE ]
The picture of the casting date of D-7-7, there looks like the remainders of a '0' after the last '7'. I think someone ground off the '0' in the 70 date code. Rick [/ QUOTE ] I agree that it has been messed with. You can still see the dash were someone took off the screw head. Rick H.
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