iNTERESTING BLOCK

[the427king]

L88 BLOCK


Interesting casting date and casting number for sure. If i had to guess id say it was a 3916321 with the 1 6 and 2 redone in silly putty and the year of the block removed to have the second number in the day become the year . Shame to waste a 68 427 when you can change a few more numbers and use a cheap 961 396 block, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

[TimG]

If that were a real casting date, it would be about the earliest '67 351 block I've seen. I have '67 #350 and #663, the casting dates are H66 and H86.

[the427king]

I have the earliest known 3904351 ,it is F56, it had 66 dated May 66 #858 heads on it when found. Oddly it was a true 351 block not a 942 that the factory resurfaced and hand stamped the casting # in, like many of the earliest 67 corvette 427 had. I believe Nolan Adams book had G16 as the earliest known

[TimG]

Cool block, did it have a VIN on it?

[Craig_Maiorana]

Man that 0,4 and 5 look suspect as all hell

[PeteLeathersac]

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Thought that 'O' looked familiar...someone found new work after the Mr. Bill show ended?[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]
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~ Pete

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[Craig_Maiorana]

HAHAHAHAaaaaa ... OH NOOOOO Pete you're killing me [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img]

[PeteLeathersac]

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~ Pete

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[Resurrected69ss]

Those numbers were definitely put on with play dough it looks like! My buddy has a 3904351 4 bolt block that I'm buying and the casting numbers other than the three look nothing like that! What a shame how people try to get over to make a buck!

[TAR6569]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: the427king</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have the earliest known 3904351 ,it is F56, it had 66 dated May 66 #858 heads on it when found. Oddly it was a true 351 block not a 942 that the factory resurfaced and hand stamped the casting # in, like many of the earliest 67 corvette 427 had. I believe Nolan Adams book had G16 as the earliest known </div></div>

Curious, is there a way to tell that it was a 3904351 casting originally as opposed to the 942?