#'s help please?
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Racer
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From: boston mass
#'s help please?
Hi. Can you guys help me with some #'s on a 58 vette? vin # ends in 05516; motor, pass side frt pad is F0508D, dr. side rr is 3849852, pass. rear is E64; heads say 3795896, also E54. 4 spd trans says T10-1B, WG DIV, W-1, also T10K-1, then D1856. Rear looks like H096 on top of 3725899, GM. Have 9 pics, didnt want to take up a lot of space. They're on photobucket. (Newbie, so please 4give if there's any problems with this.) Thanks.
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From: St. Joseph Mo
Block and head casting numbers info: http://www.mortec.com/
3849852 block is/was 283" used '57-'66
My best guess on date is May 6 1964
3795896 head is/was 327" used '62-'64 .....60 cc chamber
Guess on date for heads................May 5 1964
Vin number will not be on a '58 vet block. That didn't start untill about 1960.
Back in the day it was S.O.P. to buy a low milage engine from a wreck to replace the worn out/blown engine in a vet.
3849852 block is/was 283" used '57-'66
My best guess on date is May 6 1964
3795896 head is/was 327" used '62-'64 .....60 cc chamber
Guess on date for heads................May 5 1964
Vin number will not be on a '58 vet block. That didn't start untill about 1960.
Back in the day it was S.O.P. to buy a low milage engine from a wreck to replace the worn out/blown engine in a vet.
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F0508D is a 283/195hp built on May 8, 1964, out of a 1964 full-size car with a 2-barrel and Powerglide. The T10-1B main case was used from late '59 thru early '61. Axle center section is a non-Posi out of a very early '57. 
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Racer
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From: boston mass
thanks
I hope I'm in the right section for this...thanks for the help on the numbers for my 58...now I know where to go with this car.....Also, I see some members are St. Jude donors...is that something you do on your own, or is it like a group thru this forum? I hope this is the right forum....thanks.....
