Mary C

Greetings,
I have been working on cleaning the engine of my 67 Coupe, and under the grease and grime I came across what looks to be a date written in yellow paint on both sides of the lower block. It looks to be either 3A14 or 314. If it is in fact a date, the date would correspond with my serial number and tank sticker. Per the previous owner the engine had never been taken out! I didn't see anything on this in a search, so I thought I would post a picture of it and get your thoughts

Thanks,
Pat

wombvette

Looks like HE to me. 300HP

C2Driver

Good eye! Things are not always as they seem!

Mary C

It is an "HE" block but why would it be inverted and written as "3H" on the side?

ratmotortom

HE was probably written on there during assembly. Block was upside down at the time it was written ! Good find. Always neat to see these markings that have survived.

Mary C

Now I see it! I should have turned the computer upside down!
Thanks guys.

ratmotortom

Maybe your car was built on a Monday and the engine was installed upside down !

stratplus

Here is the picture upside down..

Stingray1967

Neat picture Mary, now how about a picture of the whole thing?

JohnZ

The first station on the engine assembly line at Flint V-8 (and at Tonawanda) was an air-gaging machine that precisely measured the bore diameters; the block was upside-down in that station, and the suffix code was written on the side of the block so the assemblers further down the line would know what innards (cam, crank, rod/piston assemblies, lifters, heads, etc.) that particular engine required. It also showed the pad-stamp operator which suffix gang-holder to use after the heads went on.

OldKarz

Great find and pic!

Grey Ghost

Very cool ! First I have seen and heard of this.

Tempus_Fugit

Here's another one, the end of my cylinder head on the '65