Harps

Just picked up this motor off craigslist the other day. I thought it was cool, dig the original valve covers , and may just clean up and leave it on the stand as some "Garage Art".

It was listed as a C1 "Corvette Motor for sale", and the owner thought it was out of a 60. I bought for probably what the valve covers were worth, and brought it to the garage. The front pad has some signs of being decked, but there are some faint remains of the original pad stamping there.

It's a '58 3737739 block, and the date is I47, so a late 57 block. Heads are the 3748772 x58 heads, which I think are the passenger car heads. The cool part was the original 3726086 valve covers. They are in good shape with no major dings or cracks. The intake is a '65 intake, #3866922. The water pump is a mid 60's - 70 replacement, 3782808. I can't find any numbers on the carb or distributor.

Here's what she looks like:





Rear casting number:



Rear date code:



Front stamp pad: you can see the decking marks, and the faint remains of part of the original stamp



Original valve covers:



Here's some shots of the carb that is on it:

C2Driver

Cool find Harps! I'll bet there are some '58 owners that would be pleased to take that find off your hands.

- Pat

INMYBLOOD

My car is low 500's and most of the gauges are stamped oct 57

1Sweet66

Cool buy.

Garage Art? Kind of like this??



Not mine, but I wish. Nice enough for the family room!

vette54728702

Nice find ! I am jealous !

Chicago Pete

Cool find.

If I remember correctly you already have a garage full of rolling art.

shemp

And a fine looking garage it is. Cool find Rob post some pics when you clean it up. Shemp

oldsarge

Congrats, good score !!!

vettefred

Hey Rob,
Nice score! That funky blue paint might indicate that it went through a rebuilding company of sorts.
Let's see......Hey, I have a 58.....


Fred

Harps

Thanks Pat. If anyone can use it, let me know and I'll pass it along.



Sweet66, holy beejezus that is is sweet. Yeah, I'd like that in my garage too. Heck, put it in my living room.

Thanks Vette

Thanks Pete. It sure is going to be cool all cleaned up in there.

Hey Shemp, sure will.

Thanks Olds

Good point Fred. Who knows what this thing went through, but you're probably on to something.

It's either that, or someone stuck it in an ole Blue Oval at some point.

xiaoman

hello,
if my memory serves i think gm truck engines were painted blue at the factory. nice find anyway you look at it as these old blocks are getting harder to come by.
regards xiaoman

Curvette1

Kerrmudgeon

Great deal, but I don't think it's a Vette motor. Like above that original blue paint could be a truck color and the Rochester 4GC carb was never on a Vette. 57 up Chev cars and trucks I believe. Same carb as on my 56 Chev (late).