F/S 1953 481 Engine Dated "D 10 3"
10-23-2009, 02:56 PM
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F/S 1953 481 Engine Dated "D 10 3"
1953 Engine
Casting Date D 10 3
Casting Number 3701481
This would be perfect for an early 1953 Corvette
Price $3000
Casting Date D 10 3
Casting Number 3701481
This would be perfect for an early 1953 Corvette
Price $3000
10-23-2009, 10:12 PM
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The Good ol' days.....
I remember when you could find these blocks in junk yards and scrap yards for under a hundred bucks!!!
Of course, these would have been of the passenger car variety, with the correct cast numbers, but with a LAQ prefix.
All passenger car blocks from 1953 were from automatic cars (3 speeds used a 216 block---different numbers) and were subsequently hydraulic camshafts, not solid lifter cams like the Corvette, and had the long cross bore drilled through the lifter bores for oiling the lifters. The Corvette blocks did not have this cross bore, making them unique to the Corvette. The ONLY 481 blocks that came from Flint foundry with the 481 designation AND no cross bore was the Corvette block...all passenger car blocks had this cross bore.
1954 was a little different. The passenger car automatic blocks had the cross bore again for the hydraulic camshaft, but the manual shift blocks were 911 blocks and did not feature the cross bore because they were solid lift camshaft blocks, like the Corvette.
To find a REAL 1953 481 block without the cross bore in a rebuildable condition would be like finding a needle in a haystack or the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
Good luck on selling your block.......they are getting nearly impossible to find!!!
Of course, these would have been of the passenger car variety, with the correct cast numbers, but with a LAQ prefix.
All passenger car blocks from 1953 were from automatic cars (3 speeds used a 216 block---different numbers) and were subsequently hydraulic camshafts, not solid lifter cams like the Corvette, and had the long cross bore drilled through the lifter bores for oiling the lifters. The Corvette blocks did not have this cross bore, making them unique to the Corvette. The ONLY 481 blocks that came from Flint foundry with the 481 designation AND no cross bore was the Corvette block...all passenger car blocks had this cross bore.
1954 was a little different. The passenger car automatic blocks had the cross bore again for the hydraulic camshaft, but the manual shift blocks were 911 blocks and did not feature the cross bore because they were solid lift camshaft blocks, like the Corvette.
To find a REAL 1953 481 block without the cross bore in a rebuildable condition would be like finding a needle in a haystack or the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
Good luck on selling your block.......they are getting nearly impossible to find!!!
10-27-2009, 10:56 AM
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11-03-2009, 08:38 AM
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The block casting number is 3701481. Correct for 1953. Here is a pic of the pad. This originally came from an automatic passenger car and can be built with solid lifters and cam. Car #125 would be better suited with an H dated block, IMO, but a D would be acceptable as well, considering that there was no FIFO system to pull blocks for the line.
Last edited by Vette Daddy; 11-03-2009 at 09:04 AM.
04-17-2016, 11:36 PM
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I remember when you could find these blocks in junk yards and scrap yards for under a hundred bucks!!!
Of course, these would have been of the passenger car variety, with the correct cast numbers, but with a LAQ prefix.
All passenger car blocks from 1953 were from automatic cars (3 speeds used a 216 block---different numbers) and were subsequently hydraulic camshafts, not solid lifter cams like the Corvette, and had the long cross bore drilled through the lifter bores for oiling the lifters. The Corvette blocks did not have this cross bore, making them unique to the Corvette. The ONLY 481 blocks that came from Flint foundry with the 481 designation AND no cross bore was the Corvette block...all passenger car blocks had this cross bore.
1954 was a little different. The passenger car automatic blocks had the cross bore again for the hydraulic camshaft, but the manual shift blocks were 911 blocks and did not feature the cross bore because they were solid lift camshaft blocks, like the Corvette.
To find a REAL 1953 481 block without the cross bore in a rebuildable condition would be like finding a needle in a haystack or the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
Good luck on selling your block.......they are getting nearly impossible to find!!!
Of course, these would have been of the passenger car variety, with the correct cast numbers, but with a LAQ prefix.
All passenger car blocks from 1953 were from automatic cars (3 speeds used a 216 block---different numbers) and were subsequently hydraulic camshafts, not solid lifter cams like the Corvette, and had the long cross bore drilled through the lifter bores for oiling the lifters. The Corvette blocks did not have this cross bore, making them unique to the Corvette. The ONLY 481 blocks that came from Flint foundry with the 481 designation AND no cross bore was the Corvette block...all passenger car blocks had this cross bore.
1954 was a little different. The passenger car automatic blocks had the cross bore again for the hydraulic camshaft, but the manual shift blocks were 911 blocks and did not feature the cross bore because they were solid lift camshaft blocks, like the Corvette.
To find a REAL 1953 481 block without the cross bore in a rebuildable condition would be like finding a needle in a haystack or the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
Good luck on selling your block.......they are getting nearly impossible to find!!!
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