Re: Numbers, any one?

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

First, I overlooked obvious stamped numbers, on the flat boss on
the block side near the deck between cyls 2 and 3:

107J03


On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, david crooks wrote:

> > block 3190808 - 232 CI YEAR 1964-1970 3.8 LITRE,
> > BORE 3.7500 STROKE 3.5000

> > Of course, it makes no sense to me that there would be a re-use of a
> > number like this: my suspicion is that the source I had for the first
> > number (which listed 3190808 as a V-8) was in error.
>
> I have a listing of block casting numbers which someone posted to
> this list in the past, which shows 319 0808 as being both a 232
> and a 390, which smells wrong.  The kicker though is that this
> list shows 319 0806 as a 390!  I rather suspect a typo or a miss-read
> is the source of the confusion...

Since most sources often just quote other sources, an error early
on will get propagated for ever and seem authoritative.

This block IS sleeved -- it is quite obvious from the bottom of
the bores. There is a step at the bottom of the bore to retain the
sleeve. I didn't measure the original bore diameter left in the
.2" or so of the original remaining bore.