[AMC-list] Help for identifying Rambler (GEN-1) V-8s!!

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

If you have a 250/287/327 out of a car please take a photo of the area 
behind the passenger side (right) head and where the distributor mounts 
(may be a number nearby) and send it to me! If the intake is off I’d 
really like the casting number on the block also (it’s under the 
intake...) so I can identify the year range of the engine.

Why? Well, a discussion on one of the forums has brought to light that 
not all 327s have the bore cast into the top of the block behind the 
right side head. One fellow reported that his engine had a "3" where the 
bore usually was, and it is a 327 by casting number and actually 
measuring the bore. Larry Daum reported that late model 287/327 engines 
had a letter code cast in place of the bore (G for 287, E or F for 327 
-- the "3" noted above *could* be an E). I've never really paid 
attention to this, never had a GEN-1 V-8 out of a car, and it's hard to 
see that area when the engine is installed. AMC used more than one 
vendor for castings (as well as cast some of their own blocks), so it's 
possible that different foundries may have used different codes for the 
different sizes. Another poster has an early (1957) 327 that has the 
number "2" cast near the distributor and a 250 with "1" in the same 
location (no bore or marking behind the head). The casting numbers 
verify that these are early engines (there's only one casting number for 
the 250 block). What I need is a bigger sampling to determine if the 
markings are year specific or overlap. If they overlap I would assume 
that the different foundries used different marking codes. I really just 
want to determine how to successfully determine what size a GEN-1 
(Rambler) V-8 is without removing a head. The ones with the bore cast in 
are easy, but others??

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