This might be common knowledge to most but I'm younger than 90% of you guys and still got alot to learn. But a friends grandfather has opened up his old she' for me to go through. And found some old straight 6ers and need to know serial numbers to find out what ones they are. He said most were from the mid 50's to late 60's. And most are low miles. Thanks in advance.
if you can get pictures of them, and post them here, we could help you identify them. If they are chevy straight 6 engines, and you want to figure out just what they are...first you can ID the older 235 type engines by having either two nuts, or 4 screws, holding the top valve cover on. Later Chevy sixes like the 230 and 250 etc. have 7 screws holding the valve cover on. The engine number is stamped on the block, near the base of the distributor. The casting number and casting dates are near the starter, that is, on the pass side of the engine, near the back, down low. Usually you need all of these numbers to make sure what it is.
There were quite a few sixes made by various makes in the 50's-60's. Best take a few shots and post here. Look for names, letters or emblems for easy identification.
I'd agree there, one can assume that they are Chevy sixes but depending on what the guy was into or driving over the years they could just as well be Ford, International, Mopar or something else or a mix and match of the whole bunch. A quick breakdown of Chevy straight sixes is 216 and dipper (babbit beater) 235 had the side cover that covered the side of the block and head. Distributor was about in the middle on the right hand side. Pressure oil 235 and 261 had the side cover that stopped at the top of the block with the distributor located about the middle of the block. 194,230, 250 and 292 had two smaller side covers the smaller engines having them about 4to 5 inches tall and the 292 having them a little over 6 inches tall. Distributor was close to the front of the engine on the right hand side. The motor mount pads are straight across on the smaller engines and staggered on the 292. On the smaller late model Chevy sixes the fuel pump is up next to the distributor but on the 292 it is behind the motor mount more at the middle of the side of the block.
Thanks. He was Chevy to the core, wouldnt even consider driving anything else let alone owning another.
Gonna buy them all anyway. Got a few ideas shaking around in my head for these that' why I can' sleep. And if they aren't worth fixing I'll dress'em up and make show peace for the man cave.
Put 2 in a row and make an inline 12. You will have the only one at your local car shows. My dad ran inline Chevy 6's for years in his daily work cars. When my brother's and I got our license it was understood that our cars would have a Chevy 6 in them. We had to leave home if we were wanting to drive something different. Maybe that's why we all left home at 17.
2 of them are 250's and 3 are 292's. Now a few more days and they will be here and I'll start tearing them down.
I had a 70 3/4 ton flatbed with a 292 that I towed my dirt track stock car and it got 12mpg towing a 3500 lb stock car plus a heavy trailer. You must have a leak.
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