who can id this Chevrolet engine?

I have this chevy 6cil engine laying in my shop for a long time now, I remember the last owner say its a pick up engine from the 50's
Some ideas?


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Looks like a full pressure 235 with the early style valve cover. If I'm reading the date code correctly, it was cast on June 9, 1953.

http://stoveboltengineco.com/2010/10/casting-numbers/

 

Looks just like the stock six banger I took out of my ol' '55 Chevy Belair.

 

Yup...that's an early 235 from a truck. It has the truck bell housing.

 

Two-bolt valve cover is '54 0r older.

 

May not be a full pressure system. Pretty sure 53 car manual shifts still used the dippers and auto's were full pressure. Have in my head all trucks in 53 were still dippers.

 

see the little triangle plate below the intake! and the short side cover below the spark plugs.
I believe it is a 235 dipper engine "not full pressure"

 

It looks like a 1950 to 53 235 with splash oiling like a 216,the 41-9 235s had the same tall side cover as the 216.

 

If it has 18 head bolts it's a 53 only splash oil 235 car engine ?

 

It's fer sure a splash oiler as was pointed out above - the triangular plate just under the exhuast flange is the oil distributor cover, only used on the splasher. Looks to be a '53 by the date code, probably a 235 - but if you can post the numbers that are stamped on that flat pad, just behind the distributor, we can tell you more.

 

thanks for the reactions. Here are the engine numbers: CON 4 F93 and 3701946 and the head:

B10 887
066
570

 

yes its a 235 from 1953

 

thanks for the reactions.

 

splash oil '53 235.

date code F93 is June 9, 1953.

Stamped code next to distributor would be more specific.

If you didn't know the date code:
It has the 3 bolt side mount (used '52-54), short side cover (not used on 216), and it has the oil distribution cover, which makes it a splash oiler ('53 or older). All that would narrow it down to a '52-53 splash 235.

 

Always thought it was interesting manufacturers felt it was easier /cheaper to manufacture, fit and assemble the troughs and what not than drill a few holes in the crank.
In the transition years I can picture they were just " using up " older inventory.

 

I can never figure out the splash oiling theory,a couple minutes more in the crank drilling jig and a little more time machining the rods and it would have been a full pressure motor.