Help please, What year is this 235?

Can someone help me figure out what year this Chevy 235 engine is. Any Help would be greatly appreciated.

 

looks like a 61 or 62 truck engine, if you find the casting date, back by the starter, then you could figure it out for sure. A letter followed by a few numbers, like D 16 1

letter is the month, A=January, B=Feb, etc
middle numbers are the day of the month
the last digit is the last digit of the year it was made.

Since the engine was assembled April 19 (04 19) I'd expect the casting date to start with D

 

Casting # is D 16 0 . So, I guess that's April, 16 1960.

 

yup, that's what it is. I got out the older book and looked it up, the JC code was used from 1959-1962. I did pretty good guessing the day....

 

Yeah I thought that was pretty good. So what is the F for? Is that for the place it was made?

 

F = Flint, Michigan engine plant

 

Flint is my home town. I use to go by the plant where they stored the 6 cylinder blocks outside to yet them age. I might have seen that block.
I also hauled fill sand and gravel to V8 engine plant when it was being built. Hauled all one summer with a 54 chev dump truck with a 261 engine.

 

Patricks catalog has a casting number to year chart - take a look here near the last page...

http://www.patricksantiquecars.com/chevy_parts.html

 

Much appreciated help guys. Thanks

 

Curious engines.

The main bearings are all different sizes, like this.
http://www.toy-wooden.com/wood rings.jpeg

The combustion chamber hangs over the bore, and the ex valve lives in a cave.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/riels/4009562943/lightbox/