Hot Rods sbc with dipstick in oil pan

I have a friend with a chevy 283 but it has a dipstick tube not in the block but going to the oil pan. I have never seen this before and wonder what it might have came out of and where to get a pan gasket for it.

 

Is it a front sump? Could be Chevy II. Pan gasket shouldn't be anything special.

 

also used on (rear sump) Monzas and similar in the mid-late 70s.

 

early 305's had them in the pan too. sorry didn't see squirrel's reply.

 

Mine is a slightly modified Chevy II dipstick.

 

the motor is a rear sump so it cant be a chevy II but the Monza I could be but by all the numbers the motor is a 58 283 but I will look and se what comes up

 

you can put the pan off any SBC up to 1979 on to a 283

 

I bought a 305 that was said to have been in an '88 Chevy pick up with a dipstick in the pan, rear sump.

Gary

 

strange, 88 chevy pickup small block engines have the dipstick in the block, although it's on the p*** side, not the driver side. But big blocks, they're all in the pan.

 

78 malibus had the dipstick going into the pan (still have no idea why).

i had to research this for a previous engine swap.

Look closely at the pic:
http://www.dormanproducts.com/itemdetail.aspx?ProductID=2022&SEName=264-118

 

I think it had to do with the exhaust manifold design.

 

I think the 56 Corvette had the dip stick in the pan on the p*** side JB

 

It's been a good engine, but a lot of what I was told turned out to be untrue.

 

I am the friend in question...

Pan in question:
So figured a standard gasket would fit, but still wondering the iden***y of this little beast.


Updated images

 

lmao

http://www.ebay.com/itm/361971215580?

600 big ones

 

Where the dipstick is going into the pan is too far forward of the sump? I don't think it would be viable? Possibly some kind of Photo shop?

 

The dipstick lines up with the hole in the baffle - pokes right through into the sump.

$600?

Anybody want a slightly used oil pan cheap? $400...

Didn't realize my pan was made of gold.

 

Hahaha!

Cleaned and painted - at least shipping is free!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Early-1956-Chevrolet-Corvette-265-Oil-Pan-/281890605871

 

Sorry to comment on an old thread..........but, did you ever figure out what engine this pan went to? I just picked up a 350, casting #3970010 and it has the exact same pan shape with the left side pan mounted dip stick. I'm having trouble figuring out what vehicle / year it came from. thanks,

 

That is more like a 70s 305 pan. I have one from a 78 Buick Skylark. Dipstick slides in on the driver (left) side.

 

Does the dipstick tube have a seal?

 

K5ride, thats not the pan for that engine. Lippy

 

It is from an early 283/327 powered big truck 2 1/2 ton viking C50 C60 etc 6 quart capacity, the dip stick attaches to the block using the 1/4-20 hole on the side of the block normally used for the spark plug heat shields

 

Do you still have it ?