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 pass 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 pass 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 identity 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 ?