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 ***embled 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/