> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:59:27 -0400
> From: wayne osborne <wayne@chevytrucks.org>
> Subject: [oletrucks] 6 cylinder ID
>
> Trying to help a guy decipher a 6 cyl in his 51--he states its not original
> engine and possibly from a early 70's. He provided photo but more
> importantly the following numbers stamped on the block:
> On block by dipstick - CON 2 E298 392966
> cast in block GM64
> Other numbers stamped on engine FO531CM 187163360
>
> I first went to inliners.org and cannot find the 392966 number in their
> listing. I poked around the web about 45 minutes before troubling the list
> members, but i exhausted my means... --wayne
Chilton's suggests it's a 250 from a manual trans 68 Chevelle. The
block casting date of E 29 8 tends to agree with this.
--
Jim
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