65 engine ID #

[Wally A.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

having an issue downsizing a pic for all of you to view,
do appreciate all of your time and interest...
i would be glad to email you a pic, if interested please
email me and hopefully the attachment of the block deck
will come thru thanks again wally

[Michael H.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

having an issue downsizing a pic for all of you to view,
do appreciate all of your time and interest...
i would be glad to email you a pic, if interested please
email me and hopefully the attachment of the block deck
will come thru thanks again wally

Send it to me.....

[Michael H.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

having an issue downsizing a pic for all of you to view,
wally

Here we go. It definitely appears to be an "H" with nothing after it. My guess is 0601 on the date. (June 1st)

I don't see any signs of a VIN stamp so we can assume it's not from a Corvette.

[Edward M.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

Here we go. It definitely appears to be an "H" with nothing after it. My guess is 0601 on the date. (June 1st)

I don't see any signs of a VIN stamp so we can assume it's not from a Corvette.

I agree Mike, F0601H. But the stamp just looks "weird" to me. Anybody else think so.

I would love to see another stamp from a similar vintage engine.

[Wally A.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

i assume that we are saying that the definate I
is being used inplace of a 1.. and that a seventh
character is missing, correct.

[Edward M.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

i assume that we are saying that the definate I
is being used inplace of a 1.. and that a seventh
character is missing, correct.

Yep, that is my take on it. IH doesn't make any sense for this engine, but H something does. And this vintage engine definitely used 4 digits for the assembly date.

[Michael H.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

Yep, that is my take on it. IH doesn't make any sense for this engine, but H something does. And this vintage engine definitely used 4 digits for the assembly date.

Judging by the very shallow depth of all of the characters, especially the "0", I think it's possible that a last missing 7th character suffered the same fate.

I agree, the characters do look a bit strange.

[Michael H.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

i assume that we are saying that the definate I
is being used inplace of a 1.. and that a seventh
character is missing, correct.

Yes, cap I's were used for 1's in block date stamps. F060IH is actually F0601H.

[Jim D.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

I can't find it now but I read an article a while back, possibly written by John Hinckley, where Flint would make a run of motors stamping only the first digit of the suffix and then hand stamp the appropriate last digit when the accessories were installed. The article went on to say that it was common on the "H" motors. I've seen several original pads where everything in the stamp lined up perfect except the digit after the "H" was obviously stamped at a later time by hand.

This one must have escaped prior to that final stamping.

[Michael H.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

I can't find it now but I read an article a while back, possibly written by John Hinckley, where Flint would make a run of motors stamping only the first digit of the suffix and then hand stamp the appropriate last digit when the accessories were installed. .

I think that's true. Somewhere, I have a great picture of a 65 FI engine with transistor ignition. The last character of the stamp package was very obviously hand stamped "later".

Same for the 65 396 engines, and others.

[Wally A.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

thanks for all of the great input. little detective work can go
a long way. give credit to the NCRS tech discussions
and its contributing members... hope to see you all in novi for
the NCRS nationals.... wally

[Michael W.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

I agree Mike, F0601H. But the stamp just looks "weird" to me. Anybody else think so.

I would love to see another stamp from a similar vintage engine.

Me too Pedro.

The surface of the pad looks unusual also, but assessing via a picture can be very misleading.

[Wally A.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

mike, what do you mean by the (surface on the pad looks unusual)
just qurious? wally

[Edward M.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

Yet another interesting discussion. I am waiting for John H. to jump in and confirm this (it it was him that wrote the article). It sort of makes sense, at least as much as any other theory I have heard so far.

[Wally A.]

Re: 65 engine ID #

may this thread lay in piece. i would bet odds, that out there
are hundreds of these storys....only a handful surface.