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I'm assuming K05 14. Means it was made in St Catherine's on May 14 1969?
QuoteI'm assuming K05 14. Means it was made in St Catherine's on May 14 1969?Semi Correct. St Catherine was called McKinnon Industries back in the 1960's, so the block was cast and assembled there. 192092140 is the partial VIN and indicates it was installed in a full size car assembled at the St Therese plant. However, can you check the F3 suffix code again? That doesn't look right. Probably FB (as in Boy)? This would be the correct code for a 1969 327/235 with a Powerglide installed in a full size car.Ed
Is there anything else I should check?
Wait so is the K for Kansas City? Lol I'm confused
"M"-Coded Blocks There is one exception to the normal block casting date convention that has been observed: some blocks have been seen with "M" cast codes. Research by the Saginaw Metal Casting Operations of GM Powertrain Division has found that these "M" codes are not date codes, but actually a foundry code used to indentify parts that were made to evaluate a casting process change. After evaluating the parts, the blocks would either be destroyed or released into production. There is no way to determine the date an "M"-coded block was poured.
Hmmmm id definately love to keep the 327 aswell, but I measured the stroke and it's slightly more then 3.5" so now I'm not sure what I've got again. Lol. I guess I'll pull the pan off when I get some time and see. I have to strip it down to send off to the machine shop anyways. The cylinders are inaccurate but there's a small ridge at the top of each cylinder so I'm hoping I can go .30 over and it will be enough.