Some 60's Suffixes had the extra digit at the end of the Suffix to represent the carb..
If so in this case the 'IJR' would be the IJ Suffix which is correct for the L36 if an auto trans and the R to indicate a Rochester carb, not a H for Holley as some applications had..

Back my last posting, did the guy know where the engine was all along as the old thread on the red car notes the location of the original engine was known?.
Either way, great they're getting back together!.

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-- Edited by Ghost Post on Friday 5th of November 2010 03:38:44 PM

They are getting back together ... love is in the air!
This is great news!

Hey Brent thanks for doing this. TOO COOL !  it so neat to see guys in this for the sport and not the money. You made it clear you  are not going to hold Steven ransom for this engine even though you know you could, or upsell it to some Corvette guy.
I want to talk some more on those heads too...

Elroy,
Yes casting is month-day-year..
Cool you have the IA-R engine, L35 stick!.

Again great this CP L36 engine has found it's way home!.
Maybe the time's come where this site gets an Orphan parts section!.
Some sites have this and often a great story to read!.
I was reading about a few 302 Chevy's finding their way home recently, one an MO '67 motor also a '69 DZ a few months ago that was in a T-bucket found its car still alive!.

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feb 10th 1966 engine
march 23 car build


looks correct as big blocks usually were backdated 1- 2 months

Great ending to a awesome story. Brent my hat goes off to you it is great to see there is still guys that aren't in it just for the money.

It was I that spotted the car at the Radium Car Show about 4 or 5 years ago, and spoke with Steve.  I indicated a buddy had a motor for one of those cars, and as we continued to talk I realized this was the same car (the connection was that the guy Brent sold the car to had taken it to Fort McMurray, and Steve said the car came from Fort McMurray). 

Steve had the GM documentation on the windshield, and I recorded the engine stamping and Steve's phone # - he lived in Banff at the time.  A few months later I verified the engine stamping against the block, and yes they matched.    I've been after Brent to sell me the motor for the past 20 years, and he's always said he wouldn't sell.  That's why I indicated to Steve the owner wouldn't part with the block.

Finally last weekend Brent indicated he was interested in selling, and we did an inventory of what all was there (and you betcha, I was interested).  I'm glad he decided to seek out the original car.

Oddly enough, when I was speaking to one of the organizers of the POCI Dayton show a couple years ago (they wanted to feature Canadian Pontiac's), he indicated he was in Banff a few years prior, and spotted a red 66 Grande Parisienne from a distance.  He said he wondered if it was a big block car, but didn't get a chance to check it out.  I told him it was likely the car in Steve's posession, and that it was originally a 390 hp 427 - he couldn't believe it!!!!

Sure would be good to get to see the sheet on this car from George Z.  Might fill a few more gaps in our knowledge.

Now if we could find an 425 horse car!

(Never mind, I just looked at the production numbers thread, it's already there)

-- Edited by 66 Grande guy on Friday 5th of November 2010 09:24:14 PM

All I need to see is one, just to know the holy grail exists!

sorry guys I will post the build sheet Monday, I couldn't get it done today. It was sold in Sask, Balsa Motors or something like that ??

Ok Elroy
You know what to do, let's look up some numbers and see what we can find for parts for that beast, i'm excited.
Gerry

heres the build sheet finally