I circled an area at the front (in white) that should have numbers stamped on it if you scrape the orange paint off. Can you look there?

You're aboslutely correct, there's something engraved there! Harder than I imagined to ungravel it, but as soon as I'm done without damaging the number I'll post it.

 

I'll stick to driving it in Quebec... The SQ even stop doing what they do, stare at my car and smile... A Montreal police officer once stuck his head out of the car and asked what year it was!

I don't think you'll ruin it with a medium sandpaper. I use that or a gasket scraper to clean the paint off when I read them.

I was just looking through my Chevy Casting book and found that the number on the EGR valve can tell you the engine year, size, and model of vehicle it came from. That is if the Intake belongs there and as long as the EGR valve is not an after-market one. The number is stamped on top of the diaphram and is the GM part number. Post the number and I'll check my book. Worth a check.

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Wow, I''ve never seen one pitted so bad. I think the only way will be with the casting number off the back of the block below the drivers side head.I think that is what you listed a few posts back but those numbers didn't work for me.

Carl, those numbers were 14057055   GM K4. By the way, the engine runs and sounds excellent, no vibrations. Starts on the first shot too. But who knows what it went through in its past.

It appears that 14057055 is the number off the intake manifold. Can you go farther back on the engine and look on the block behind the passenger side cylinder head?

jc, could it be 140323219TOR  ?

 

behind the driver side cyl head you will find a casting number.....

Yes, but that is just for the intake manifold. We need to have the one as described below to determine the actual engine.

Carl Stevenson wrote:

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http://www.chevyasylum.com/tech/decode.html

The top picture on this webpage shows where to look for the block casting number. The chrome you see in the top picture is the back of the valve cover on the driver's side to give you an idea. This picture is of an engine on an engine stand, not installed in a car.

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CdnGMfan wrote:

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Oil filler via valve cover cap: 1969-on. EGR valve & HEI distributor: 1975-on (as well as that air cleaner with the provision for the flexible duct). As a red herring, GM stopped painting Chevy engines orange after 1976 & switched to Corporate Blue (not like it never could have been painted since...)

Carl has the right idea, see about the engine code on the machined pad on the right front deck of the block below the head (circled in white thanks to Carl).

Don't even drive that thing through southern Ontario or the MTO will fine you and force you to run a catalytic converter (I know, ABSOLUTELY REDICULOUS!!!)

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 Ok..I'm confused on this MTO thing.  If the vehicle is legal in the province it is registered and insured in, MTO can stop me all they want..but they can't force the owner to do jack as it meets the requirements of the province it's registered in.  For example, if I'd put say a 5.7L Corvette motor in my 67 2+2 and then drove to Ontario to visit family, and it met all existing emissions standards here in AB where it's registered..the MTO can stop me all they like to do an emissions test..I'm not an Ontario resident, the vehicle isn't registered there..they are out of luck if they think they can order any changes to the vehicle. The only way they could fine me or order things fixed is if something was broken or not working..ie a broken tail light or the exhaust was hanging off of it..But if Alberta says I don't need a cat..they can't order one installed

Well,

I find it hard to believe Pete, esp working in the Law Enforcement field..I know when Ontario brought in..or tried to bring in the anti-street racing legislation which would/did allow law enforcement in Ontario to seize vehicles caught street racing, it was only for cars registered in Ontario. Out of province vehicles could only be impounded for 48 hrs I believe it was..it also included vehicles that had been modified with performance upgrades should police find them...

I know it's apples and oranges, but this illistrates that Ontario did not have the ability to sieze vehicles registered in other provinces. Here again they would not have the authority to a) order an immissions test or b) order the driver to have cats installed..as it would be an infringement on the rights of the owner, in my case as an Alberta resident..again assuming my vehicle meets all regulations in the province it's registered in.