andy60

Hi,

I am helping a friend ID a motor. The numbers he can find are:
# 3970010 I think this is a 1970 350 block casting number
The date code he gave me is O L160 ( don't know if there is a gap between the O and the L160?) this Dec 1970?
The stamp pad has 11w169948 V 123oCJG
(said the letter between 123 and CJG was small O )

Thanks for the help

Andy

GCD1962

I think the casting number is the same as the 302 DZ block?

FASTZ

also the same as a 350
I think this is from a '71 Nova270hp 3or4spd or Monte Carlo same hp and tranny

andy60

I think the 3970010 was used for 327, 302, and 350 . Is there any way to tell exactly what it is? Is there more info needed?

FASTZ, did you get your brakes to let go, hope so. I had an old VW Giha that where the brakes would rust to the drums often, a dump of the clutch worked every time

Thanks
Andy

FASTZ

the suffix CJG came on '71 Nova270hp 3or4spd or Monte Carlo same hp and tranny the only ones that I cound find with that suffix

FASTZ

did not get the brakes loose yet,the motor is not running so horsepower is out too

JohnZ

Yup, 12/70 Saginaw casting, Flint-built 350/270hp 4-speed originally installed in a '71 Nova built at Willow Run. About seven million 3970010 blocks were cast from 1969-1979, used in all car lines and trucks in many different configurations.

andy60

Thanks for the informaton guys. He was hoping it was a 350 block, guess his wish came true