<VV> Replacement Blocks & engines

[Sethracer at aol.com]

JR - I think he got a regular installed engine, (hence the  stamping) but 
the castings for the case halves  (Actually, only the  passenger side half) 
was made to be universal - able to be finished as an FC  (filler tube boss) 
standard (boss for dipstick) or even an early, with the lower  mounted oil 
boss (temp?). They could machine it to the finished part  they needed. The 
replacement assembled engines had a freeze plug in the  filler tube boss in the 
right case half, which could be removed for an FC  application, no 
machining needed. And I do think those were stamped XX or  something similar.  - Seth
 
 
In a message dated 8/30/2011 6:57:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
hmlinc at sbcglobal.net writes:

I  thought that crate engines were stamped with some XXs - not a full block 
 
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Later, JR