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Originally Posted by MJN
Thats a nice truck you have there! Also a great idea for growing hops too, we used to grow our own hops for home brewing.
The engine code has me puzzled- do you have better pictures of the entire engine? XTO suffix code doesn't seem to exist in any of the books (including The Lime Book) or on websites. The S is Saginaw engine factory and 0304 is March 4th. But the XTO is throwing me and it almost looks like XTC but even that one doesn't exist. There is a TC suffix but that is a 348 big block (which would be appropriate for 1963) and it doesn't resemble a 327. XTD is a service replacement engine 283 for 1965, 66 and 67 but would be tough to read that as a 'D'
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Hey there MJN, thanks for the reply! And sorry to waste your time, I finally got a closer look today after spraying with engine cleaner and wire brush - man I was WAY off, missing half the numbers! and you are right the last character is a C. I am having trouble reading the first character but pretty sure it’s a C (could be a S, O, G, Q!) I might take a green pad or fine sandpaper to it this week. My best guess is CE6N2289S60304XTC and you may have missed it but the story goes it had a rebuilt engine put in, not sure if they rebuilt original one or dropped in a totally different one. The casting number might help, removed years of grime to get it 3959532, it that a 283? Thanks again and cool that you grew hops!