numbers matching? original engine?

[NC_John]

Originally Posted by geunther

I was going to send this to NC_John in a pm, but it pertains to some of this numbers matching stuff. I see that BLU has "BLU" on the firewall in the same place that my truck has "BLK". My truck was originally from NC as well. What I am wondering is whether your truck was built in Baltimore or not? And if so, was your engine produced at the St Catherines plant.

Yes, IIRC, mine is a baltimore truck. The engine IS definitely a St. Catharines engine.

I have a unique connection to the engine. I was born in St. Catharines in Feb of 1970. The engine was built a couple miles down the street just a few months later (St. Catharines was a big automotive town- has the GM engine/powertrain plant, had a Dana rear end plant, TRW was in the same part of town). My uncle was putting pistons on rods in that plant when my engine was built.

I went to college for mechanical engineering thinking i could get a job there but after my second year they were laying off people and talking about moving to Mexico so my career path went in a different direction.

I've pulled out the engine for an LS monster build and sold most of the sbc but kept the block. Dont know what i will do with it but wont ever sell it.