Engine VIN number

cobra2

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I have an engine with a block casting 3970010, heads 3782461, and intake 3919803. This is supposedly out of a 1969 vette. but was a replacement crate engine. Now the strange thing is to vin number stamped on the pad. CEB1481 22. Any thoughts on this? I have pictures.
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Hello and welcome to the forum!
Apologizes for the delay in response!

From the number you've posted we can get some general info on your engine and it's components.
Block Casting Number, 3910010; 1969 - 1979, 302/350 cid, car&truck, 2&4 bolt, 4 bolt most common.
Head Casting Number, 3782461; 1961 - 1970, 302/327/350 cid, 1.94"I/1.5"E.
Intake Casting Number, 3919803; 1967 - 1968, 327/350 cid, quadrajet.

From the Engine Assembly Code, CEB1481 22, we can only speculate.
The three letters at the beginning of the number is the Engine Suffix Code.
This is an early code format, those were not standardized until the 1972 model year.
The early codes were put together at each assembly plant, hand stamped on the engine and written in a 'log book'.
The format was somewhat different in each plant and most of those old hand written records are not available.
These codes were standardized starting with the 1972 model year for all vehicle manufactures in the U.S. by a new feral law.
The GM Engine Suffix Codes were also reused, some several times.
So, simply finding a decoding reference for an older code may or may not be accurate.
I have not been able to find any reference for this Engine Suffix Code for a pre-1972 engine.

So, an educated guess, without any of the other casting numbers from the block; late 60's 350 (?).

I hope some of this information helps!
Don;t be a stranger on the forum!
Stop by from time to time and let us know what your doing with your vintage engine!
Good luck with your build!
 

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It may be a co-incidence but the CEB number is the same as the datecode on the intake which is B148. I opened it up and it does have 4 bolt mains with a cast crank. I'm thinking it is a 1968 350 300hp. Maybe Feb. 14 of 1968. The 1 might be the plant and the 22 the engine number of the day. This is all speculation. I have another strange number on the 1956 265 engine in my streetrod I'll post in another thread.
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Tom
 

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another strange vin number

I have a 1956 SBC 265 ci engine in my '28 roadster pickup. I bought the shortblock off of Ebay and had them ship it to me from Flint Mich. I had it rebuilt so I know it was an all stock 265. The vin number is wierd it has some none number/letter characters in it but the numbers are 02) 754 9156 h. I have a picture of the number.
 

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