The car had no D-500 tag (or holes for one), but the more I think about it, the more sure I am it was a B-block car. Maybe it got changed before I got it ? OK, ... here's a question .... will a B-block drop right on to the engine horns for a 325 ? I am POSITIVE it was a clean swap without any welding.
B.
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On Nov 23, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc wrote:
> The only way that a 1958 Coronet would have had an OEM B-block engine in it
> would have been if the car had had the D500 engine option in it, which
> would mean that the subject engine was a 361 c.i. guy, and not the 350 c.i. motor...
>
> Neil Vedder
>
>
>
>
> Brent Burger wrote:
>> So, does this mean that the 325 poly was standard on Coronet and Royal and the 350 standard on the top line Custom series cars ???
>>
>> Seems to me, the 58 Coronet SS coupe I once owned was a B-block and not a poly. It had been in a flood and allowed to sit, so the drivetrain was toast, so I pulled it. That was 20 years ago or more, so my memory is a little fuzzy, but I am pretty sure I saved a bunch of pieces off the engine for reuse on the replacement (361).
>>
>> B.
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>> On Nov 22, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Don't think that anybody's mentioned this, on this thread, but
>>> the 350 B block was the standard engine on the 1958 Custom Royal
>>> and Custom Sierra wagons.
>>>
>>> The 361 single-4 bbl engine was the standard D500, with the
>>> dual carb 361 as the Super D500 engine.
>>>
>>> Neil Vedder
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> eddee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>
>>>> HI DAN
>>>> No bearing caps???
>>>> That is NG
>>>> You will have to get some from a 361 or 383 and have the block align bored to make it useable.
>>>>
>>>> The 350 was one year only---1958
>>>> It was put in the GOLDEN COMMANDO PLYMOUTH--(could be ANY MODEL!!)
>>>>
>>>> It was also used in MOSTLY the 2bbl version in base DESOTOS and MOSTLY a 4bbl version for DODGE and DODGE station wagons
>>>>
>>>> I have 2 GOLDEN COMMANDO PLYMOUTH blocks,,,both are casting # of 1737629
>>>> That does not mean you dont have a 350.
>>>> There may have been more than one casting time and place for the 350.
>>>> The 361s had about 5 different casting numers throughout the years.
>>>>
>>>> On the front pad of the block,,,along with the sn,,,should be what it was used for
>>>> ie: L-350 would be for the plymouth
>>>>
>>>> Is your block UNUSED? Did you measure the bore???
>>>>
>>>> HAVE FUN
>>>> ED ECKERSON
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Dan Davids wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Today I picked up a 350 block from a fellow in Everett, WA.
>>>> It's just a bare block -- no crank, bearing caps, heads, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Can you guys help me verify that it's the real deal?
>>>> Here are the numbers on the block:
>>>>
>>>> casting no. 1461416
>>>> date 7-15
>>>>
>>>> no. on pad at front 5562119057
>>>> Is this the VIN from the car it came from? If so, what does it decode to?
>>>>
>>>> Lastly, other than the 58 Fury, which other cars could have had 350s in them?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help.
>>>>
>>>> Dan Davids
>>>> Woodinville, WA
>>>>
>>>>
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