Augustus skrev:
Hi all,

Thanks for all the suggestions. The number we found was: GM 3720 881

Would this be an engine originally mounted in a '56 Bel Air, or is it
impossible to say which car model...?

I need to buy the two exhaust manifolds for this engine, and also the
exhaust tubes / silencers, the front bumper parts, and some other body
parts for a '56 Bel Air.

Do you have any suggestions to shops and places where I can find such
parts (new or used)?

Thanks again for your willingness to help

best regards

Geir

It could be from a '56 Bel Air...195 or 225HP. Or it could be from a truck
of the same year. No way to really say. Given the number of 195HP cars made
vs the others, odds are it's the 195HP car model. As for parts, given the
restoration interest in these years, I'm sure they're available.
Unfortunately, I'm not up on that particluar aspect.

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:21:33 +0100, Geir Holmavatn <geir56 (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
wrote:

3720991. The 9s look like 8s. This is the block number for 265 cubic
inch motors used in passenger cars and truck in 1956-57. This block
has provision for an oil filter on the driver side rear. Same block
for all 265 applications of the V-8, that year.

I have a block that I pulled out of a '56 210, in 1984. It has over
250,00 miles on it, and it was still capable of running when I pulled
it.

If you pull the camshaft out, the rear cam bearing should have a small
slot in it. this slot meters oil to the lifter galleries by
connecting the two holes in the rear cam bearing.