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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 10-21-2013, 03:26 AM

VIN numbers stamped into the block is a Car thing. Trucks were expected to have new engines installed if they broke down during their operational life as a work truck. 'Sport Truck' was an oxymoron back in the day, so there should be no VIN number on a truck block.
The 'engine dress code' was a system that showed successive members of the assembly teams what that engine was, when built, and what accessories or equipment to hang on it, as it swung on a line overhead, was bolted into a chassis and became part of a truck.
I have a known 1967 292 block stamped: F0626UH. That breaks down as--
F= Flint Mich.
06 = June
26 - 26th
UH = 292 w/ Manual Transmission '67/'68

10-21-2013, 03:26 AM	#11
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,622	Re: What year is my engine VIN numbers stamped into the block is a Car thing. Trucks were expected to have new engines installed if they broke down during their operational life as a work truck. 'Sport Truck' was an oxymoron back in the day, so there should be no VIN number on a truck block. The 'engine dress code' was a system that showed successive members of the assembly teams what that engine was, when built, and what accessories or equipment to hang on it, as it swung on a line overhead, was bolted into a chassis and became part of a truck. I have a known 1967 292 block stamped: F0626UH. That breaks down as-- F= Flint Mich. 06 = June 26 - 26th UH = 292 w/ Manual Transmission '67/'68 __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.