1967 340

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Erik Andersen

Erik Andersen

Putting ex drag car back to driver 69/GTS
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before I turn this thing into a stroker could some one decode it and tell me what it came out of? Or if it original to someone's matching number car I could trade it.
Block vin dw34023370005
 
That not the VIN. That is the assembly plant info. If there is a VIN it would be at the rear of the motor along the top edge where the block meets the transmission housing.
 
Okay I will post it. Would you know what this engine is out of yet?
 
D= 1968
W= Windsor Canada
340 = cu. in.
2337=2529-2337= 192 day of 1968 (production date)
0005 = 5th engine produced that date
 
There were a lot of blocks cast on that date, and they could only be in a 68 Barracuda or Dart GTS.
 
This engine is not the original engine for my car. I came with the purchase. I figured it is probably out of some 1968 car just not sure what body.
 
4spdragtop said:
I thought with a build date of sometime in July 68, it might be possible for 69.
Build date and casting date are over a year apart?
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That is a big gap. Not sure on start date of 69 production but it has to be very close.
 
Erik Andersen said:
Side of the block says June 19 1967
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That's the same day my 340 block was made. I believe there was just one run before that, and only by a few days. At least according to what I've found when I looked into it.
 
I also have a 68 340 that was cast June 67, have to double check the day. It has a VIN stamped on bell housing rail, was not a match for my 68 GTS.
 
I also have a 68 GTS 340 with 6/67 cast date and a VIN on the bellhousing that is not correct for my car. It looks like it is 8B837808.
 
It would be neat to reunite the motor I have with it's original car. To me, it's just another engine. But I've always figured there was a reason they were separated, and probably not a good one.
 
I was thinking the same thing. My dad had a 69 chevelle yenko before my brother was born, he sold the car after the guy that bought rolled it and junked it. The junk yard pulled the engine and crushed it.
 
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