I just made arrangements to pick up a 273 V8 engine on the weekend to build for an eventual swap in my 63 dart. Got what I think is a good deal so I couldn't really pass it up.
It was supposedly rebuilt completely 10 years ago with new rings, new bearings, rebuilt heads, ect but never fired. The motor was placed in car but never fully connected and was never started. From sitting it is now stuck. Haven't torn into it yet to see if it's just slightly weather stuck or if water got into it at some point. All the ports on intake and plug holes were plugged so hoping just from sitting.
Any way, on to my question. It has an edelbrock D4B intake with the CHRY2836139 number printed on it. Only info I can find is that this number was on the LD4B which is the later manifold. Did the earlier manifolds ever come with the Chrysler stamped number as well? I would have thought it would have been a different number as it is a different manifold (I know same manifold overall just different mounting hole angles for later years).
The motor is in a 66 Canadian Valiant Convertible that the current owner was restoring until it was decided to be too far gone chassis wise to be worth the effort to save. I am pretty sure the motor wasn't original to the car as the intake indicates it should be a 64-65 engine. I have yet to pull the heads to see the pistons to see if in fact this was a commando engine originally. Valve covers are stock so possibly not, but as it isn't original maybe I'll get lucky and they were swapped at some point.
Any way, as I have researched I know this to be a good manifold but just want to see if this manifold also carried the same number. I did read that one person had an LD4B manifold with this number that you could barely see the L as it was slightly miscast...is it possible this is the case and I have a 66 motor? Just looking for opinions. The D4B looks pretty clear.
