April 27, 1965.
It's a 283 CID engine, manufactured on April 27, 1966.
It depends on the casting date located on the back flandge near the transmission mounting point. It should be something like C226 (March 22, 1966)or A45 (January 4, 1965) but the books show that casting was between 1963 and 1967.
What Chevy engine block has the castin I mean casting number 397004
That casting number belongs to a 1971 Impala. It is a 400 small block chevy. These can be pretty good motors.
A small or big block Chevy have a casting number on the top of the block behind the driver side head. MorTec has Chevy casting numbers listed online.
that would be the casting number of a Chevy 350
The casting number will tell you what block it is, but in some cases the block will be more than one displacement. IE 302, 327, 350ci on the same casting number (chevy)
This is the block casting number for a Chevy 305, build between 1976 and 1979.
check the engine block casting number
That block was used from 1968 through1985.
i called the Chevy dealership and they told me the year
10243880 if from 95-00 Vortec. Closest I could find.