The casting number is located at the rear of the bell housing. The number
are about ¾" high, and oriented to the right (passenger) side.
Casting
Year(s) CID Number Color
'49 - '53 303 555614 Green
'54 - '56 324 568922 Green
'57 - '58 371
'59 - '60 371 Gold
394 Green
'61 - '63 371 Gold
394 Lo comp: Green, Hi Comp: Red
'64 394 585786 " This specific casting number seen on " an
"Ultra-High Compression" engine.
The number "4 1/8" follows casting number.
Please refer to the Engines
section as well!
If you want to build these first generation Olds Rocket engines, consider
getting in touch with some of the oldtimer nostalgia racers who have raced
these Olds V-8's. The famous "Woods, Stone, and Cook" 1941 Willys
was powered by a blown Olds. A lot of Willys-Overland gasers used the Rocket
block for power. Don "Big Daddy" Garlits knows some of these people
- he might be a person to contact. Southern California might be a place
to start looking!
Try 1-800-FAST-88S. They carry a lot of parts for the mid 50's cars.
[ Thanks to Scott R. Clark, Clayton Pierce, Ray Woodward
for this information ]