JBishop

Trying to locate and see if the numbers match on a 68 olds 442 that I have.

1970cs

Throw us your numbers! between most of the people here on the forum you will get your info.

wmachine

Number crunching galore!

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JBishop

This is the body numgbers.
68-33687 LAN199679
TR-940 N-N paint
Where are the block numbers?

wmachine

With all due respect, the answer is in the third link I just gave you.

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allyolds68

In all fairness to the guy I can't find where it shows the block pad for the Engine VIN # Stamp in your link above which is what I would look for when trying to figure out if it was a "matching numbers" engine. I know you can find it in the service manual and assembly manual but that definitly takes some work to find it

JBishop,

There's a small machined pad on the black under the #1 cylinder head that may be obscurred by the power steering pump. The last 5 or 6 (I can't remember off the top of my head) numbers should match the last 5 or 6 of your VIN. First you should check what WMachines had posted above to find out if you even have the correct engine. You can't tell much of anything about "matching numbers" from your cowl tag. You can't even tell it's a 442 from a 68 Lansing cowl tag. The best you can do is look at the build date of your car body (which is about the only thing you didn't post from your cowl tag) and then look to see when the rest of the componants (block, heads, etc) were produced.

BTW there are about a million posts asking the same question. The search function works pretty well here.

JBishop

The vin# is 344878(M or W)I can't read it, then194441.
block number is 396026G

svnt442

That's the casting number. You need to find the number stamped into the block below #1 spark plug. If it's the original block it will read 38 (M or W) 194441

rsandhoff

I have added a pic showing where to look for the number they are telling you about. The head is off on this pic, but you can read with the head on also. As mentioned, it is below the #1 cyl.