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Old 04-11-2016, 11:18 PM   #1
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Default ID cyl head markings

Found this one cyl head with a mark I'd never seen before. What year/model is this from?
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Ok for some reason it will only post the last picture.
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Here's another
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Old 04-11-2016, 11:21 PM   #4
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Odd combustion chamber shape,
But hey did you notice the pictures are upright!
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Old 04-12-2016, 12:01 AM   #5
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Any chance that it is a head for the 337 cu.in motor Just a shot in the dark.

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Old 04-12-2016, 12:52 AM   #6
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No, same size as a 59AB head.
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Old 04-12-2016, 07:10 AM   #7
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Looks like a 35 truck with flat pistons.
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Old 04-12-2016, 08:39 AM   #8
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51T would be truck in or near 1935. In the prefixes the 5 would be the last digit of the year it was designed. The RH should be right hand side. On the other one, I don't know. 67 was not a common prefix number.

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Old 04-12-2016, 09:18 AM   #9
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67 is 1936 commercial...
51T MIGHT be a Canadian 1946 designation...I found some inconclusive suggestions of 1946 221 use in Canada, vague and not conclusive.
BUT...we don't know nuttin yet! How many stud holes, what sort of water outlet on the heads??
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Old 04-12-2016, 09:50 AM   #10
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What the others have already said, ..... plus a picture of the complete head would be a big help. That compression chamber is not that unique. I have some early 21 stud, wp's in heads, cylinder heads with that chamber configuration on both cast iron and aluminum.
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Old 04-12-2016, 10:55 AM   #11
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Center water outlet, 24 stud.
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Old 04-12-2016, 11:01 AM   #12
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Eyeball the 51 T...could it be an 81T from worn mold?
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Old 04-12-2016, 11:26 AM   #13
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That might be an 81T. Photographs are harder to tell thing like that. It would make more sense for a 24 stud head. The forming process for the cores wasn't always real accurate.
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Old 04-12-2016, 12:10 PM   #14
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Eyeball the 51 T...could it be an 81T from worn mold?
I think Bruce has it; The top stroke on the "5" looks quite rounded to me.
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I agree, 81.
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Old 04-12-2016, 02:28 PM   #16
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Now that makes sense!
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