1928 - 1930 Chevrolet Pickup

[dodgebrother]

Can someone assist with potentially identifying the exact year of a Chevrolet pickup I have.

All I have found to date for numbers is off the RH side of the block.

Any assistance to decode these numbers would be great.

Apparently the serial number tag was factory nailed to the passenger side floor near the moulding.

Nothing found yet.

Also looking for a hood, rad shell, and tailgate for this truck.

 

thanks,

 

[mercer09]

my guess is a 28-which was a 4 cylinder and your numbers show that

 

29 was the first 6 cylinder...............

Edited August 23, 2017 by mercer09 (see edit history)

[Vintageben]

If I have read correctly the casting date is November 17 1928. Should be the last of the 4's and have 4 wheel brakes

[dodgebrother]

Thank you gentleman.

 

I kind of thought it was a 1928.

Knowing now that the K178 is the date and the 4 is a four cylinder.

Can you direct me to a site to decode all the numbers.

I would like to see what else I can glean from those numbers.

[Tom Burtch]

835501 is the casting number for 1929-30 Chevrolet engine blocks.  This should be a six cylinder engines with an updraft Carter carb.

K178 is the month/day/year code for the date the block was cast.  I don't know if GM used the letter I in the month sequence, so the K would either signify October or November.  The block was produced in late 1928 for the 1929 model year.

The stamped number is the engine serial number.  I believe truck engines had a "T" prefix to the serial number so the engine you have may not be original to your truck.

 

For reference, the four cylinder engine block casting number used in 1928 is 348532.

 

Tom

Edited August 24, 2017 by Tom Burtch (see edit history)

[Spinneyhill]

I asked the www and found this. Only took a moment.

www.hotrod.gregwapling.com/chevrolet/1929-30.pdf

 

There is also this web site.

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/models/series1.htm

 

and this one:

http://home.earthlink.net/~scrippsbooth/chevmodels.html

 

Perhaps you can confirm the wheelbase?

 

 

Edited August 24, 2017 by Spinneyhill (see edit history)

[Vila]

I agree with Tom, 835501 is the casting number for both 1929 and 1930 Chevrolet engine and  a 17 November 1928  Casting date for an early 1929 engine sounds reasonable.

[dodgebrother]

Thanks to everyone for your input on this and the links provided.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 26, 2017 by dodgebrother (see edit history)