BUICK RACER Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Where are the engine numbers on a 1954 Skylark 322? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) On 1953-1956 V8 264 and V8 322 engines, the engine serial number is stamped on a machined surface on the top outer edge of the left (driver side in U.S./Canada) cylinder bank, between the middle branches of the exhaust manifold. It should start with 3A. 3 Skylark, A 1954 and the next letter is the plant it was built in. Then the following 6 numbers are the serial number. They dont match the serial number on the body. Edited October 28, 2020 by Bill Stoneberg (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1953mack Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) On 10/27/2020 at 10:55 PM, Bill Stoneberg said: . . . It should start with 3A. 3 Skylark, A 1954 and the next letter is the plant it was built in. Then the following 6 numbers are the serial number . . . A 1954 Buick Skylark 322 c.i. V-8 engine serial number does not start with the digit "3" . . . there is not a letter "A" that denotes the year 1954 . . . and there is no digit or letter in the engine serial number that denotes what plant the engine was built in or that it was originally installed in a 1954 Buick Skylark Model 100. The second location where you can find an engine serial number is by removing the upper casting for the oil filter's assembly at the rear of the engine on the passenger's side of the engine block. The number that you see there will not tell you what Buick series or model the engine was installed in originally. Al Malachowski BCA #8965 "500 Miles West of Flint" Edited October 31, 2020 by Ronnie (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 So I guess my multiple reference books are wrong. Sorry Roberta. trying to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 I happen to have a 1954 Skylark sitting right here next to me and the numbers are indeed where Bill says they are. Mine starts with a V but the rest is too faint and too awkward to photograph. I can try again if someone really needs to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUICK RACER Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 Thanks, all, had a friend stop by last night on the way back home from doing an appraisal of a '54 way north of Alpena, MI. He wondered where to find the engine # so I asked, and got the answer. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUICK RACER Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 Update, thanks to this info, the number was successfully documented, Thanks, again!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 You lost my phone number I presume 😊🤣 Bill had already answered the specific question when I saw this 😊 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Brink Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Why would anyone think you know anything about '54's, Lamar? 😏 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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