52 Straight 8 identification

[mannis]

I have a 1952 super  and can not for the life of me figure out how to decipher the engine block casting numbers.  I need new push rods and have to know what size the engine is

[Pete Phillips]

What looks like a capital "I" is actually a "one".  Buick used an odd typeface on these ID numbers. And that's not a casting number; that's the engine block's serial number. Should be a 263 cu. in. if it's a 1952 Super.

Pete Phillips

Leonard, TX

[mannis]

Thanks for your input Pete! Been searching and searching all day and got nowhere. Car has been sitting for over 45 years. She will be alive here real soon...

8 minutes ago, Pete Phillips said:

What looks like a capital "I" is actually a "one".  Buick used an odd typeface on these ID numbers. And that's not a casting number; that's the engine block's serial number. Should be a 263 cu. in. if it's a 1952 Super.

Pete Phillips

Leonard, TX

[1939_Buick]

engine serial number 69271515 5

As above capital letter I = number 1.

letter b = 6

upside down letter b = 9

Last digit 5 is the series

 

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