360 engine bumbers decoding

[ray hall]

I bought a 360 for $150 that is bran new. The guy didn't know anything about it. It appears to b built by all parker performance engines. They told me all the info is under customer name and vehicle info. So I was wondering how do I decode the numbers on the drivers side of the block under the cylinder head to find out what year it is and what vehicle it came in originally?

 

[RonJon '06]

The year of manufacture should be cast into the block on the passenger's side just behind the motor mount. To determine what kind of vehicle it came out of I think you need the VIN#. '68-'80 it will be the first letter/number of the VIN, '81-'09 the third letter/number. Both my '85 and '06 Rams have a number 7 in the third place of the VIN.

 

[ray hall]

OK there is a date on passenger side but wasn't sure about it my cousins 318 says 3-7-74 and mine was 27-3-79 so I wasn't for sure that was the date since the numbers were not month day and year on mine.