Ernie,
Are you sure that your side oiler wasn't a service block? That was a question that I asked in another post as I am trying to find out just how replacement blocks may be designated. You are right about the 352 casting. That was on every FE engine that I have ever looked at. The 1964 /427 Tunnel Port that I had, had the regular castings on it showing the year and date. That is why I got to wondering just hhow they stamped a service block as they have no way of knowing what car it may go into. I fear this may all turn to a non issue if they get their way anyway. No Cobras in Calif. unless they are original. Crap, go buy a regular car out of this dam state and see what you have to go through to register it. As I said check and find the best DMV and referee to work with. Some are car people and will help.
Jdog,
I agree with you. I already have a short list of BAR and DMVs that are car friendly. However Turk has laid it out the way it is going to go down. The only way to be sure is to get a pre 64 block and then this referee up here said he would decide what HE thought should be the limits for it. I believe that anyone with some time and money could stop that as the state sets the limits not individuals with a hard on against cars. So far the best referees that I have found out about and also the best DMV people all seem to be around the Sac, Bay Area. Not surprising there.
Snake Herder,
Since your car is over the 30 year old mark amd with the historic plates on top of that you should have no problem. Their main goal is to get all Cobras and street rods off the highways in Calif.so they can then sell the exagerated amount of pollution the calculate they wouild have created to the mills that don't have to meed any standards. Example is Kanuf here. Never has meet their standards so every year they figure out how many cars need to be removed from the highway to compensate for their pollution, and then turn around and sell Kanuf the right to up their levels. That is not going to clean up the air by selling them the right to triple theirs every year based on the amount of cars they can get of the road. Kanuf has had their right to dump crap tripled and have applied to have thet amount tripled as quote, "The air scrubbers are getting full and it would cost to much to replacethem." States answer, Kanuf is doing something good for the state and cars aren't." MY answer at the meeting, "Then move the dam plant to Sacramento and set ut up on the capital grounds and let them breath this brown crap."
Ron
