65-2+2

I was under the hood the other day. I was replacing the oil pan. I decided to toss the high quantity pan for a stock pan. I didn't like how low the pan was.

Anyway, I noticed a stamp on the bottom of the block when I scraped the old gasket away. The stamp read: "D.L. SMYTHE #2001".

Does anyone know anything about this? I'm about 98% certain that this is the original engine. The car has been in the family for 36 years and is almost all original.

scootchu

I am sure someone will identify the markings as a factory stamp, but where did you buy the car?
There is a research engineer at the M.I.T. Observatory named D. L. Smythe
http://web.mit.edu/bin/cgicso?query=smythe

Maybe he owned the car, maybe his father worked in the plant. LOL

I shot him an email. What the heck, he'll just think I am looney.

stephen.osborne1

Has the engine ever been rebuilt or machined? Odd...

65-2+2

The engine was blueprinted, ported and polished by Hunt Race Engines in 1994. They have since gone out of business. That's all I know.

stephen.osborne1

sometimes machine shops will give you back another, comparable block if it's a common type... Maybe it isn't the original motor? Any replies from MIT? lol.

scootchu

Nope, no response. The guy must think I am psychotic. "ummmmm Hi Mr. Smythe, I know you've been in my engine block... I know you're there"

Would be something if he does reply that his father was a machinist.