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Does your guess make you believe the engine had been rebuilt at some time? Would there be any other reason to surface the head? Or are you musing over the possibility that from the factory the head was surfaced too much leading to insufficient valve clearance?

Trying to follow your thought. I would practically swear on my life this 356 has never been rebuilt, judging from the engine bay and on light visual inspection of the crankcase. But I just rebuilt a Chrysler 170 cc. 'slant six' for my 60 Valiant suburban. I had convinced myself the engine had original mileage and had never been touched or rebuilt. A 30-year veteran machinist took one look at the stripped-down block I dumped in front of him and dropped the bomb "well this engine's been rebuilt."



Shows how much I know!

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@ Wes. Good suggestion. I'll go looking for one.