{"id":901,"date":"2021-03-04T16:43:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T00:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.60impala.com\/blog\/?page_id=901"},"modified":"2021-03-04T16:55:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T00:55:24","slug":"engine-identification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.60impala.com\/blog\/engine-identification\/","title":{"rendered":"Engine Identification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article will cover engine identification for 1960 Chevrolet full size passenger cars. This includes all models&#8230; Impala, Bel Air, Biscayne, Nomad, Kingswood, Parkwood, Brookwood, El Camino and Sedan Delivery. First we will look at how you can identify the engine before you even open the hood, by looking at the cars badging. Then we will take a look at what variations of these engines were available and how to identify them by their features and casting numbers.<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">Exterior Badging<\/h3>\n<p>For 1960, Chevrolet had 3 different plastic grill badges that could have been installed on the car depending on which engine it had. They are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/emblem235.jpg\" alt=\"Chevrolet 235 Inline Six Cylinder\" width=\"275\" height=\"79\" \/><br \/>\nA Chevrolet shield with no &#8220;V&#8221; below indicates that a 235 cubic inch inline six-cylinder engine is under the hood.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/emblem283.jpg\" alt=\"Chevrolet 283 V8\" width=\"275\" height=\"82\" \/><br \/>\nA Chevrolet shield with a gold &#8220;V&#8221; below it indicates that a 283 cubic inch V-8 resides inside.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/emblem348.jpg\" alt=\"Chevrolet 348 V8\" width=\"275\" height=\"70\" \/><br \/>\nCrossed flags with a gold &#8220;V&#8221; tell us that a 348 cubic inch V-8 is installed.<\/p>\n<p>These plastic emblems are installed in the center of an aluminum housing located in the middle of the grill.<\/p>\n<p>The rear of the car also carries an identifying emblem. The shield, &#8220;V&#8221;, and flags combination rules apply the same as for the grill emblem. They are as follows:<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/emblemrear235.jpg\" alt=\"Chevrolet 235 i6\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larger size shield. 235 ci L-6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/emblemrear283.jpg\" alt=\"Chevrolet 283 v8\" width=\"600\" height=\"327\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small shield with a &#8220;V&#8221;. 283 ci V-8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/emblemrear348.jpg\" alt=\"Chevrolet 348 v8\" width=\"600\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flags with a &#8220;V&#8221;. 348 ci V-8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The emblem on the rear of the car is also plastic, but it is housed by a chromed pot-metal retainer. The &#8220;V&#8221; and the cross-flags are also chromed pot-metal. The larger shield used on six-cylinder cars is actually the same part used on the trunk lid of 1956 Chevy V-8 cars.<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">Visual Identification<\/h3>\n<p>This one is easy, but we&#8217;ll go over it anyway. If you don&#8217;t know this one, maybe you should stick with your Prius.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/engine235-1.jpg\" alt=\"Chevrolet 235 six\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">235 ci six cylinder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/engine283-1.jpg\" alt=\"Chevrolet 283 v8\" width=\"600\" height=\"437\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">283 ci V-8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/engine348-1.jpg\" alt=\"Chevrolet 348 v8\" width=\"600\" height=\"488\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">348 ci V-8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article will cover engine identification for 1960 Chevrolet full size passenger cars. This includes all models&#8230; Impala, Bel Air, Biscayne, Nomad, Kingswood, Parkwood, Brookwood, El Camino and Sedan Delivery. First we will look at how you can identify the engine before you even open the hood, by looking at the cars badging. Then we&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.60impala.com\/blog\/engine-identification\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Engine Identification<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-901","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Engine Identification - 60IMPALA.COM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.60impala.com\/blog\/engine-identification\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Engine Identification - 60IMPALA.COM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This article will cover engine identification for 1960 Chevrolet full size passenger cars. 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