Rebuild

Thank you for all the suggestions. I was told that I could just work on the head and and swap all the parts out needed. The engine runs great from what I could tell, but i thought maybe It needed to rebuilt but I will use all the suggestions given first before throwing money at this.

How can I tell what year my Slant 6 is? usually on these they have the vin number stamped on the pad near the passengers side but the pad is blank. Someone told me that back in the day when the car was still under warranty and engine went down, that the dealership would swap out the engine for another without the stamping. It does have a casting number if that would help at all.

The VIN question is asked all the time about the /6 and there is no stamp on it from what I understand.