273 casting number question

Ahh, but in the craziest turn of events, this motor has a 2658920 head on the drivers side, and a 2465315 head on the passenger side, although neither head looks to have ever been off!! Hmm!!!.....

2465315= 64-65 273 head
2658920= 67 273 head

But the craziest part is that the block casting is 2806030, which decodes as a 67-74 318, but is clearly stamped B273 4-12 and the casting date is 3-3-66!!

Late casting?? Mutt motor leftover parts?? I'm now stumped!!!...



When they were doing the change over to 318, they may have pulled ahead some of the mold tooling and mixed and matched the cores until they were all brought up to the lastest changes. - rotating their molds to be modified.

It does happen.