1960 oil pan Question

[Stewart A.]

After spending a million hours in the archives, I am no closer to finding out what a 230 HP oil pan should look like on the sides. Indentations ? This subject has been done to death but I'm still baffled as to how many indentations it should have.
I believe the trap door was introduced in 1960. Was that on all models of HP, I have seen indentations of one long only, one and a half long indentations only, 3 indentations with the middle being longer and 3 with a gradual increase in indentations getting longer as it goes along. Oh and the one long one with 2 one inch little indentations. What does a 230 1960 oil pan have on the side indentation. Please help I'm going nuts. I live a looooong way away and if it's wrong I have to turf it in the trash.
Stewy from Aussie land

[Edward L.]

Re: 1960 oil pan Question

After spending a million hours in the archives, I am no closer to finding out what a 230 HP oil pan should look like on the sides. Indentations ? This subject has been done to death but I'm still baffled as to how many indentations it should have.
I believe the trap door was introduced in 1960. Was that on all models of HP, I have seen indentations of one long only, one and a half long indentations only, 3 indentations with the middle being longer and 3 with a gradual increase in indentations getting longer as it goes along. Oh and the one long one with 2 one inch little indentations. What does a 230 1960 oil pan have on the side indentation. Please help I'm going nuts. I live a looooong way away and if it's wrong I have to turf it in the trash.
Stewy from Aussie land

Stu:

There were three different pans used for the 1956 to 1962 period.

Send your email address to edlepelis@verizon.net and I will send you a picture of the oil pan that should be on a 1960 230 hp car.

Ed

[William C.]

Re: 1960 oil pan Question

Send your email to Ed for the picture, but in answer to the other part of your question, the Trapdoor baffle was a Special High Performance pan only, not used on the 230hp engine.

[Roy B.]

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I wonder if it does any good to post these pic's again . Original prints for the 60 showing the base pan #642 and the highlift pan #761. The center pan #640 is the car pan having the second level recessed area (dotted lines) that some Corvettes have installed (wrong). Also the #642 is the 57&58 and 59&60 Corvette base pan .
Now people can keep arguing because I give up and with no more comments from me
Glade I have a 55 vett because only one pan design ,nothing like it in the world.

[Ian G.]

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you aught to post a pic of that 55 pan Roy for posterity

[Roy B.]

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you aught to post a pic of that 55 pan Roy for posterity

OK 55 engine block used no oil filter so both side ends have the same curve

[Stewart A.]

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So what is this pan out of. I thought it was out of a 1960 with the trap door. It only has one indentation that Tim Mickey said was ok ?
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[Stewart A.]

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It's the same one that is advertised on Ebay now for $799 It states it's for a 2x4 corvette pan ? for C1

[Bill M.]

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So what is this pan out of. I thought it was out of a 1960 with the trap door. It only has one indentation that Tim Mickey said was ok ?

Stew:

If you go to the archives and search on "oil pan" you'll find a thread that details the spot weld pattern on the early ('60-'61...?) trap door pan. I have a trap door pan that looks just like yours (one indent per side), but I believe it's a '62 (?) because the spot weld pattern is different.

Does your engine have the windage tray that goes with the trap door pan?

Bill

[Loren L.]

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So what is this pan out of. I thought it was out of a 1960 with the trap door. It only has one indentation that Tim Mickey said was ok ?
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Bona fide 60/1 HP trap door pans also have spotwelded baffles on each side in the sump area.

[Bill M.]

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Bona fide 60/1 HP trap door pans also have spotwelded baffles on each side in the sump area.

Loren:

I have a trap-door C1 pan (w. sump baffles) purchased about 1964 that has a different spot weld pattern than your article shows for the 3769761. It has one indent per side. I'm assuming it is the 3789629. (It is definitely not the 359937.) The studs for the tray are 5-1/4, so I assume they are the 3815532.

Bill

[Stewart A.]

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William, I thought the 58 to 59 pan was without baffle and the 60- 62 had a trap door on some of the models regardless of hp ? I believe there wasn't just one manufacturer of these oil pans. Maybe that is why we keep seeing slightly different pans.

[Loren L.]

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I wonder if it does any good to post these pic's again . Original prints for the 60 showing the base pan #642 and the highlift pan #761. The center pan #640 is the car pan having the second level recessed area (dotted lines) that some Corvettes have installed (wrong). Also the #642 is the 57&58 and 59&60 Corvette base pan .
Now people can keep arguing because I give up and with no more comments from me
Glade I have a 55 vett because only one pan design ,nothing like it in the world.

Correct Roy. And you continue to present these as "original prints" but will not disclose where the "mystery part #s" come from? Is this a "steal"
from a Colvin book, Roy? He probably won't sue as he has already made his $$$, but your stance of "numbers don't mean anything to me" is pure bull****. Tell me where Chevrolet - and, for that matter, NCRS - would be without the assignment of part #s so that a piece could be traced.
I don't think that I'm sorry that the Corvette Club you were part of formulating did not survive as a For Profit Corporation to provide you a retirement check; there are too many of us still around that remember the true story of that club - your chance to play the role of the "put-upon" Corvette expert who just wants to "help" passed about 10-12 years ago.
Nothing personal, just a simple statement of fact. Are you now a member of SACC, Roy?

[Stewart A.]

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Did someone get out of bed on the wrong side ? What the !! What happened to oil pans.
I am officially closing this thread, it's not going in the right direction.
Personal attacks can be given elsewhere, not on the forum !!

[Roy B.]

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Loren
I don't understand who you think you are or who you are and what you think you know about anything , why don't you use my e-mail 55copper@oro.net to educate me and like you said I mean nothing personal LOREN
You must to be a vary hateful person to use this forum to express your self.