Engine: need help identifying engine

[dcstall]

Here is the stamped engine number for a supposed '53 2r pickup engine i received.

I2363I9

?

it doesn't seem to match any on this list... http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com/tech_6data.asp
nor here... http://www.studebaker-intl.com/pdf/Engine.pdf


Any ideas ?

Stamped block number


and head number

[RadioRoy]

Studebaker used the letter "I" for the numeral "1".

How about some pictures of the entire engine, particularly from the intake manifold side?

[unclemiltie]

http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com/V8EngineID.asp

[Dwain G.]

That is a 1958 185 c.i. from a car. The 'I' is actually a '1'.
Pic 1 is the stamped engine number at top left front of block.
Pic 2 is the casting number on the cylinder head.

[Mrs K Corbin]

Yup, from picture 2, you can see the spark plug. so that pegs it as a flat-head 6. So my guess is that Dwain is right.