Well guys, i feel bad so i'm looking for reassurance. I was contacted by someone on here looking for a 215 Cylinder head in usable condition. Since i could find no takers for the complete engine i decided to part it and keep stuff on the shelf. I had it for sale on here. I had the head cleaned a little and mag fluxed for any cracks or damage. I sent it along with the valve cover and valve train to California from PA. I honestly made about $65 dollars and shipping was about 3 times that. However they wanted it and i felt good that it would get used and out of my way. I just spoke to the person doing the work and he said he took it to his rebuilder and the rebuilder told him WRONG HEAD, send it back.
Well I did some research and my block casting is EAA-6015-C and the distributer is in the center and fuel pump towards the front (passenger side) The manifold was definately a 215 straight down for the exhaust. So i explained this and the owner said that the "engine guy" told him there were different combustion chambers, blah blah....
He had to run but was going to call me tonight. In the interim i checked and the 215 became a 223 with larger bore and location changes to the distributer and fuel pump. Even though his vehicle serial number tells him it should be a 215 my guess is that someone replaced it with 223. Can anyone help me feel better about this mess? I'm sure i sent him what he was asking for(A 215 cylinder head from a 1952/53 truck) but maybe there's something else that I'm not aware of. I certainly don't need the money that i would purposely do this but the "rebuilder guy" is was bothers me the most. He's saying it's the wrong head, (as in I sent the wrong head). That would be on him not me because i'm 99.999 sure that i sent the correct head unless someone can give me the bad news that i'm unaware of. I hope to clear it up tonight but it would be too costly have it returned/etc.

 

You are correct, the 215 has the dizzy in the center, the FP up front. You did it right, his machinist should have alerted him it was a 223.

 

Thanks, I still feel bad but I was hoping I delivered what was asked for and promised. Sadly i hope it finds a good home. Either that or he's in this deep, he might as well see about having the rest of the block shipped and he'll have a good proper 215. The machinist seems a bit suspect but without know the entire story i hate to speculate much more than that.