Haha i think i worded my first post very poorly judging by the response of some of my new peers here on clubhotrod... first of all thank you for all of your posts...ill clarify what i meant a little bit now..

when i said "came with two holly 4 barrels and valve covers" i meant came with as in, sitting on the garage floor next to the crate ...i dont know why i even included that in the post it was completely irrelevent as far as what i was looking for in an answer....for all i know they could have been for one of his other cars....

second, ill try to get pics up as soon as possible... but yes the only thing on the crate was printed "General Motors"...im going to have to dive in and take pictures tomorrow if i can... its 1 AM here and i have work in 5 hours

the only thing i noticed from quickly peaking in was that it has a timing chain installed on it already and looks like complete heads up to where a manifold would go, but again i havent opened the crate completely yet in proper lighting, just my dark garage corner...

as for the number 396921... i searched and searched and havent been able to match it to any engine casting number on the net... so its probably some kind of stock/serial number... anyway, pictures will tell the rest... any other input def appreciated though, i will get the pics up asap! thanks again guys!