Quote Originally Posted by R Pope
BTW Matt, the valve covers changed in '55, the 235 pressure engines built before then had the 2 bolt holes.
Oh ok, that's good to know... guess I didn't know 1/2 of what I needed to know in order to correctly ID the 216-261 engines.

I guess now I don't need to worry about looking off if I ever put a full preassure 235 in my car.. purist's will be able to tell, but I'm probably going to drop $500 or so on a Wayne valve cover/ side cover, and fenton headders and intake ( the Offy isn't the only reproduced option now ) all in all, the motor won't be stock anyway.