How do you find the year of a small block Chevrolet engine?

the same way all modern combustion engines work with fuel ,compression, and ignition

If you face the engine look at where the left cylinder head &block meet.early and late 70s blocks have a part of the engine block that sticks out and usually is behind the alternator.it sticks...

The chart I have says it's a 1969 307 built in Flint, MI on November 9.

What you have here is a part number. That motor was somewhere in the 70's, and either in a truck, or high performance, because most 010's were 4 bolt main cap, blocks. The number you need to trace...

You have the part number there, and judging by it, you are somewhere in nthe 80's. However, there is a pad, right in front of the driverside cylinder head, that will tell you everything about it. If...