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Decoding/Numbers / A Little help on this '68
« on: March 26, 2019, 01:49:46 PM »
Howdy. Please excuse my ignorance in advance. I have a friend from church who purchased a '68 a few years back while attending a car show. The car was sold to him as an RS/SS and from the street the car looks legit. Unfortunately he didn't do any research on the car, except what was supplied him by the owner at the time. The folder of records and receipts is impressive but started with the 2nd owner of the car in roughly '84.
He is wanting to sell the car. From what i've researched here, and other places, the only accurate way to determine if the car is a true SS car in '68 is with the original block and unfortunately he no longer has that in the car. I'm guessing that it was taken out by the first or second owner.
Please don't shoot me here, but I own a 68 Shelby and with Shelby's you can do a Marti Report and there is a record of the vin numbers that go with Shelby cars. Did GM supply that info to someone to verify cars by the VIN?
I understand that buying the car without verification wasn't ideal but he is where he is. I have some experience in researching cars and their histories so he asked me to help him with this project. Thanks for sharing your expertise with an owner of "another" car, lol. Just for the record I also have an F-body car.
He is wanting to sell the car. From what i've researched here, and other places, the only accurate way to determine if the car is a true SS car in '68 is with the original block and unfortunately he no longer has that in the car. I'm guessing that it was taken out by the first or second owner.
Please don't shoot me here, but I own a 68 Shelby and with Shelby's you can do a Marti Report and there is a record of the vin numbers that go with Shelby cars. Did GM supply that info to someone to verify cars by the VIN?
I understand that buying the car without verification wasn't ideal but he is where he is. I have some experience in researching cars and their histories so he asked me to help him with this project. Thanks for sharing your expertise with an owner of "another" car, lol. Just for the record I also have an F-body car.