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Camaro Billy

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Pad stamp check
« on: September 19, 2014, 03:24:19 PM »
This engine is in a 1959 Corvette. What do you all think of the stamp ?

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Re: Pad stamp check
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2014, 04:29:21 PM »
Where's the partial VIN?  ???

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Re: Pad stamp check
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2014, 08:29:10 PM »
...  ground off..... 
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Re: Pad stamp check
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2014, 12:44:54 AM »
I'm surprised, but the stamp looks OK.
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Re: Pad stamp check
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2014, 12:55:04 AM »
1968 302 Hmmmmmmmm.......... A little work might uncover the VIN
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Re: Pad stamp check
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2014, 02:49:18 AM »
I wouldnt trust it

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Re: Pad stamp check
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2014, 05:05:43 AM »
Stamp looks legitimate enough, but the reasons for grinding the VIN off are a little disturbing. Whoever ends up with it might at least try to raise them - Five Finger Discount ? Midnight Auto Supply ? Could be anything, including someones half hearted attempt at cloning one. At least somebody wanted the engine to be known as an MO -

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Re: Pad stamp check
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2014, 03:47:01 AM »
First you need to check the casting day and the blocks casting number to see if its a 67 or 68. If its 67 dated, would it have a  exchange stamp on it or be blank as this one?
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Re: Pad stamp check
« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2014, 08:59:26 PM »
With my crappy 56 year-old eyes I can't see broach marks, and is it possible that I detect a faint partial VIN to the left of the code? I would check the block casting number against the assembly date and verify they are close together (with the casting number a week to no more than a month before the assembly date).