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Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« on: December 28, 2014, 08:28:06 PM »
Date code on 618 block is 2 24 9.   

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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2014, 09:19:49 PM »
A Tonawanda built SHP DZ block????   Is that possible??
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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2014, 09:29:17 PM »
A Tonawanda built SHP DZ block????   Is that possible??
That is clearly a Flint block due to the presence of the 1/4" pipe plug in the oil gallery.
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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2014, 10:59:06 PM »
Here it is cropped and punched up... D

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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2014, 11:57:50 PM »
 I don't know much about stampings but the one thing I immediately found odd was the condition of the motor with pealing paint, grease dust on heads and block and the missing intake compared to the relative good condition of the booster, clean firewall and wire harness tape.

Just my observation,
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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2014, 12:04:16 AM »
A Tonawanda built SHP DZ block????   Is that possible??

Nope!
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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2014, 12:08:23 AM »
A Tonawanda built SHP DZ block????   Is that possible??
That is clearly a Flint block due to the presence of the 1/4" pipe plug in the oil gallery.

I dont think that what looks to be a pipe plug really is. Regardless there are no DZ blocks with a Tonawanda stamping. For my money I would guess its a Tonawanda block that has been restamped.
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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2014, 12:50:04 AM »
This picture was taken last week. In the process of detailing under chassis and drivetrain, checking part numbers and date codes. Besides the partial Vin what other stamps or marks would there be on the block?

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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2014, 01:12:36 AM »
I know of another 69 Z which has a DZ with the flint machining characteristics and also has a T0225DZ stamping... The original POP has T0225DZ on it too, we had believed someone re-stamped the block to match the POP.
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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2014, 01:47:49 AM »
Changing my vote..Although its not very clear if you blow up the latest pic it appears the block is actually a Flint block with the oil galley plug.
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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2014, 03:19:02 AM »
Probably any of us could install the oil galley plug in a Tonawanda block...   That's easy for me to believe.   What I don't believe is that that a Flint engine assembly employee *accidentally* changed out his 'V' stamp and *accidentally* inserted a 'T' stamp in his gangholder...  :)

I'm also under the impression that the Tonawanda plant would not have had the parts to assemble a Special High Performance small block engine such as the 302, so a real DZ motor assembled in Tonawanda isn't easy to believe either.
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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2014, 03:52:38 AM »
Another thread re: a Z28 with assembly codeT0225DZ
http://www.camaros.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-178851.html
Maybe its legit
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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2014, 04:13:18 AM »
Its got the same assembly stamp on it, because its the same car, how many 76B, 714 yellow houndstooth z28s could they make with a Tonawanda engine..  Its not legit.  Vin is 9N608302
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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2014, 05:08:42 AM »
Its got the same assembly stamp on it, because its the same car, how many 76B, 714 yellow houndstooth z28s could they make with a Tonawanda engine..  Its not legit.  Vin is 9N608302
Oops...Should have looked closer at that thread. So change that to read car and stamp were previously discussed here :)
http://www.camaros.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-178851.html
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Re: Trim tag and engine stamp opinion
« Reply #14 on: December 29, 2014, 02:21:14 PM »
In 1976-77 time frame, not long after I traded for my 72/720 Z28, I followed up a local newspaper ad, and found no one at home, but a yellow/yellow/black '69 Z28 like this was sitting in front of a mobile home out in the country.   No one was home, but I did check out the car.  It was real, almost the same condition/originality as my orange car...  I WANTED it..  but couldn't talk my wife into it... :(     ..   $1900.....    :)
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