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bcmiller

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Re: Re: 302 MO "MJL"
« Reply #15 on: June 13, 2016, 01:53:05 AM »
Try a title search with your state DMV.  If you have the VIN, they should find it if it was mid to late 80s. 
Bryon / 1968 Camaro SS 396 coupe - now old school 468 big block
1967 Camaro RS/SS 396 coupe L35/M40 - 4 generation family project
Looking for 68 Camaro with body # NOR 181016

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Re: 302 MO "MJL"
« Reply #16 on: June 13, 2016, 03:11:29 AM »
Thanks again Bryon. Yeah, supposedly in MA if you can prove that you registered and insured the vehicle previously and currently don't have the title, the title app. is free to these old cars. Which, thankfully I did. Oh anything to torture the RMV i'm all for LOL. I'm calling my old insurance company tomorrow. What do I have to lose?
1969 Camaro Z/28 W/Rally Sport options; '68 302 MO block w/ factory Winters intake and Muncie 4-spd. Black on Black, original owner had stripes painted gold.
1969 Camaro SS 350. Azura blue, white stripes.12 bolt rear. Full roll cage, fuel cel,Blown tranny.
1969 Camaro 383 stroker 4-spd. 12 bolt rear

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Re: Re: 302 MO "MJL"
« Reply #17 on: June 13, 2016, 11:39:12 AM »
Welcome to the site! Forgetful? Lingering projects?Old guy?...sounds like we would get along just fine...uh, if I could remember what it was we were talking about!?lol.

Going by what I read on your signature line and if I understand correctly, is that MO engine in a 69 Z? I would be more interested in getting pics of your cars and pertinent information off all 3 and help in repatriating the correct engines/cars if they exist? If you don't mind, PM me with all 3 car's VIN's. Why? Being in the Ma. area, any one of your cars could have significant racing history, so please get with me. On your Winters intake, there are numbers on the intake behind the carb. that will identify the intake's application. Being your engine is a 68 302, the intake number should end with 610 indicating the factory installed intake. Thanks again for joining, looks like you have some interesting, neat stuff.
Bentley to friends :1969 SS/RS 396 owned 79
1969 SS 350 (sold)
1969 D.H.COPO replica 4spd. owned since 85
1967 302 4 spd 5.13

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Re: 302 MO "MJL"
« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2016, 07:44:46 PM »
Old and lingering memory problems and Camaro's in different Zip Codes i've held onto for 30+ years...check. My other two beasts are in my other garage, locked up and I rent out the house on the property. It'll take a few days to get over there (hopefully during the day when they're not home as I don't know if I want them to know what's in there..the windows are shaded out). My blue '69 SS has a weird racing history. I'd love to run the numbers off of that puppy. All three of these of cars found me by freak accidents BTW. The blue SS I found in a barn in CT ('82?) while getting lost to a wedding way out in the sticks. So I was looking for a place to turnaround and pulled into a driveway and there it was. His wife wanted a BMW so he sold it to me for $3K. It's definitely been raced, full old-school big roll cage, fuel cel, etc. I'm trying to attach the one of only two pics I have of it. It has straight headers on it and it makes small children cry it's so loud. I believe it has the original 350 in it, most certainly punched out to God only knows what. Sorry about the quality of the pic...it was taken the night I buffed it, then used this nifty disposable Camera. ~Smokey
1969 Camaro Z/28 W/Rally Sport options; '68 302 MO block w/ factory Winters intake and Muncie 4-spd. Black on Black, original owner had stripes painted gold.
1969 Camaro SS 350. Azura blue, white stripes.12 bolt rear. Full roll cage, fuel cel,Blown tranny.
1969 Camaro 383 stroker 4-spd. 12 bolt rear

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Re: Re: 302 MO "MJL"
« Reply #19 on: June 13, 2016, 07:52:31 PM »
Check out the raised white letters....You can tell thats back in the day... :)
1969 garnet red Z/28 46k mile unrestored X77
-Looking for 3192477 (front) spiral shocks 3192851 (rear)
-Looking for an original LOF soft ray windshield
-Looking for original Delco side post negative battery cable part # 6297651AV

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Re: Re: 302 MO "MJL"
« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2016, 08:10:01 PM »
Custom Stock - Isnt that an oxymoron??

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Re: 302 MO "MJL"
« Reply #21 on: June 13, 2016, 09:44:43 PM »
"Custom Stock"...oh on the tires?! I always thought that was funny as well. And hell yeah, early 80's ya *had* to have raised white letter tires on your Camaro. You weren't badass if you didn't LOL. When I found it in CT, it was on jack-stands without any wheels on it. I could hear it run, but that's it. He said he had some "rollers" he could put on it to drive up the flatbed. Cool. The Rally Wheels were a bonus..he said that's what it had on it when he originally bought it. I bought it from him that day and just wanted it to my house as quickly as possible as I knew if someone else saw it like I did, they'd give him more as all I had was a handwritten "Bill Of Sale". I had to do a "Title App", I don't think you needed a Title in CT at the time, it was too old plus he only raced it, never put it on the Street so it didn't seem to be a priority with him. So I call a buddy of mine that owns a flatbed and he agrees to meet me in the sticks of CT and bring it to my house which is about 15 mins. No. of Boston. So I drive down there with my girlfriend at the time (thank God I brought her) and we're waiting and waiting and now it's getting dark and this guy is getting weird. So I got sick of waiting and I jump in it and drive it home (my girlfriend drove my truck home). No headlights, just running lights, no side glass at all, etc. I can't believe I didn't get stopped or arrested. The brakes worked but the pedal itself was a bit wobbly. The transmission (factory auto) was alright once you got it going but low gears were rough and it would idle really high before it caught and got going. It's a TH400 but I think i'm going to put a TH2004R in it so I don't have to monkey with the driveshaft (as in shorten it). I love the thought of "overdrive" in one of these.
1969 Camaro Z/28 W/Rally Sport options; '68 302 MO block w/ factory Winters intake and Muncie 4-spd. Black on Black, original owner had stripes painted gold.
1969 Camaro SS 350. Azura blue, white stripes.12 bolt rear. Full roll cage, fuel cel,Blown tranny.
1969 Camaro 383 stroker 4-spd. 12 bolt rear

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Re: Re: 302 MO "MJL"
« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2016, 11:24:27 PM »
I would like to know the whole story on how that MO engine ended up in MA from a 1968 Z28 produced at the Los Angeles assembly plant.  That's quite a distance. :) 
Bryon / 1968 Camaro SS 396 coupe - now old school 468 big block
1967 Camaro RS/SS 396 coupe L35/M40 - 4 generation family project
Looking for 68 Camaro with body # NOR 181016

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Re: Re: 302 MO "MJL"
« Reply #23 on: June 13, 2016, 11:41:19 PM »
I would like to know the whole story on how that MO engine ended up in MA from a 1968 Z28 produced at the Los Angeles assembly plant.  That's quite a distance. :) 

Quite a distance yes, but only about 6 hours in a '68 Z28!!!  ;D

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Re: Re: 302 MO "MJL"
« Reply #24 on: June 13, 2016, 11:52:28 PM »
Thats being generous..  You dont have to stop and take a 45min nap when you are in an 8..  9 it would be what 9-10hrs..?..

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Re: 302 MO "MJL"
« Reply #25 on: June 14, 2016, 07:04:07 PM »
Bryon, i'd love to know that myself! The only thing that sort of makes sense is when I bought the car in VT, the family said they were originally from MI. I thought the V on the block meant "Flint, MI"? The rest i'd love to figure out.
1969 Camaro Z/28 W/Rally Sport options; '68 302 MO block w/ factory Winters intake and Muncie 4-spd. Black on Black, original owner had stripes painted gold.
1969 Camaro SS 350. Azura blue, white stripes.12 bolt rear. Full roll cage, fuel cel,Blown tranny.
1969 Camaro 383 stroker 4-spd. 12 bolt rear

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Re: 302 MO "MJL"
« Reply #26 on: June 14, 2016, 07:15:13 PM »
I think I just answered my own question. The "L" from the partial VIN is Los Angeles. The original owner was in the service so i'm sure he bounced around a lot. I'd be up for a drive from L.A. to MI... ~Smokey
1969 Camaro Z/28 W/Rally Sport options; '68 302 MO block w/ factory Winters intake and Muncie 4-spd. Black on Black, original owner had stripes painted gold.
1969 Camaro SS 350. Azura blue, white stripes.12 bolt rear. Full roll cage, fuel cel,Blown tranny.
1969 Camaro 383 stroker 4-spd. 12 bolt rear

 

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