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Will do Ed.  I plan on getting the okay from the forum before I make any moves on an item.  The information on this forum has come highly recommended by a close family friend, and I have already learned a lot.  I am just excited about the search at this point. 

I am searching out the original motor that went into my father's 69 Z-28 Camaro.  Any help of where to look (websites, classic car part shops, etc.) would be very much appreciated.  Thanks for all of the help.

Is your car a z-28?

one number that is....

Is Marty's vin the same as mine except for the number?

I think that I am missing the inside joke...

S7 69 = Model Year
12437 = Coupe
LOS - Van Nuys (Los Angeles) California (until mid-December 1968)
172666 = Fisher Body Number
TR 711 = Interior Trim Code (Standard Black)
7171- Top and Bottom Body Code (Lemans Blue)
This is what I have thus far on the decoding part....
But I am going to try and track down the original motor by trying to find the person my dad purchased the car from and see if I cannot discover who took out the original motor.  Do you think that is the best place to start or should I try something else?  Do you think that finding the original motor is virtually hopeless?  I think that it would be pretty sweet if I could run it down or at least get pretty damn close...  How do I find out if it was originally a z-28 to make sure that nobody converted it?  I don't see anything in the code that designates it as a true z-28 thus far...

I guess then I start the hunt down for my original motor then...  I don't know how successful the desired outcome will be, but I guess I will just try and see where it lands me.  Here is the information on my car.

Dash Vin. No. -  124379L512041
Firewall Plate Numbers        S7  69  12437   LOS172666

                                           TR 711          7171      BDY
                                   
                                            ZA               6033       PNT

So it looks like this motor is not quite the motor I am looking for.  It seemed like most of these parts were matching up by the numbers with a google search.  All I was getting hits for were 69 z28 camaros.  I am glad that I asked or I would have been real upset.   Is the block even a real 69 dz 302 block?

I just don't know why someone would go throug this much work to get all of the parts correct if they were not going to be honest in their description.  All of the parts for the heads, the brank, manifolds, etc match.  The only thing that seems funny to me is the missing vin.  It appears to be a real dz from the v 12 15 dz markings on the block, but why no vin?

I am new to this forum, but have been a camaro buff since I was a little boy.  My dad gave me his 69 camaro z-29 when I was 16 years old.  Since then, I have restored it almost completely to original conditions besides some minor things and most importantly the DZ 302 motor.  Currently, I have the ZZ4 350 crate motor from Chevrolet, and I was thinking about dropping the ZZ502 motor in the car, but I really want to put an original DZ 302 motor back in the car because let's face it, it is the quickest and most wicked small block chevy motor ever made....  I have found this motor on ebay, and it looks like the closest motor that I could get besides the original.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1969-Camaro-Z-28-DZ-302-ALL-NEW-/290579704980?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item43a7e66c94

Could anybody give me some beneficial information on whether or not this is real, which I have done everything I can, and it looks to be a legitimate re-built 69 camaro dz 302 motor with all original parts, but I would rather rely on more knoweledgeable wisdom than mine. 

I talked to the guy who built the motor, and he said that some of these motors did not come with the vin stamp, most did, but some did not.  That was a major question for me since I did not see one in any of the pictures. 

Even though this is not the original motor, I believe that the value added to the car will more than make up for the cost.  I will probably never get rid of my car because it was my fathers, but spending $6,000 on a motor to replace a perfectly good motor with 20,000 miles on it is no small decision. 

I appreciate whatever information you may have.  I will post my vehicle's number as soon as I can get them written down just for thoghts.  Thanks again.