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He took a photo of the oil filter area. Doesn't appear to be a number there but maybe under the paint?

Numerals & scuffing possible in here?

That's what we were thinking too. It's not a good spot to wire brush so that location's numbers, if they exist there, would likely have to wait until it gets pulled out to reveal.

PM sent -

K

Try lacquer thinner on a rag first. Nothing abrasive on an original engine stamp is the "safety first" technique.

Several go -arounds with lacquer thinner or paint stripper. I had to take several photos at different angles to see most of mine with my iPhone. Different lighting helps. Flash, no-flash. Even then, i couldn't see all of the characters.

Damn…..I thought I was special and nobody else got the Hooper happy face signature.

I know your friend wants approximately $48,000 for this MO COPO motor and it’s negotiable as you have mentioned possibly…. it would be a good gesture for him to spend $30 to make you or himself a paid member on this site. It’s shocking that I even had to mention that.

Sorry that won't happen. I will likely never return here once this engine is sold as I will have no reason to. I'm a Buick guy. I appreciate the site and it's potential to help out my friend but I am not making anything on this so I respectfully decline. The engine is cross posted to other sites as well. He took 2 or 3 calls about it yesterday but as of now I am not aware if a deal has been made or not so I'm assuming not yet.

When I spoke to him yesterday about all of the conversations being had he did give me some more info about it's past and how it came to be in the hands of the previous owner.

I was told that the engine was found and purchased from a classified ad placed in our local Kalamazoo Gazette newspaper sometime in the mid-80's. When purchased the buyer learned that the Camaro it came out of was an automatic and silver in color. Not sure if the buyer saw that with his own eyes or was merely told that by the seller. And he remembers hearing that the original silver car was purchased new at Berger Chevrolet, which is only about 45 minutes away from here. A local Berger COPO enthusiast reached out to me yesterday via Facebook to say he also believes that based on the numbers it is likely to have been a Berger car. Anyways, that's some good info and hopefully helps narrow it down some.

I plan to meet with him one day maybe next week to try and remove chemically some of the paint in an attempt to retrieve a VIN from the block. If/when that happens I will report back here.

And if anyone is interested in seeking more info or talking to Vic please let me know via pm and I can forward his contact info.