Re: 66 427 Pad Stamp Restamp?
 

Yes, it is a late 65 block.

Thanks guys!


Jason

Re: 66 427 Pad Stamp Restamp?
 

"Dont forget all of the Z16 engines had the last letter of the code hand stamped X
This looks like a 65 built engine if I'm reading the casting !"

This is exactly how my Z-16 engine was, with the 'X' hand stamped. I bought that engine at a bank parking lot swap meet in St. Louis as a 4-Bolt main .060 over 427. I ran the engine for about six months, spraying Nitrous through it and everything before I took the time to actually decode it and discover it as being a real Z-16 engine! Apparently, the 1965 4-Bolt castings had thick enough cylinder walls where you could bore them out to 427's......and then some. Sorry for the OT

Re: 66 427 Pad Stamp Restamp?
 

Yes, the 65-66 962 Blocks are very thick. In fact, I'm not sure why there was a different casting number for a 427 in 66 since the 962(396 4 bolt) block is the same for all intents and purposes. The 1 and the crooked P do not bother me as far as it being a real stamping, it is the shaved pad.


Jason

Re: 66 427 Pad Stamp Restamp?
 

I think I better contact this guy:

http://www.c2registry.org/index.php?...3&uid=2580



Jason

Re: 66 427 Pad Stamp Restamp?
 

Interesting. Hopefully you can get a picture of the pad on his car's engine..

Re: 66 427 Pad Stamp Restamp?
 

Why would I want a picture of his engine pad? This engine has his VIN.

Re: 66 427 Pad Stamp Restamp?
 

Maybe it's just me, but I thought it would be interesting to see what the pad of his engine was stamped and what the stamped date is. Also to compare the two.

Re: 66 427 Pad Stamp Restamp?
 

OK, I understand now. The side with the VIN on it has not been ground down. There are only a few possible reasons this block was separated from the car:

1) This is the original engine block to the car and it was swapped out with another block at some point in time for a unknown reason.

2) This is the original block and it was pulled during a restoration because someone thought it was a restamp. Which would probably mean a restamped block was put in its place(highly unlikely since this block would like up perfect date wise with the Vette in question)

3) This block was restamped for the Vette and the original block was found later.



It would be interesting to see the block in his car. However, I imagine if it is Top Flight, it probably has a nicely restamped engine in it if this is in fact its original block.

One thing is for certain, this block has sat in a machine shop for decades. Any restamping that happened would have had to have happened before then. The machine shop I got it from argued with me that the only identifying mark on a BBC was the casting number. They knew nothing about suffix codes or even pad stamps.


Jason

Re: 66 427 Pad Stamp Restamp?
 

Looks like a fairly common engine plant grind-out pad; I have a number of images of known engine plant grind-out pads in my files, and Al Grenning has hundreds of them. They were re-stamped by repairmen, and they didn't always have access to gang holders.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

Re: 66 427 Pad Stamp Restamp?
 

Thanks! I received one reply from the owner of the Vette. He said he was having a busy week and hoped to get back to me this weekend.


Jason