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Is that not a hidden VIN number on the cowl below the heater fan?..Why is there not a close up of that number?
Martin

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Why is there not a close up of that number?

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Better look again...there IS a closeup of the number under the blower motor opening.

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Why is there not a close up of that number?

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Better look again...there IS a closeup of the number under the blower motor opening.

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The firewall on the LS6 convertible looks like what you would expect from a hand stamping. The metal around the numbers on our car is flat and not indented like this one. The numbers are not stamped nearly as deep either. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/confused.gif
The hand stamp shown above is the same as what we used on the truck engine and transmissions until a few years ago. We added a big flat knob to the back end of the stamp so that the operators had something to hit. New, unco-ordinated operators used to hit their hands a lot before this modification.

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We added a big flat knob to the back end of the stamp so that the operators had something to hit. New, unco-ordinated operators used to hit their hands a lot before this modification.

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The firewall on the LS6 convertible looks like what you would expect from a hand stamping. The metal around the numbers on our car is flat and not indented like this one. The numbers are not stamped nearly as deep either.

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Keith,

Does your car have the CON VIN stamp in one place or two on the firewall? Our Impala had it in only one location, under the blower motor opening. The metal around it was very flat also. Kinda tough to seal up the blower motor housing when your firewall is all wavy.

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Our car has the 9B412667 stamped inverted below both heater holes. We'll be checking for any other stampings once the body is completely stripped.
The VIN stamper not held square to the body might account for the distorted metal around the numbers. Something that meant nothing in 1970 can throw a red flag today. You can't blame people for being careful though when you seen what these cars are going for. Cars at these prices I would only want to buy from the original owner. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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These are the stamps on the firewall of my red LS-6 convertible going to Barrett-Jackson. There is no Question on these. Look at the Vin it is partially visable under the heater box. Yes we dissassembled this car to get these pictures. With all the questions arissing on rebodies this was a smart move!!!!. Jim https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif

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This is the viev of the exposed numbers. Jim