I stripped down the upper half of the firewall due to the large number of runs, looking for the hidden vin, there is none below the heaterbox (comments on that?) and the fact that the trim tag had been sanded down to bare metal. There are a few more holes in the firewall than I like, I almost had them repaired but left them as is, there is a large hole drilled approx 4-5 inches below the heater box, a couple of drill holes above the heater box, I assume from the a mallory ignition box or equivillant. There are a couple other drilled out holes over on the drivers side as well for lines to the various guages. According to what I was told this car sat on the lot for nearly a year, possibly due to the white top/black stipes. The 1st owner bought it and painted it black and raced it. I have some leads on the first owner and hope to track him down as soon as possible. Second owner drove the car until he was sent to prison and the third owner bought it about 12 years ago. I have know of the car for about 6 years. Here is the area where the hidden vin should be not the inch in diameter hole at the lower right:
Engine Casting Number:
Eng cast date: Mar 18 1969
186 Heads: Mar 13 1969
Mar 14 1969, the heads are one day apart and 4 and 5 days prior to the eng respectively:
Don't have the right distributor so.... if anyone has one let me know!