[Big Block Bill]

About 15 years ago, a guy from the V.I.B.(Vehicle Investigations Section) at the Illinois State Police we tow for out of Elgin, showed me how to use a metal shafted, cotton ball style, shoe polish applicator dipped in battery acid, and a battery charger to lift up decked numbers on a "440" cast 1968 396/375 short block I had.

The best thing about doing it this way, are that the numbers are still legible today, and according to his research, the engine is out of a Camaro delivered to Nickey Chevrolet on June 2nd,1968, my 12th Birthday!

It could have been a take out of a 427 converted car. I tried looking for the car buy Vin. but never found it.

Bill Pankiw