Chevrolet produced just over 500 3946052/053 castings for the 1969 model year. 182 were built into production engines. The other 300+ were sold as bare or partial engine assemblies. Plenty of those around. I wish people would stop re-stamping them with Camaro VINs.
Production-line Camaro blocks [ML, MM] with a VIN are easily the most valuable. There's more than a dozen restored ZL-1 Camaros w/o original block. In some cases, their owners might pay a premium to acquire their 'born-with' engine. Even that has its limits, as one ZL-1 owner passed on his block last year.
Post some pics: casting date and sequence # near the left motor mount pads, machining # at the top of rear block face, pad and casting #. VIN is usually on the vertical rib by the oil filter. Hope the cylinder sleeves are still there.
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