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Old 03-09-2008, 06:13 AM
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Default Re: 1966 Corvette 427 & M22 Trans

Aloha guys what a dissapointing day.I finally get to look at the engine & I discover it to be a ID code with a 3869942 Casting.I tell the guy that its not a Corvette engine Then he starts to tell me to look at the first letters which was TT but I tell him it is the last letters that are the correct ones.Then he goes on to say that he thought that it was a 427 425 66 Corvette engine & he shouldve checked it like I asked him to.But then I find out that he is a restorer of corvettes so how could he make that kind of mistake.Then I ask about the M22 then he says that he already sold it (likely story).But just so happens he has another one to show someone else to buy & it has some kind of Italian M22 gears that are better then GM.If anybody has heard of this please let me know.But as I check the M22 trans it turns out to be a 1970 which I would like to purchase but I was weary already so I wasnt buying.Then he tells me that if no one buys the engine that he was going to deck the block & pay someone in the mainland to send him some original stamps & restamp it with the IK & then put it into a 66 Corvette & that this practice was acceptable in the Corvette world.If anyone is into Corvettes can you please comfirm this because I know in the Camaro World it is not.Thank you all for your help Irvin
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