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Ca'nt understand why someone would go to the effort of re stamping an engine and not make it correct.
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Wonder if anyone was restamping blocks prior to 1973?
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Well....if you don't
know what's 'correct', then it's real easy to get the stamp wrong
Guaranteed no one was restamping blocks prior to 1973 - or even 1983 for that matter.
It's highly unlikely that an engine built in mid June of 69 would have had the 3 letter suffix, because that was not started until very, very late in the 69 model year; probably some time in early July at the earliest. Then to have that engine sit around for 8 months until being installed in a car?
Put all these things together and I think there's good reason to be suspicious here.
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This is good info, as I did not realize this. Should pretty much rule out the engine being built in June of 69.
I'm going to get back over there and try to determine
the cast date on the block.
The guy is a good friend and we worked together for 15 years, so he is'nt intentionally trying to pull anything. He just is'nt into the numbers thing. Actually, I helped him when he purchased the car and that is the first time I noted the discrepancy. We both knew the previous owner to him very well. He owned the car for about 12 years before my friend bought it.
Thank's again for the help.