CE replacement block or date code correct block

[TimG]

I don't think CE blocks mean much of anything, even with paperwork. In theory, the CE block could be cast later than the original engine. I'd place more importance on finding a correctly casting dated block with nothing on the pad.

[Ngtflyr]

I would like to thank everyone for their insightful inputs, I appreciate it. I will pass it on to the customer so he can make up his mind on which way he wants to go.

[jasonL78]

My 68 L79 had the original motor replaced the day the new owner picked up the car. The casting on the block is actually september-67 and has the correct CE8####### on the engine pad so what category would my car fall into. I have spoke with the original owner and he told me the day he picked his new car up the motor went. He didn't have the paper work for the CE replacement. So is this considered just just a CE replacement with no paper work?????

[olredalert]

----My #1 choice after a "born with" engine would be an engine with nothing on the pad but a good casting date. How many original engine cars are out there with thier original engines that have been decked? I suspect more than a few! How can a judge make the determination that you dont have the original engine if the casting date is good and there are no #s? Of course there would be points lost due to the missing #s.....Bill S

[Stefano]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: olredalert</div><div class="ubbcode-body">----My #1 choice after a &quot;born with&quot; engine would be an engine with nothing on the pad but a good casting date. How many original engine cars are out there with thier original engines that have been decked? I suspect more than a few! How can a judge make the determination that you dont have the original engine if the casting date is good and there are no #s? Of course there would be points lost due to the missing #s.....Bill S </div></div>

There are some other makes and models, other than Corvettes, which do not have VINs on the pad, but do have them in other places.

[olredalert]

----Stefano,,,A local appraiser on the northside of Detroit came to look at a 69 SS Chevelle that I knew something about and told the owner point blank that the car didnt have the original engine because there was no partial serial # on the pad, but the rest of the #s on the pad were correct. I knew him and called him up and told him to come back out and we would review his statement. When he got there I had the car up in the air and asked him to look by the starter. He said &quot;why?&quot;. He then proceeded to tell me that those serial #s had probably been stamped in there by some monkey. He now has the rest of the story.......Bill S