Red on Black ‘65 Z16 Chevelle on BaT

[jeffschevelle]

Anyone interested about the engine, scroll to the bottom of the comments and click the "Show More" button, then scroll down to my "Mar 17 at 8:54 PM" post.

It's a real Z16 block from another real Z16, that a prior owner restamped not once, but twice. Then the original car that the block came from surfaced -- an immaculate original paint, v-top and interior car, just had the wrong engine and trans in it. What a shame ......

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by jeffschevelle

Anyone interested about the engine, scroll to the bottom of the comments and click the "Show More" button, then scroll down to my "Mar 17 at 8:54 PM" post.

It's a real Z16 block from another real Z16, that a prior owner restamped not once, but twice. Then the original car that the block came from surfaced -- an immaculate original paint, v-top and interior car, just had the wrong engine and trans in it. What a shame ......

OK I didn't get that out of the description. The description should state it's an original L37, not an L78. Wouldn't that have a significant effect on the value ?
Is the original car to the engine one of the dealer swaps talked about in the sale thread ?

[jeffschevelle]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

OK I didn't get that out of the description. The description should state it's an original L37, not an L78. Wouldn't that have a significant effect on the value ?

The seller does not know a lot about Z16's in general. BAT had it as L37 and the Seller mistakenly told them to change it to L78 before the auction went live. Not sure why they haven't fixed it yet though. The correct info about L37 is at the bottom of that long post I made.

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

Is the original car to the engine one of the dealer swaps talked about in the sale thread ?

No, unrelated to the Huffman Chevrolet Malibu SS story. Original car to the engine was sold new on the west coast.

[Pro Stock John]

Originally Posted by jeffschevelle

Anyone interested about the engine, scroll to the bottom of the comments and click the "Show More" button, then scroll down to my "Mar 17 at 8:54 PM" post.

It's a real Z16 block from another real Z16, that a prior owner restamped not once, but twice. Then the original car that the block came from surfaced -- an immaculate original paint, v-top and interior car, just had the wrong engine and trans in it. What a shame ......

You've posted some very useful helpful info in that auction.