Camaro Block Stamping

[Steve Shauger]

I have an survivor L78 69 pace car with a engine stamping TO31IJH. At least in this instance they indeed used both number 1 and letter I.

[Verne_Frantz]

It would appear that by then Tonawanda did indeed run out of "I"s
Verne.

[Supergas990]

I'm not asking anyone to take sides or make any accusations. I'm just trying to learn, before I get into a deal.

Oftentimes, when I look at cars my heart tends to lean towards "buy them all"... when my head knows that I have to be smart about any prospective purchase.

Thanks again for all the feedback.

[Unreal]

Hey Paceme,
You don't happen to have the Cobleskill, NY L78 Z11, do you?

[Steve Shauger]

No, this car is from PA. I purchased it from the second owner who had owned it since 1971. When he retired, he moved to Fla, which is where I purchased it.

[TimG]

There are Noverember, 11 390 horse Corvettes with ones and I's in the stamping. This stamp would be TIIIIIL for a November, 11 IL code motor. Even the I character is documented with different style I's. The car I saw had two different types of I's and a 1 used for this date code.
The key is other cars with engine stampings of the same date had the same features. These unusual cars will validate each other. A '68 L88 in Houston has a engine build stamp with a 1 in place of an I for the engine designation. This car was considered a fake or at least a questionable car until another '68 L88 that was the next car built turned up independently with the same feature.

[Charley Lillard]

MQ Stamping

[Kim_Howie]

After I took my head out of my a-- and fresh air got to my brain I agree there is nothing wrong with the block stamping jmo Kim [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]