63 Muncie M20 Transmission Pat Pend

[Stefano]

Vern,
Not to hi-jack, but seems like a good time to ask.

I have a 1960 4 speed Impala, but It has no VIN on the T-10 Trans. Did they ever put VINs on the T-10s?

[Verne_Frantz]

The "directive" for VIN derivitives on blocks and 4-spds began in '62. All the Corvettes have them (one plant) but the practice was sporadic at the Passenger plants. I'm almost certain it was not an inspected procedure, therefore it was easily by-passed by lazy line workers. It was still sporadic through '64! So, unfortunately if you look at a hi-perf 62-3-4 car and it does not have the VIN derivitive, it does not mean it's not the original motor or trans! And even when they did stamp it, there was no "set" formality, meaning some had the plant letter designation preceeding the sequence number and some did not. There were a lot of variations in the font sizes and character styles, and some were gang stamped and many were individually stamped.
I have a pretty good collection of original examples, so if you ever run into one you're not sure of, just run it by me. I can probably tell you if it's real or not.

Verne

[3macs1]

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The "directive" for VIN derivitives on blocks and 4-spds began in '62. All the Corvettes have them (one plant) but the practice was sporadic at the Passenger plants. I'm almost certain it was not an inspected procedure, therefore it was easily by-passed by lazy line workers. It was still sporadic through '64! So, unfortunately if you look at a hi-perf 62-3-4 car and it does not have the VIN derivitive, it does not mean it's not the original motor or trans! And even when they did stamp it, there was no "set" formality, meaning some had the plant letter designation preceeding the sequence number and some did not. There were a lot of variations in the font sizes and character styles, and some were gang stamped and many were individually stamped.
I have a pretty good collection of original examples, so if you ever run into one you're not sure of, just run it by me. I can probably tell you if it's real or not.

Verne

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Hi Verne:
From what I have seen up here you could add 65 and 66 to that list. I cannot remember seeing to many of them stamped in passenger cars.I know my 66 impala trans has no vin on it and it is original.

[Verne_Frantz]

I'll take your word for it because I've never collected data from those years. From 62-64 the passenger car VIN stamping only applied to "hi-perf" engines, which meant 300hp and above. That's why I made the comment earlier that a '62 T-10 with no VIN might have come from a 250hp 327. Or it could have just come from a plant that didn't bother to stamp them.

Verne

[Fast67VelleN2O]

Buick Grand Sports 65-66 took a borg warner T-10 with GS stamped on the tail shaft. Iron case aluminum tail shaft. I have owned two of those transes. I am sure other Buicks up to 66 have had them as well.