Restoration of burnish brown RS COPO

[firstgenaddict]

sheet metal plant and week codes... check the CRG site for the reports.

[Kurt S]

You were able to track down the buyer of the trans? Or did the seller still have it?

[HiHorse]

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You were able to track down the buyer of the trans? Or did the seller still have it?

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any update?

[bergy]

That's a long story! When the whole world knows that you are restoring a valuable car - "original" parts seem to come out of the woodwork! Several people have contacted me about the original trans. I got what I believe to be the original from the same guy that had the rear. I don't believe that it's a restamp. Also,The 660 case die cast date code is perfect for my car. I've attached a photo for all of the gurus.

[Kurt S]

Looks like the real deal.

Interesting. The trans that was on ebay had your VIN, but a different date code. I never saw a pic of it, but it was 2 years before your car hit the radar....
Weird. Wonder if it was misread of the # or a misstamp.

[bergy]

Yeah - Steve (the guy who sold me the car) gave me the email address of the guy who said that he had that transmission, but when I emailed him - he wouldn't send me photos of the stamping! I know (now) that at least a few people have known about the car for a long time. It was in storage and the owner wouldn't sell. Steve's a great guy and was a good friend of the owner. He was familiar with the car for about 20 years. He attested to the car having the sportscar package and also said that it had a factory am/fm. The original owner remembers just an am radio (with rear speaker) - so I'm not sure which radio to put in it during resto? Anyway - the poor long time owner is now in a nursing home and his family sold the car to Steve.

Thanks for your input Kurt.

[ANDY M]

This car's VIN is 691 behind mine, and the BE 0519 stamp is identical to mine. Is this an 05D build? It could have been made the same day as mine.

[Fast67VelleN2O]

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That's a long story! When the whole world knows that you are restoring a valuable car - "original" parts seem to come out of the woodwork! Several people have contacted me about the original trans. I got what I believe to be the original from the same guy that had the rear. I don't believe that it's a restamp. Also,The 660 case die cast date code is perfect for my car. I've attached a photo for all of the gurus.

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I know this may seem a little late, but I buy and sell a lot of Muncies (about 80 a year) and this 1969 stamp doesn't look like the M21 stamps that I have ever seen. I have to dig up some past photos for comparison but that B definetly looks suspect. And 95% of the Norwood vin stamps I see are gang stamped. I know anything can happen but still.... See attached and make up your own minds....
-Matt

[bergy]

Thanks Matt - Yeah - It sure isn't a perfect stamp. On the other hand, if someone was restamping a case - it seems like they would make it perfect. I'm sure that there are lots of gang stamp holders out there. I'm certainly no expert, that's why I'm posting everything about this car. I appreciate everyone's input. This reminds me of my original LS6 block that had the vin stamped upside down. People who looked at it told me that it couldn't be original - then we found out that 100s of them were stamped that way!