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Old 10-20-2005, 05:57 PM
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Something is bugging me.Have you seen this block in person and are those numbers authentic?

That VIN# on this block is not a 1967 Corvette as I said earlier it was.
The 1967 Corvette VIN started at #100001 in Sept. 1966 and ended at #122940 in July 1967.
1968 Corvette VIN#'s started at #400001.
Yours of #170958 does not fit into this,as well as the letter "T" in front of it.(That's TerryTown,New York Plant and only the BIG Passenger cars were built there)
Have you seen this block in person to rule out any foul play of the stamping?,because if not,I would believe it was orginally scheduled for a 1967-68 Impala,although then the IU doesn't make sense,But IJ was the suffix for the 427 Impala,or IV for the 396 application...
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Old 10-20-2005, 11:37 PM
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James
Something is bugging me.Have you seen this block in person and are those numbers authentic?

That VIN# on this block is not a 1967 Corvette as I said earlier it was.
The 1967 Corvette VIN started at #100001 in Sept. 1966 and ended at #122940 in July 1967.
1968 Corvette VIN#'s started at #400001.
Yours of #170958 does not fit into this,as well as the letter "T" in front of it.(That's TerryTown,New York Plant and only the BIG Passenger cars were built there)
Have you seen this block in person to rule out any foul play of the stamping?,because if not,I would believe it was orginally scheduled for a 1967-68 Impala,although then the IU doesn't make sense,But IJ was the suffix for the 427 Impala,or IV for the 396 application...

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The reason the VIN is not matching is because it is not a VIN number. On Corvettes up to and including 1967 that number is the body sequence number. It should be the same as the trim tag on the car it came out of. Unique to Corvette only.

The engine in question 1s a 1968 because the 1967 Corvette did not have the engine assembly code stamp, it would only have the body sequence number if it was 1967. 1968 Corvette had the engine stamp and the body sequence stamp.

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Old 10-21-2005, 01:42 AM
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The engine is on Ebay. The info is from the auction. It is an August 1966 casting number.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/427-435hp...1QQcmdZViewItem
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Old 10-21-2005, 02:07 AM
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Something doesn't look right. I am not sure about that "T" Even if the number was a VIN, which I believe as above it is not, they never stamped an assembly code on the block in 67 because the vette was only built in one place, St. Louis. If anything it would be an "S" not a "T"

Again, something just doesn't look right to me. Can't quite put my finger on it. Hmmmm

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Old 10-21-2005, 02:33 AM
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BTW, I was looking around for some info and look what I found.

"2005-09-09 Wanted 1966 big block hood – have 68 VIN and trim tags (White convertible) to trade or sell. (name left blank)

Anybody want to build a vette?

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Old 10-21-2005, 06:25 PM
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How long did they continue to stamp the Body Sequence No. on the Corvette engine pads?
Do you think that "T" could actually be "STL" for St. Louis,(as would be on the actual trim tag),but it is stamped to light for the owner to recognize?
If that was,is an August 1966 casting to early for a 1968 application like this in the Corvette world?
His pad picture is just to small on Ebay,so I emailed him asking him to look closer.
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Old 10-21-2005, 09:38 PM
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I got thinking about this engine stamping and went back to review some docs and talk to a few Corvette people. Some docs I reviewed had body sequence listed and others had VIN sequence listed.
No matter which way you look at the stamp it is incorrect whether it be body number or VIN number. VIN,s for 67 Corvettes didn't go that high. Plus Corvettes did not include the assembly plant code in 1967 in the pad stamp. That started in 1968.
I got to believe that the stamp is not legit.

It could be a big car motor that had the engine code changed. It's easy to change a "J" in to a "U".

Just doesn't add up.

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