Engine pad decode

[Rick H]

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?

Rick H.

[Mr70]

Rick H
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.
Good Info.

[Rick H]

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.

Rick H.

[Mr70]

With a final winning bid of $7499.00,I would say someone knows exactly what this is.

[jfkheat]

More that it was worth to me.
James

[COPO]

If it was really one of the 16, it would have been many times more than the final bid. My guess is someone took a chance on it.

[PeteLeathersac]

Does anyone recall in the Vette crowd close to 20 years ago an IU motor (an actual one) showed up loose....the guy tracked the car down, bought it rough and sold the match for a ton? . If this eBay one was genuine, considering the value of these cars it would have sold for much more to someone in the know?