Needing reassurance on purchase

[Grusum]

Hey guys lets all take a deep breath here!!!!!! This has gotten a little out of control. I have just gotten off the phone with the seller, he's always treated me in the most forthcoming manner, with respect, and honesty. I will concede that I was not the most educated buyer when I bought the car and am still learning today. Ultimately, I was the one who bought the car, if I had been a better educated buyer at the time, I may not have. Regardless, it's my responsibility. The seller and I are taking steps to work this issue out. He has taken some harsh criticism here and for that I am sorry. That was not my intent. I was using this site to educate myself, not to bash the seller!!! He talked to me and is treating me with the utmost respect, and deserves the same in return. I need to clear some issues up that have been raised, so the onus is on me to do so, I will get to this as soon as I can. Lets all take a collective deep breath and stop jumping to conclusions, O.K.

[Stuart Adams]

Good, then the posts accomplished the goal. Cool.

[Jeff H]

Have you checked for the partial VIN down by the oil filter flange? That's the first thing I would be doing, check to see if it truly is the original motor. That will make a big difference in value and could help you decide if you want to keep the car or not. The car is a great color combination and the original motor will help even more.

[Grusum]

I am going right now to try and see whats there. Should I also find a partial vin behind the heater core on this year camaro?

[Belair62]

Here is my take on a situation like this...Grusum...when the car got there it was not what you expected. I have bought cars sight unseen and they are never what we envision.Work something out with the seller. If it's a real 70 Z in Daytona yellow you have a very cool car. Play with it...work on it...put money in it...enjoy it...down the road you will be glad you did.

[Grusum]

I took the blower motor off..........no numbers on that flange. Checked for the partial vin above oil filter....nothing there either. Tried to take heater core box off but was unsuccessful, broke a couple of studs and quit while I was ahead.

[CamarosRus]

Point of Information Regarding Norwood VIN location......I bought my current 70 Norwood Z-28 in 1978. I will tell you that I found my VIN stamped on the left side of block in the area between the two soft plugs. I can't explain why or how, but it is true.
I dont have picture at this time, but with enough doubters I will do so......

[njsteve]

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I took the blower motor off..........no numbers on that flange. Checked for the partial vin above oil filter....nothing there either. Tried to take heater core box off but was unsuccessful, broke a couple of studs and quit while I was ahead.

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Here is a photo of my 72 T/A (with a/c). It actually has the VIN stamped in two spots, the traditional a/c equipped location, vertically, to the left of the heater box opening, and in the non-a/c location: horizontally under the circular fan motor hole. It is very hard to get to these spots: you have to remove your heater box to do so, which can also require removing the pass side inner fender to access all of the studs.

[Jeff H]

Did you get the casting # and casting date from the engine? I'm guessing that if the engine code and date stamping are real then the casting date on the block will fall in line as well. I would check with some of the 2nd gen gurus here to see if they can help out a little more.

[Jacsey 70Z]

This is where you should find the VIN behind the blower motor, also a picture of my oil filter flange. They kept trying about four times, also notice the inspection crayon mark.



See it on the inside left?