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05-04-2006, 05:07 PM
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Re: 3969854 block question
A complete Vin could indicate a factory installed engine....count back the 8 digits from the end for possible vehicle model year. . Are you getting the EG from a complete Tonawanda engine number w/ date ie. T0123EG? . EG is L78 from 66-67&68? .
~ Pete
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05-04-2006, 05:46 PM
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Re: 3969854 block question
Heres what we have TC42IEG 7K149839 Doesnt appear to have been messed with and it's been in the hands of racers for quite a few years ,,im just saving it before it becomes their next victim.
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05-04-2006, 06:22 PM
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Re: 3969854 block question
It's probably TO421 EG.
That along with the casting date of D 7 7,(April 7th,1967),would mean it was assembled on April 21st,1967. The VIN# of 149839 is applicable to a January 1968 assembled Chevelle-Elco.That means the engine sat assembled for 9 months before being issued into a vehicle.  That spells out to be a 1968 Chevelle or Elcamino built at the Kansas City Leeds plant,with the 396/375HP L-78 engine & Manual trans. Kansas City Leeds plant only made Chevelles-Elcos-Station Wagons for Chevrolet. The fact that it's on the later issued #854 block is a mystery,and I don't believe the Corvettes used the #854 blocks either and they started with #400001 in 1968.
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