You may remember my plea for information on a 64 with a 3858180 block, which was this thread:
I have since researched the car's ownership history back to 1979. The gentleman who owned the car from 1979-1991 was a drag racer of some noterity in Canada. He does aknowledge 'de-tuning' the car with 9:1 pistons and a hydraulic cam, but he insists that the block is the one that came in the car.
The guy who bought the car from him in 1991 called foul on the casting number and then walked out on the deal. He then phoned his friend who he considers an expert on corvettes, and the guy called him back, and supposedly read him a passage from some book that said the 3858180 block was used in 'executive' cars in 1964, in order to test them for the 1965 model year, but they generally did not release them to the public. Of course, we don't know what book this was. Needless to say, the guy bought the car.
This raises an interesting question in my mind. I was not into corvettes in the 70's, as I was just a kid, but I know lots of people who were, and they all tell me that restamping of blocks simply did not occur back then, because the parts were still plentiful, and there was nothing to gain from a value perspective.
I am looking for theories on how or why this block would have been restamped, especially with a F on a tona****a (sp?) block. Any thoughts or further information would be greatly appreciated.
I have since researched the car's ownership history back to 1979. The gentleman who owned the car from 1979-1991 was a drag racer of some noterity in Canada. He does aknowledge 'de-tuning' the car with 9:1 pistons and a hydraulic cam, but he insists that the block is the one that came in the car.
The guy who bought the car from him in 1991 called foul on the casting number and then walked out on the deal. He then phoned his friend who he considers an expert on corvettes, and the guy called him back, and supposedly read him a passage from some book that said the 3858180 block was used in 'executive' cars in 1964, in order to test them for the 1965 model year, but they generally did not release them to the public. Of course, we don't know what book this was. Needless to say, the guy bought the car.
This raises an interesting question in my mind. I was not into corvettes in the 70's, as I was just a kid, but I know lots of people who were, and they all tell me that restamping of blocks simply did not occur back then, because the parts were still plentiful, and there was nothing to gain from a value perspective.
I am looking for theories on how or why this block would have been restamped, especially with a F on a tona****a (sp?) block. Any thoughts or further information would be greatly appreciated.
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