ENGINE PAD MATCHING NUMBERS ??? HELP ??

[johnny g'orlando]

Numbers Stamp PAD Questions PICS HELP ????

See enclosed 2 photos of my 1968 427/400 4spd block numbers pad stamp, built April 1, 1968 it appears there are shadow numbers ( duplicate set ) when looking with bright light & magnified, any imput ? thoughts ? seems strange, anyone see this before ? RESTAMP ? as you back off view pic # 2 you don't notice it as much ? i never noticed it before, wasnt untill photographed that it showed up, RIGHT NOW !!!! some are also heavier & others more faint.......any insight , thoughts ? imput please............i'm NERVOUS ....
OH BOY.............NO BAD NEWS PLEASE ............!!!
ZIXXX PACKER

Decked / Restamped ????

It appears to me that the lighter duplicated letters / numbers in the backround are identical in size & style to those that are darker / more prominent. Wouldn’t it be impossible to match that exactly ? and.......if you look at the spot thats most important to verify a big block engine, "IM"
is L68 4spd, it matches as you can see a faint "I" in the same area .......HENSE NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT INTO SOMETHING IT'S NOT.....THE VIN PORTION MATCHES MY CAR, & I HAVE THE TANK STICKER WHICH MATCHES EVERYTHING AS WELL, & EVERYTHING ELSE I SEE ON THE CAR IS CORRECT & DATES ALL SEEM TO BE CORRECT INCLUDING ORIGINAL REDLINE SPARE & DATED JACK, WHERE ARE ALLTHE EXPERTS.............?

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MATCHING NUMBERS DOUBLE STAMP ???
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[Robert E.]

Re: ENGINE PAD MATCHING NUMBERS ??? HELP ??

Johnny,

I took it upon myself to post your pictures.

Robert
41801

[Roy S.]

Re: ENGINE PAD MATCHING NUMBERS ??? HELP ??

I would call it is a bounce on the machine code, happenend quite often.

[Jimmy J.]

Re: ENGINE PAD MATCHING NUMBERS ??? HELP ??

Was anything put on the pad to assist the person stamping, a guide, tape or grease? Thanks, Jimmy

[Mike M.]

Re: ENGINE PAD MATCHING NUMBERS ??? HELP ??

no. mike

[Steve Wallach]

Re: ENGINE PAD MATCHING NUMBERS ??? HELP ??

Looks like the "broach" marks are there. Al Grenning seems to be the Authority on this, and I'm no expert, but your Pad looks good to me?

Cheers,

Steve

[Chuck S.]

Re: ENGINE PAD MATCHING NUMBERS ??? HELP ??

Be aware that the two sets of numbers were stamped at different times...the engine build stamp (left side of the photo) was made at engine plant in Flint, and the VIN derivative (right side of the photo) was stamped at St. Louis after the engine was selected for the car.

As Roy said, yours appears to have a secondary bounce strike...they had to whack that gang stamp pretty hard. IMO, if the numbers were NOT the same digits like they are, and clearly on a gang like the primary strike, a second set of ghost numbers might be cause for worry.

[Philip C.]

April Fools Day !!!!!!!! interesting LOL *NM*

[Harmon C.]

Re: ENGINE PAD MATCHING NUMBERS ??? HELP ??

If all pads were that clean it would be nice. I agree no reason to worry about that pad and great pictures.

Lyle

[Chuck S.]

Re: April Fools Day !!!!!!!! interesting LOL

It ain't April, so you must know something I don't know...Share it so we can all be enlightened. Otherwise, it sounds like a cryptic non-sequitor.

[Harry Sadlock]

Re: April Fools Day !!!!!!!! interesting LOL

0401 (April 1st) is the engine build date, if I read it correctly.

[Philip C.]

THANKS HARRY *NM*

[johnny g'orlando]

Re: ENGINE PAD MATCHING NUMBERS ??? HELP ??

Thanks for all the encouragement so far, it's been really nerve wrecking..........again i never ever noticed it untill i took a close close photo.........
yeah motor was built APRIL FOOLS DAY !!!! 04/01
BIG BLOCK = TONOWANDA / NOT FLINT..........:)~
thanks again........JOHNNY G
"AKA" ZIXXX PACKER

[Rob M.]

Re: ENGINE PAD MATCHING NUMBERS ??? HELP ??

More pictures of stamppads can be found in the stamppad database in the C3 registy (and C1 and C2 registries as well).

greetings,
Rob.




Stamppad database at the C3 Registry

[Chuck S.]

Re: April Fools Day !!!!!!!! interesting LOL

Yeah...Thanks Harry. I missed the point since they kept right on making engines even on April Fools day. Some of them are bound to end up stamped with that date. I had my sense of humor and irony turned "OFF".

Of course, when looking for an imposter, checking the build date against the build year calender to see if the stamped date falls on Sunday or a recognized holiday should be SOP. In fact, April 1 fell on a Saturday in 1967...further research would be necessary to find out if they were working week ends.