At 63, I never leave home w/o my "BroachBuster" *NM*
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they did it so you would not have buy one of
those expensive little telescope to check out the stamp pad.Comment
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Re: Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?
Right after I posted, I remembered that some of the 396s had handstamped suffixes and were crooked. But the VIN numbers still look like a smaller number under a larger number.
Then I happened to think of an odd thing I've seen - dealer restamps. At least I think they are. I've seen engines restamped that had no reason to be restamped - junkyard specials, Bel Air Chevys, and so on from long ago. I've seen ones where one VIN is stamped light, then another with the wrong font is stamped heavier, and often crooked from being handstamped.
One idea is that the original was too light and so someone restamped it for better visibility. After all, some states titled by ENGINE number, and they really checked the engine number.
I've seen some where they stamped harder over the original and others where they stamped harder on a different section (above, below). I haven't seen what I would call a lot, but enough that it raises a question. If I found such in like '74 or '77 or whatever, on a '63 or '66 car or truck (non-Corvette) what was the point to restamping? Restamping on Corvettes was not even common then. Today, I'd question them all. But back then?
And it could well be that some of the restamps we see are restamps from 30 years ago or more for something that had nothing to do with restoration or NCRS.Comment
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Re: Why would someone..... (396 block VIN stamp) ?
You are correct atleast some of the early cars were stamped without a gang punch.
It would be hard to judge this from the pix, I have seen many bouce or double stamped pads. A GM employee stamped these and he may have had a hangover that day.Comment
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What if the block was decked and....
in the process the original stamping was partially removed and they stamped over it?Comment
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