Engine stamp: question for the experts
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Re: Engine stamp: question for the experts
Michael, I'm far from an expert when it comes to vettes. With that said, i've been around heavy equipment,tractors, grinders etc. It looks like the first part of the vin has been touched with a grinder or something. Not too much to remove it but enough to clean off the old paint and rust possibly. Just a guess.- Top
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Re: Engine stamp: question for the experts
Looks to me like an original dealer invoice. The ''HL'' is transistor ignition. The ''HH'' is standard ignition. See if there are mounting holes for the TI up in front of the radiator, passanger side, next to the horn. That might help to answer its birth. I like the re-stamp, if it is one.Over 80 Corvettes of fun ! Love Rochester Fuel Injection 57-65 cars. Love CORVETTE RACE CARS
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Craig,
It looks just like my invoice, as well. Mine also has the two different sized holes, but my invoice does not list the ID code from the stamping (I wish that they had).
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Could the wrong engine have been put in the Corvette at the factory since it dose have TI? Assuming it is the original motor.
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If so- where did the selling dealer get the other info written on the invoice? Was the car delivered to the dealer without K66 but was retrofitted prior to delivery?
My guess is that the car and it's paperwork were separated for many decades and something happened to the engine stamp pad in the interim, no one ever expecting paperwork to surface and be reunited with the car 48 years later.- Top
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Mike, I think you hit it on the head. I was thinking the same thing. Maybe the pad was partially decked (take a close look at the bottom right on the pad) and the restamper took a guess at the date and suffix code, not realizing that 365hp engines required a different suffix code when equipped with TI. Since there was no attempt to deceive anyone with engine type (see sales invoice) it was probably just an honest mistake. Also, if you look closely at the pad, I think a very faint "2" is visible under the "2" in the engine ID code stamp indicating that maybe there was another stamp there at one time.
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Re: Engine stamp: question for the experts
Looks to me like an original dealer invoice. The ''HL'' is transistor ignition. The ''HH'' is standard ignition. See if there are mounting holes for the TI up in front of the radiator, passanger side, next to the horn. That might help to answer its birth. I like the re-stamp, if it is one.
Craig- Top
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Re: Engine stamp: question for the experts
Mike, I think you hit it on the head. I was thinking the same thing. Maybe the pad was partially decked (take a close look at the bottom right on the pad) and the restamper took a guess at the date and suffix code, not realizing that 365hp engines required a different suffix code when equipped with TI. Since there was no attempt to deceive anyone with engine type (see sales invoice) it was probably just an honest mistake. Also, if you look closely at the pad, I think a very faint "2" is visible under the "2" in the engine ID code stamp indicating that maybe there was another stamp there at one time.
Thanks.- Top
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I asked that question because the engine in the car now was assembled on December 9th (based on the pad stamp) and, although not impossible, it's extremely unlikely that an engine assembled on Wednesday the 9th at Flint V-8 could be rail-shipped and installed in a Corvette at St. Louis on Thursday the 10th or Friday the 11th. However, the engine assembly date shown on the dealer invoice is Friday, December 4th, which is typical for a December 10th or 11th date at St. Louis. There's something not entirely kosher about that pad stamp.- Top
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Re: Engine stamp: question for the experts
Craig -
I asked that question because the engine in the car now was assembled on December 9th (based on the pad stamp) and, although not impossible, it's extremely unlikely that an engine assembled on Wednesday the 9th at Flint V-8 could be rail-shipped and installed in a Corvette at St. Louis on Thursday the 10th or Friday the 11th. However, the engine assembly date shown on the dealer invoice is Friday, December 4th, which is typical for a December 10th or 11th date at St. Louis. There's something not entirely kosher about that pad stamp.
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