vin # on engine pad
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vin # on engine pad
I just looked at a 65 327/365 car that had the vin # of the car on the left side of the pad ( facing it from the front of the car ) with the engine code following it on the right side of the pad.
Isn't the engine code stamped on the left side of the pad followed by the vin # ??? or were they stamped both ways ??
Thanks for the help
Isn't the engine code stamped on the left side of the pad followed by the vin # ??? or were they stamped both ways ??
Thanks for the help
Melting Slicks
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The engine's seriel number derivative ('VIN') is stamped outboard of the engine assembly code on small block. So, what you saw was correct. (Big blocks were stamped in the opposite order.)
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I just looked at a 65 327/365 car that had the vin # of the car on the left side of the pad ( facing it from the front of the car ) with the engine code following it on the right side of the pad.
Isn't the engine code stamped on the left side of the pad followed by the vin # ??? or were they stamped both ways ??
Thanks for the help
Isn't the engine code stamped on the left side of the pad followed by the vin # ??? or were they stamped both ways ??
Thanks for the help
The car you just looked at is a 1965 / 327-365hp. When you read left to right the VIN starts and then the engine assebly date and suffix code. This the correct factory stampings.
What are the numbers that you just seen?
What info is on your car?
Regards,
Drew Papsun
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the car I looked at was an HK suffix car
I just looked at my own 65 and it is an HG car and the vin does proceed the engine code. I was confused when I saw the opposite sequence on a big block car that I had looked at earlier.
Thank God forum members have their head screwed on better than mine
I just looked at my own 65 and it is an HG car and the vin does proceed the engine code. I was confused when I saw the opposite sequence on a big block car that I had looked at earlier.
Thank God forum members have their head screwed on better than mine
Le Mans Master
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From: Westport CT
the car I looked at was an HK suffix car
I just looked at my own 65 and it is an HG car and the vin does proceed the engine code. I was confused when I saw the opposite sequence on a big block car that I had looked at earlier.
Thank God forum members have their head screwed on better than mine
I just looked at my own 65 and it is an HG car and the vin does proceed the engine code. I was confused when I saw the opposite sequence on a big block car that I had looked at earlier.
Thank God forum members have their head screwed on better than mine
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