How do these numbers look?
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From: Conroe Texas
The Birthday calculator located at
http://www.ncrswi.bizland.com/bday/bdaycalc.htm suggests a vehicle assembly date of approximately Nov 3, 1959
The engine casting date appears to be September 22, 1959
Engine assembly date is September 30, 1959
However I believe this is the same engine that JohnZ suggested had a suspicious, atypical stamp leading us to believe it isn't truly the original engine for that car.
http://www.ncrswi.bizland.com/bday/bdaycalc.htm suggests a vehicle assembly date of approximately Nov 3, 1959
The engine casting date appears to be September 22, 1959
Engine assembly date is September 30, 1959
However I believe this is the same engine that JohnZ suggested had a suspicious, atypical stamp leading us to believe it isn't truly the original engine for that car.
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Yes this is the same. I just got the casting date. It could be the correct engine. The stamp may be in question. How would this car fair with the correct casting date and since its a 519 block. This maybe the correct engine but the pad was milled during a rebuild? I have seen a lot of 60 vettes with NOM all listing around sixty or higher?
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Yes this is the same. I just got the casting date. It could be the correct engine. The stamp may be in question. How would this car fair with the correct casting date and since its a 519 block. This maybe the correct engine but the pad was milled during a rebuild? I have seen a lot of 60 vettes with NOM all listing around sixty or higher?
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Yes this is the same. I just got the casting date. It could be the correct engine. The stamp may be in question. How would this car fair with the correct casting date and since its a 519 block. This maybe the correct engine but the pad was milled during a rebuild? I have seen a lot of 60 vettes with NOM all listing around sixty or higher?
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Also, I might be incorrect, becuase I am too lazy to go look it up, but I think that that date engine should not have a VIN deravitive on it. I don't think that started VIN stamping until late in November or early December. The early 60 engine stamps looked like they were stamped by a drunken sailor with the shakes! They did not use gang stamps, and all the digits were stamped individually.
Here is how a correct early 60 stamp should look, but I think that that date is way too early to be wearing a VIN. This is the engine stamp of my Duntov 60, and the engine had never been apart before I bought it.
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-...3/P0000170.jpg
Regards, John McGraw
Here is how a correct early 60 stamp should look, but I think that that date is way too early to be wearing a VIN. This is the engine stamp of my Duntov 60, and the engine had never been apart before I bought it.
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-...3/P0000170.jpg
Regards, John McGraw
Last edited by John McGraw; Dec 28, 2007 at 07:00 PM.
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Sorry guys,
I went and looked at the original post, and the engine did not have a VIN stamp on it. I don't know how I came to the conclusion it had one!
In any case, I would agree with Mr Hinkley that the stamp is atypical.
Regards, John McGraw
I went and looked at the original post, and the engine did not have a VIN stamp on it. I don't know how I came to the conclusion it had one!
In any case, I would agree with Mr Hinkley that the stamp is atypical.
Regards, John McGraw