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Old 03-11-2010, 12:13 PM
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What percent of 1963-1967 Corvettes would you say exist today with their ORIGINAL ENGINE?
Small Block - What %?
Big Block - What %?

Please just give it your educated guess. This should be interesting!

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Old 03-11-2010, 12:21 PM
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a quick survey of my garage indicates 100%
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If having the original 427 on a stand (to save it) and a replacement in the car, I'm in.

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Old 03-11-2010, 12:31 PM
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On my Corvettes there is 50% original engines.
100% smallblock and 0% bigblock originality....
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Originally Posted by Donny Brass
a quick survey of my garage indicates 100%

Same here.
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From my research, it's more like 175%.Many sellers consider "date correct" as proof enough.
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Originally Posted by Vetterway
What percent of 1963-1967 Corvettes would you say exist today with their ORIGINAL ENGINE?
Small Block - What %?
Big Block - What %?

Please just give it your educated guess. This should be interesting!

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Wasn't there a thread about this last year?
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Original engine or matching numbers?
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I'm going to hazard a guess, based on the facts that these cars were raced and rodded, abused and used hard, by their very nature........25% original block at present......?
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Interesting thread.
Like the above post I would agree that 25% is a reasonable assumption.

My 65 has its original engine.....

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Originally Posted by Mike Ward
Original engine or matching numbers?
The OP said ORIGINAL.
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Originally Posted by 1snake
The OP said ORIGINAL.
OK, original engine, 20% or less. Matching numbers, 60% or more.
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My only two midyears are 65 and 67, both base motors. The 67 has the original block. The 65 has a matching numbers block that I put in, and after that found the original block 800 miles away. So I guess that's 150% by one definition, 100% by another.
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small block cars.....35%

bb cars.................20%.........jmo
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I've in the 25% club of original small block engines (she's mothballed on a rollaround engine stand).

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the guys who have them think 75% the guys that do not think 25% so I guess 50%
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My original small block is on a stand also.
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Mine is original, and I still drive it......very carefully.
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I've owned two BB cars - one with original engine and one without. So I guess 50% is a logical answer on that basis. Probably too high.
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Originally Posted by Mike Ward
OK, original engine, 20% or less. Matching numbers, 60% or more.

Originally Posted by 6T5RUSH
I've in the 25% club of original small block engines (she's mothballed on a rollaround engine stand).

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1965 327/365, original M-21 too. It will be back in the car sometime in the next year or so I hope.
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