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Does your C2 Have its' Original, # Engine?

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Old Feb 25, 2015 | 06:30 PM
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Mine has its original engine trans rear but that could
Change any day . When it warms up anyway.
You never know
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Old Feb 25, 2015 | 06:44 PM
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my 63 has the Original block is in the car, but it was decked, so cannot prove it.
RS500 trans and a 66 BB rear.
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Old Feb 25, 2015 | 07:21 PM
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Matching number...all original...that's what I tell everyone......

Heck, I can't even think of a GM part in the driveline....and I LOVE it!!

JIM

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Old Feb 25, 2015 | 07:56 PM
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Yes, I bought mine with its' original drivetrain.

The engine was locked up and is on a stand right now. The heads and manifolds WERE on when I unbolted them and found this. Somehow, mice got down into one of the cylinders and made a mess. Pair of valves even rusted off their stems



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Old Feb 25, 2015 | 08:04 PM
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67 435 - Original engine/trans/rear/paint/interior. Car has about 33K miles.
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 08:50 AM
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I'm not sure your poll is going to be representative overall. A lot of the NOM owners may just not care enough to respond.
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 09:17 AM
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My 65 still has it's original motor. I bought it in 1971. Numbers are all intact.
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 09:42 AM
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OK, yeah, great, but can you get to it?
It you can't get to it, it doesn't exist...
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by DansYellow66
I'm not sure your poll is going to be representative overall. A lot of the NOM owners may just not care enough to respond.
True, but the same could be said of OM owners. The poll doesn't allow for owners of multiple cars with either to vote properly.

The reason I started this was because of assertions I read that OM's are practically nonexistent.
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 10:16 AM
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My 1967 has the original motor, trans, and rear. Small block 327/350 HP convertible with factory air. VIN 194677S114845 built in late March. Currently has around 27,000 miles. One of Noland's Survey cars.

It is probably one of only a few hundred known SMALL BLOCK cars for 1967. Everyone knows that in 1967, Chevrolet mostly put the tri-power big block 427/400 and 427/435 in it's Corvettes.

At least that is what everyone says…………..

Larry
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 10:20 AM
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Wow a 67 small block now that's Rare.
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by 65hihp
OK, yeah, great, but can you get to it?
It you can't get to it, it doesn't exist...
Don, I can get to it but won't be driving it any time soon. 5 more inches yesterday and more coming in today It will be April before the snow melts. The ice on the lake is about 3 feet thick.
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Trophy Blue
My '66 coupe still has it's original engine and trans with 48,000 miles on it.
I think it is great that some of you have low mileage cars, having said that , I think of the thousands of people who never got to see your car on the road being driven. 10 or 15 years from now we will all be old men or dead, who will drive them or want them(no counting investment rare cars)

So, stop polishing and start driving , that is if you can still get in and out of the car!

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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 12:05 PM
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Those that said yes: How do you really know for sure unless you are the original owner of the car?

Are you saying there's no way someone can make a non-original engine look original? It's not a rhetorical question... I actually don't know.

Ed
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Jackfit
I think it is great that some of you have low mileage cars, having said that , I think of the thousands of people who never got to see your car on the road being driven. 10 or 15 years from now we will all be old men or dead, who will drive them or want them(no counting investment rare cars)

So, stop polishing and start driving , that is if you can still get in and out of the car!

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Well said.
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Jackfit
I think it is great that some of you have low mileage cars, having said that , I think of the thousands of people who never got to see your car on the road being driven. 10 or 15 years from now we will all be old men or dead, who will drive them or want them(no counting investment rare cars)

So, stop polishing and start driving , that is if you can still get in and out of the car!

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DITTO!!

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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 12:42 PM
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What a waste not to drive your C2 who are some of you saving it for and yes Life is toooo short.
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 02:05 PM
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1965 L84 Vert: original block, trans, rear & fuelie unit
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 02:14 PM
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Nope. Original 327 in my '66 was replaced with a 1969 350 cu in before I purchased in 1997. I dropped in a 1978 454 cu in and have driven 35k miles so far.
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 04:36 PM
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Original engine, trans, & rear end on a '65 327 / 250. I'm the only one to admit to those low numbers!
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