A couple of interesting findings when searching for something to buy.

I find this '66 block for sale on Hemmings website.
As you can see it has a vin# on it.


So with not much to do this afternoon I google the vin# and find this on the C2 Registry
https://www.c2registry.org/index.php?job=ShowCorvette&car_id=Zml4ZW Rfc3RyaW5nZml4ZcsglXvk4VeU1ax4fyjJqGG130 YRoL2S1{0GEX9Z0XkCp/r5npum57sG8lEKdmFi9g==


Car Year: 1966 Car's confirmed production date:
(as confirmed by the
NCRS Shipping Report Service) February 3, 1966

Owner: bmartin434@yahoo.com City: Rocklin State: California Country: United States
Purchase date: Undefined Status: Current Owner
State: Top Flight
Exterior: 978 Laguna Blue (7.41%) Interior: 418 Blue (Vinyl) Softtop: Other Color Wheels: Other Color
Body: A.O.Smith 2447
Delivery Dealer Zone: Unknown Delivery Dealer Code: Unknown
Options: RPO Option Percentage
Sold [%] Sales Price
[$]
19437 Base Corvette Sport Coupe (BB 425hp) 35.92% 4,295.00
A02 Soft Ray Tinted Glass, windshield 33.44% 10.55
A82 Headrests 3.73% 42.15
F41 Special Front and Rear Suspension 9.76% 36.90
G81 Positraction Rear Axle, all ratios 86.78% 42.15
J56 Special Heavy Duty Brakes 1.38% 342.30
K66 Transistor Ignition System 25.78% 73.75
L72 427ci, 425hp Engine 18.97% 312.85
M22 4-Speed Manual Transmission, close ratio, heavy duty 0.05% 237.00
N14 Side Mount Exhaust System 13.05% 131.65
N32 Teakwood Steering Wheel 14.22% 47.40
P48 Cast Aluminum Knock-Off Wheels (5) 4.31% 316.00
T01 Goldwall Tires, 7.75x15 (nylon cord) 20.05% 46.55
U69 AM-FM Radio 95.10% 199.10
Total
0.0000%
(1 Cars) 6,133.35
Factory job nr.: Unknown Export Car: Non Export Car Engine details: 427ci-425hp original motor Other details: #'s Match, 53k original miles, NCRS Top-Flite 2014

For Sale: NoVIN 194376S112888

 

Good finds. I would want that block back! He has an email address. I think I will send him a message and the link to the engine block.

 

I don't think he needs it. His AOS car with side pipes has its "original" motor in it now......

 

So the C2 registry indicates that this car still has its original motor with #'s matching and 53K original miles yet someone via Hemmings is selling his OE block? Wow. . . . That would be a neat trick.

I'm going to have another glass of wine and try to digest this.

 

I would want that block back with the car. I sent him an email. I will let you know if I hear anything.

 

This gonna get good!

Unless he wrapped the car around a tree and is only able to salvage the motor that was in it.

 

Something a little strange there. The total length of the VIN stamp group of characters is just about the same as the length of the engine Tonawanda stamp characters.
Using math, the Tonawanda package should be just under 1 1/4". (1.228") The VIN package should be just a bit over one inch. (1.015")

The image in the AD is much larger than the real dimension so the difference would be even greater.

Maybe it's just the angle of the camera that makes it look that way because it does look real other than the length. There's even rust in the characters of the VIN stamp.

 

This block might be the fake one. It looks like the 6 1 1 & 2 were stamped individually and then the 888 together which tails away. 6 and 2 are crooked. I’m not an expert, just curious and trying to figure out why a fake block would appear.

 

Who would go through the trouble to fake this block? The angles of the pictures are not the same and my attempt to resize the stamps to approximate the same size is not perfect admittedly but this stamp's characters looks pretty good to me. I'd like to see the stamp that is on the engine in the '66 in question.

 

A little suspicious of this claim too.

M22 4-Speed Manual Transmission, close ratio, heavy duty 0.05% 237.00

 

During the middle of the 1966 model year, UAW workers were having a hard time with BB machining, so it was decided that all L72 cars would have an L79 motor built for the car as a warranty motor..........

 

Seldom do you see an original motor car, that someone has wasted money trying to counterfeit a block for. However, I have seen multiple original blocks separated from their original nesting place for sale.

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

 

Pretty convincing to me. I bet the stamp that's in it now bears no resemblance to your examples.

 

This thread makes me feel sick. Someone’s not going to be happy. It’s disappointing there is so much shenanigans that go on.

The registry’s information indicates the car was a NCRS Top-Flite in 2014?!?

 

You don’t throw The baby out with the water, in NCRS a non original block with correct casting dates is only an 88 point deduction out of 4510 points, regardless of what is stamped on the pad.

 

I thought rock crushers were mostly for race cars, no?

 

Fake engine stamp issues for Corvettes have been going on for 45 years.

 

OR someone is going to be ecstatic that their original block was found and brought to their attention. Now he will know for sure. If it were mine, I would keep the restoration engine in it and preserve the original block. When it comes time to swap in the original, he already has all of the parts.

 

I hope you’re correct.

 

By any chance you're not the guy selling the block on Hemming's, are you?