Engine Serial Number
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Engine Serial Number
I just recently got my hands on a 73 coupe that I am going to rebuld and would like to know where the location of the engine serial number is. It's suppose to an L48 according to the cars VIN #. There are a few things that don't look just right about the engine I wanted to verify if the engine number matches the car VIN number.
Melting Slicks
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From: Dayton Oh
The VIN should be stamped on the front of the engine block, on a small pad located just below the passenger side head, above and behind the water pump. It might be covered with gunk and need a good scrubbing to read.
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Thanks marshrat99. Thats where I thought it was and there are some numbers and letters located there as two lines. Neither one of the lines of charcters/numbers make sense. One set is 9 characters long and the other is only 8 characters long. I thought the engine serial number was 11 characters long. The first 7 numbers should be the sequential production number followed by an F or T that says where it was made and then the next 3 characters gives the trans and carburator types. Am I wrong about this?
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Not sure I follow what you wrote so here are the 2 sets of numbers I pulled from the passenger side front of the engine block: V0524FRC CEF179423
Can you decipher the above?
Can you decipher the above?
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From: Leander Texas
Originally Posted by wmm1955
I just recently got my hands on a 73 coupe that I am going to rebuld and would like to know where the location of the engine serial number is. It's suppose to an L48 according to the cars VIN #. There are a few things that don't look just right about the engine I wanted to verify if the engine number matches the car VIN number.
http://www.nastyz28.com/sbchevy/sblock.html
DR. Jay
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From: mississauga ON
Originally Posted by wmm1955
Not sure I follow what you wrote so here are the 2 sets of numbers I pulled from the passenger side front of the engine block: V0524FRC CEF179423
Can you decipher the above?
Can you decipher the above?
in Flint, MI. The 0524, indicates May 24 assembly. The suffix FRC
is a little confusing. The suffix was two digits up to about 1969.
Around 1970 the suffix changed to three digits (similar to yours).
However, the first character was usually a C (for car)......not F.
The second series of numbers (CEF179423) usually starts with a number (not a letter).
The number represents the GM Division.
The second character is also usually a number indicating year
of assembly. The third character indicates assembly plant. F usually
indicates Flint. However, your sequence starts with CE instead
of the two numbers. CE possibly = Crate Engine??
The last 6 numbers usually represent the last 6 numbers on the
vehicles VIN
I'm sure others on this forum will be able to shed more light on this
for you.
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