Strange vin #

SMD 1976 · 2010-11-14 20:42:46

That is really really cool :thumbs:

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Nov 17, 2010 | 07:39 PM

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Binnie77

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That is really really cool

Nov 18, 2010 | 03:55 AM

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hunt4cleanair

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Originally Posted by SMD 1976

just took pic of trans, looks like the "stamp guy" tried to fix problem.

look at the last #. going back stock you are right shouldn't need decking. just standard on my other engines

thanks again for the input.

Great engine stamp study for a judging school...to quiz students. Than tell the story. I have seen two stamps on a pad before but than did not have the advantage of viewing frame and tranny VIN derivatives. So, this is very unique and nice...thanks for sharing.

It shows that during production, workers did not waste time with grinding...just stamp another to fix and move on. John Hinckley may have some insights to offer as well but this group did an excellent job of triangulating the problem. He hangs out on the C2 forum.

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Nov 18, 2010 | 09:25 AM

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Easy Mike

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SMD 1976

just took pic of trans, looks like the "stamp guy" tried to fix problem.

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Ya gotta love it!! He caught the mistake, made the change, and took the time to (at least) make an attempt to correct the tranny stamp.

Nov 18, 2010 | 01:39 PM

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Mike Ward

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Well,
I've heard back from some pretty knowledgeable people in the Corvette hobby. Normally the incorrect VIN would get XXX'd out or ground out and the correct one stamped somewhere else. There's at least a few other cars with THREE stamps before they got it right

Nov 18, 2010 | 03:13 PM

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PRNDL

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Only thing missing is the word "oops!" carved into the stamp pad.

Nov 18, 2010 | 07:42 PM

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JohnZ

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Simple operator error, as noted in the above posts. The Engineering-issued procedure for the assembly plants was to "X-out" the original stamp and re-stamp the correct number, but they didn't always bother with the "X-out" process. I've seen many like this over the years; an experienced judge wouldn't question it.

Nov 18, 2010 | 08:27 PM

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SMD 1976

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thanks for all the feed back. now back to work bringing HER back to like new. gonna be a long road. will be asking for a lot of input as the build goes on. can't wait till i can cruise with the tops off driving on skyline road. the view is awesome.

Nov 22, 2010 | 05:10 PM

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I recently purchsed a 1978 W72 4 speed Trans Am which was suppose to be numbers' matching. On checking the numbers, the production # of the car is 165163, but the # on the engine is 165193, the numbers on the transmission are correct. The first though that came to my mind was that the 6 or 9 got inverted somehow. I checked back with the guy I bought the car from, and he swears that the engine was never changed. All date codes are correct.

What are the changes!