no engine code
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no engine code
Hi guys
Was checking numbers and the engine code area in front of block has no numbers. At all. I know this reeks of bubba but the date code works out (may 24 1973) The engine code area does not look like its been ground away. In fact it looks factory milled once I scraped the red paint off.
Paint seems original too. If in fact the blocks were painted.
Don't s'pose it can be traced via the block casting # ??
TIA
adding a photo here
Was checking numbers and the engine code area in front of block has no numbers. At all. I know this reeks of bubba but the date code works out (may 24 1973) The engine code area does not look like its been ground away. In fact it looks factory milled once I scraped the red paint off.
Paint seems original too. If in fact the blocks were painted.
Don't s'pose it can be traced via the block casting # ??
TIA
adding a photo here
Last edited by scotto64; Mar 30, 2014 at 06:28 AM. Reason: add photo
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No stamps at all would require two different people at two different locations at two different times to make the identical mistake on the same engine which nobody caught.
Your buddy is making excuses for a NOM car.
Last edited by Mike Ward; Mar 30, 2014 at 03:21 PM.
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It appears the gearbox was rebuilt too. There is a tag rivetted on it that is from 'Sandland transmissions' (?) in Sun Valley. Tag reads 1985. Engine must have been done around turn of the century. Can't find paperwork in the history. I'm pretty peeved about the engine numbers but 'caveat emptor' applies here. And it will never be a show car. It's the original motor and box so far as I can see so unless some one from australia managed to get an early 1973 bb from the states and import it just so he could take the original, which I seriously doubt, then I'm ok with it.
At least I can be a voice for any Aussies that come to this forum and want to know what and WHERE to look for these things prior to buying.
Such is life
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Good question. I can assure you its registered and has been all its life. Apparently the engine number can be found in 2 other places that I have not looked. one is above the oil filter and the other is on the gearbox bellhousing. Will search for them at a later date.
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I don't think you could use the g'box bellhousing number even if it is the same. The bellhousing is a seperate part and can be changed out at any time! I have never heard of chevys having an engine number above the oil filter otherwise we would of had people being advised of this whenever people are chasing down this info.
I do know that ford explorer v6's had their engine number located in the area above the oil filter. Ask me how I know.
Mark
I do know that ford explorer v6's had their engine number located in the area above the oil filter. Ask me how I know.
Mark
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You use the VIN number to register a car in any state I ever lived in. The fact that some cars share an engine number with a VIN number is important in knowing whether you have the original motor in your car maybe but is irrelevant in registering it.
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I don't think you could use the g'box bellhousing number even if it is the same. The bellhousing is a seperate part and can be changed out at any time! I have never heard of chevys having an engine number above the oil filter otherwise we would of had people being advised of this whenever people are chasing down this info.
I do know that ford explorer v6's had their engine number located in the area above the oil filter. Ask me how I know.
Mark
I do know that ford explorer v6's had their engine number located in the area above the oil filter. Ask me how I know.
Mark
http://www.nastyz28.com/chevy-engine-code-stampings.php
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No VIN numbers were stamped on the bellhousing.
Some years had the number stamped on the transmission housing.