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Nov 29, 2014 | 10:44 AM

67vettefan

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1972 Engine stamp pad question

Stamp pad on recently purchased LT1 has "XX" stamped towards front of engine, or below V0329CKY. Does anyone know what the "XX" is?

Thanks....Greg

Nov 29, 2014 | 11:05 AM

Mike Ward

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It's not typical of production. Best post a picture.

Nov 29, 2014 | 11:36 AM

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Machinist markings, perhaps.

Nov 30, 2014 | 09:40 AM

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I would bet it is a rebuilders stamp for warranty work if something was not right so he could tell it was his rebuild.

Nov 30, 2014 | 09:43 AM

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Post an image. My early 72' didn't have an "XX" on the pad.

Dec 1, 2014 | 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by 69mako

..My early 72' didn't have an "XX" on the pad...

None of them did, early or late.

Dec 1, 2014 | 08:50 PM

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My late CKY stamp pad, no x's

Dec 6, 2014 | 08:30 PM

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Dec 6, 2014 | 09:44 PM

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Pretty hard to see any detail.

Dec 7, 2014 | 09:14 AM

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Pretty hard to see any detail.

I agree. I see two marks, but they do not look like Xs to me.

Last edited by Easy Mike; Dec 9, 2014 at 08:21 AM.

Dec 7, 2014 | 11:55 AM

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I agree. I see two marks, but they do not look likes Xs to me.

Look more like stray marks from something other than a stamp.

Dec 7, 2014 | 12:58 PM

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Hard to see, but there are two Xs. The first X is slightly lower than the second. Also, the X characters "appear" to be more like two strikes per letter (i.e. a slash, and separate back slash to form a X).

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Dec 7, 2014 | 01:08 PM

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While we're all straining on our eyes over a picture possibly taken in candlelight with a potato, I don't remember ever seeing a VIN derivative place that far to the right.

Strange looking pad.

Dec 7, 2014 | 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Ward

While we're all straining on our eyes over a picture possibly taken in candlelight with a potato, I don't remember ever seeing a VIN derivative place that far to the right.

Strange looking pad.

I wondered about that too Mike. If that was the ONLY thing on this pad, I might say OK. More than one questionable issue. Who knows?

Dec 8, 2014 | 09:16 PM

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I see the CKY

The C is sorta spaced futher left of the K ..than I would expect .

I enlarged the pad ...best I could make out .. The C is there way to left.of the KY Then a worn K and Y.......it appears the pad look ok ....I see no swirl .....

Now ....I admit it's odd spaced so far to right .....never seen one stamped so far...but there's a first for everything.

I haven't looked up the correct code .....is CKY correct?