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Take a look at this pad. The engine code does not look to bad, but the vin derivative looks horrible.
I wanted to take a look at the car, but think the pad may have had a crude restamp?
Joe
...I'm no engine pad stamp expert, but have seen many, many of them and have attended several judging schools on them. Wouldn't spend my money on this one, but that's IMHO only.
...just saw your not that far from me. Is this a local car for sale in our area?
Last edited by Paul Borowski; Nov 25, 2020 at 07:50 PM.
Bad pad. Not only is the vin derivative bad, but when I compare the Tonawanda stamping to originals, the W is not even close to correct, nor are the zeros. Nor the C. Plus, these motors were batch built, and there is no indication that March 3 is a day they were built. This casts doubt upon the validity of the entire car. I certainly would not bid on it as an LS6!
Last edited by 62corvette; Nov 25, 2020 at 10:08 PM.
62corvette could you elaborate on the "Batch built"? GM would build a certain amounts of a specific motor in a row and warehouse them until needed? Is this info available anywhere? Very interesting I was not aware of that but it makes sense. I wonder how far in advance did they project the needed production for. Thanks Ike
I agree, the two different photos of engine pad numbers shown in this thread are totally fake re stamps, currently a guy in Howell, Michigan has a fake LS-6 Yellow Convertible for sale $125K, I had seen this car in 2011 at the Florida NCRS regional where it was up for judging, we disqualified it for a number of reasons, including built at a time when LS-6 cars were not built, the car itself is in great condition, last sold in 2016 Ft Lauderdale auction where it was a known clone and sold for $35K. Thanks for the discussion, there are currently about 75 cars in the NCRS LS-6 survey, I have been a part of that for the past 20 years. Jim Wallace
This car sold today at auction for $51k. Anyone know who bought it?
I watched it online, too. (Skipco auto auction). Pre-sale pics only indicated that MANY parts were missing, but weren’t adequate to determine if it is an LS6 or a clone. If real, it was well-bought. If a clone, there were at least two people who weren’t savvy enough to know it was a clone.
Also, there are plenty of LS6 aficionados that will know in perpetuity that the engine in the car (this one or any other one) isn’t the original. Just like L-88’s and L-89’s, etc., the burden of proof of originality lies on the owner, and with those cars there are so many little details to duplicate and unique parts that are impossible to find that it is almost impossible to properly “recreate” them.
They only made 188 of them, so good luck finding parts!
Last edited by 62corvette; Dec 5, 2020 at 01:53 PM.
thats alot of patina, so the restamp would have to have been many years ago, sure looks like a 50 year old stamp.. but the characters and spacing is really bad
I watched it online, too. (Skipco auto auction). Pre-sale pics only indicated that MANY parts were missing, but weren’t adequate to determine if it is an LS6 or a clone. If real, it was well-bought. If a clone, there were at least two people who weren’t savvy enough to know it was a clone.
Also, there are plenty of LS6 aficionados that will know in perpetuity that the engine in the car (this one or any other one) isn’t the original. Just like L-88’s and L-89’s, etc., the burden of proof of originality lies on the owner, and with those cars there are so many little details to duplicate and unique parts that are impossible to find that it is almost impossible to properly “recreate” them.
They only made 188 of them, so good luck finding parts!
Don't forget the 12 ZR2 that make a nice round 200.
Paul, who can say authoritatively that it is 188 plus 12 rather than 188 including the 12? I am curious as to which it really is. There are presumptions both ways.
Mine is that the LS6 option cost around $1200 for the 188 produced. Then the ZR2 option cost around $1700. So $1200 for the engine and another $500 for the Trans, Brakes, Clutch, Suspension and Radiator. That is my opinion of the reason for adding the 12 to the 188.
1971 LS6 pad, thoughts?
