Driveline build dates
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Melting Slicks
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From: Little Egg Harbor N.J.
Driveline build dates
There's a big block Corvette that I am looking at and was wondering how build dates relate to each other. This particular car has a transmission with an April 1969 date, a distributor with a Nov. 1968 date, heads with January 1969 dates and the car has a replacement block.
The car does not appear to have a rear sway bar which throws up a red flag in my mind. Do these casting dates make sense for this car or are they too far apart to be part of the original driveline as the seller claims?
The car does not appear to have a rear sway bar which throws up a red flag in my mind. Do these casting dates make sense for this car or are they too far apart to be part of the original driveline as the seller claims?
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From: Southbound
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While the dates are not overtly suspicious, I agree with you: there is enough here to prompt a closer look before money changes hands. What is the time/build date on the trim tag? Is the replacement block stamped?
