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Old May 28, 2008 | 05:57 PM
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Car is a '79. The passenger pad is blank, and I know the engine has been rebuilt so I'm assuming it was decked off. The rear number is 14016379 which is 77-79 casting number.

So am I safe to claim its numbers matching?
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Old May 28, 2008 | 06:07 PM
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Can't be numbers matching with the pad erased. You CAN say it has the correct casting numbers though, assuming the year and month of the block match the build of the car.
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Old May 28, 2008 | 07:36 PM
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whats the date code casted into the block? its down behind the distributer.
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