Is this a 1961 409
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Would it be plausible with the late assembly date and this being an 068 block that this was built as a "service" block and the dealer stamped the vin to match the customers car???????
Jeff
Gotta say, all the years I worked for several Chevrolet dealers, we NEVER stamped a replacement block!!
Did not matter, warranty or customer pay.
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1962-63 Chevrolet Vehicle Identification Numbers (vin)
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Does anyone know of any 409 replacement blocks still in the crate in existance? If you did have one, would you stamp the vin# of the vehicle and the "new" assembly date?
I wouldn’t.
I bought 2 fitted blocks and still have 1 crate and neither had any stamps
Some would.
One could do that but the date code on the block would not be correct for the original car unless you happened to get a very early block that was cast before the cars build date
This is an "068" casting from late 1961 as I recall. MurphDog has this block at his shop. When it was decked we decided to remove the stampings, as it's not original to the vehicle.
please correct me if I am wrong, I was of the understanding that vin's were not stamped on the block pad for 61 model years, but were stamped for 62 model years on the HP 327 and all 409's, and from 63 on all engines.
Correct except that all engines were required to have VIN stamps from 68 on, not 63.
NO! Flint is and F and 232307 is the last 6 digits of vin....read the Colvin book