I went and appraised a 69 Corvette yesterday. Its a weary old hot rod that appears to have had a 400hp/427 originally, but now has a different '69 427 based on what looks like an unstamped L88 block. Not a complete engine, as it has iron heads and Edelbrock intake, etc. As I tried to figure out what it was, I found a couple threads from 5 years ago where a guy claimed to have the original engine for the 1969 L88 corvette vin# 194379s727979. Main thread is this:
http://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3-g...379s727979.html
One image was still attached, and lo and behold, it was the same engine stamp as the one in the car I looked at. Although the guy listing the engine took a lot of skepticism on his claims, and people were leery and casting doubt on it, as I look at the two stampings, I'm pretty confident both motors were stamped the same day in June 1969 at Tonawanda.
Curious what others think. Also curious what people might think this unstamped block is worth if its not bored out too much or hurt. Realisitically, I don't think I can make a case to the owner for going to the expense of swapping it out-it just doesn't make sense unless you have a needy '69 L88 just laying around. Fun archaeology though
I wonder if the engine and car found each other...