Re: replacement blocks
You won't find a VIN on the engine pad of 70 percent of the Camaros built in Norwood, and about 20 percent of the LA built Camaro during the 69 production year and every one of them was factory installed. Of course there is (or is suppossed to be) a VIN derivative on the side of the block above the oil filter.
A vast majority of the 67 Camaros didn't have VIN's on the pad either. Typically only the Z28's and SS's got VIN derivatives on the pad. Take the magazine article with a grain of salt, as it was mostly up to the assembly plant as to where the stamp got placed during assembly of the car. The rules from the Federal Govenment did get tighter and tighter with regards to component stamping as the years went by.
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