For whatever reason, a/c is seldom noted on the cowl tag of a 1st or 2nd generation Chevy II. On 2nd gens, a factory a/c car will have a vertical fan switch on the heater control panel. Also, a round hole and grommet near the top of the firewall to carry associated a/c wiring. etc. into the engine compartment. This wagon has both.
The sequence of the various dates on this wagon are all over the place. The block cast date is January 7, 1966, engine assembly date on the pad October 1, 1966 and the car
was built the last week of June, 1967. All the known and documented 1967 L79 Chevy IIs were built in May and June, 1967 with engines assembled in those same months. On this wagon, the assembly date/suffix code stamping is smack in the middle of the pad, which is unusual. As mentioned several times in this thread, all U.S. built L79 Chevy IIs had a partial VIN on the pad. This one does not. All the evidence would appear to lean
towards this not being the original engine in this wagon.
L79 Chevy IIs and Acadians built in Canada had the same Flint built engines as U.S. cars, but Oshawa did not stamp them with partial VINs.
Bob
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