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Engine pad stamping
Hello I am looking at this Camaro but I am not familiar with Flints pads in 1967. I noticed there was a mistake on the pad versus the actual vin number. Did they stamp the vin number upside down or is this a re stamp mistake. This is a three owner pace car that needs restored. Would the mistake cause a problem with judges etc. thinking that it is not the born with block? Thanks
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Its Ok.
Guy who loaded the gang stamper mistook an 8 instead of a 3 when he loaded the holder. |
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I had a 67 chevelle 325hp car with a 8 in the vin and a 3 on the original pad .....
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I've seen a few 67 Camaro VIN upside down on LA built. I would say it's good.
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My gut says in and of itself an upside down VIN on the engine pad is while not typical something that happened more frequently than you would think. For years I was told it signified a line stoppage. Not sure it can be proven. But as the old saying goes that’s the, rumor.
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Pretty common for upside down vin's at VN plant.
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If I remember right, just about every LA built 67 SS 350 I've owned, had the vin upside down. I just thought, that's how they stamped the new 350 engine. And, I had mostly 4 speed cars?
When I saw the down vin, I always knew it was an authentic stamping. |
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That pad is fine
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Did the VN plant often leave out the L from the partial VIN in 67?
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For what's worth, the VN plant did some strange things in the early '60s. They used two types of fonts and sometimes one L leading the sequence number and sometimes three Ls. This indicates two different gang holders. I have no data about what they did from '65 on.
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