Z28/JL8 F Sale

[JoeC]

In my opinion original engine is not as big a deal today as it was years ago on some cars depending on the capability of the car to document itself. In the old days an original engine code with the cars vin stamped on the block (that was not restamped) was good to used to document that car.
Today people want more documentation then nice looking stamped numbers because of the high quality of re-stamped engine/vin numbers. There are also too many stories of people buying cars that were said to have original engine but find out later, after finding original owner, that the engine was replaced early in the cars life (especially solid lifter 4sp cars). A car like a Yenko can be documented by its vin and trim tag and the original engine is of course great to have but not needed to document the car. On the other hand a car like a 68 Z/28 is difficult to document so an original engine with correct codes and vin is more important to help document the car. Today you can purchase a correct date block that is restamped and some restampers are very good and hard to tell their work from original. A lo mile car with well documented history and all original components will always have a high value. I think it is a different story with restored cars with unknown history. It is difficult to tell if engine is really the original or a well done restamp job. Just my opinion.