68 SS 396 CAMARO MAYBE A MOTION CAR

[Rick H]

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I think it would be highly unlikely that a VN car made it to Long Island as a new car.

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Not to take away from the thread but why wouldn't a new car make it that far? I have a 1981 Van Nuys Z/28 that was sold new at English Chevrolet in Lawrence MA. The build sheet that shows that.

Rick H.

[SuperNovaSS]

I would say that a CE block WOULD point towards a motion car. Since a crate 427 would be a CE. How do you know the engine is a 396? Have you checked the casting number and date on the block? Why not sand off some primer to see if it is infact red/white and blue? It you pull the tank you may find a build sheet, if 68 LA cars had them. I know all LA 69's did. What color was the car originally. Maybe it was a special paint car that had to come out of LA. Every competition orange car I have seen has been out of LA. Hopefully you will find good things!

Jason

[Belair62]

May not have been sold there new but it may have made a trip there after it came east !!! Lot of odd sounding stuff on that car...I would definitely keep digging...something like the molded spoiler would have to be remembered by Joel...

[sixtiesmuscle]

Check the casting number on the block by the distributor..

[l.i.man]

The block casting # 3955272. It has 3919840 heads with D-22-8 & E-20-68 date codes. Car build date is June. (06C) The car was striped of all paint before it was primered. Under the L-88 scoop it is Maroon. Cowl tag has it with Gold standard buckets & Cordovan Maroon paint color. Weard color combo. Maybe this is why they painted it.

[SuperNovaSS]

That is a 69 396 block as you probably already know. Motion could have upgraded from a 325 or 250 HP to a 375 HP but I would think they would have used an engine theypulled out of one of their SS427 conversion cars. What are the dates on the 840 heads?


Jason

[l.i.man]

The car also has power disc brakes on the front. Manual sterring. It has a push button start (Also has the Key) on the dash with guages were the heater controls would be. Above these gages are 2 switches that were drilled into the metal dash. I also noticed that all of the cast flashings on the block & heads have been ground off. It may just be a street - strip car that Motion worked on ? I will pull the tank after the holidays maybe I will get lucky. I will keep digging. You never know.

[resto4u]

A 67 ce block according to his numbers. Roger

[Mr70]

A replacement block yes.
But I am just curious as to what year exactly,besides the casting date.
The numbers following the "CE" code will dictate that,but there is a letter/number missing there maybe.
l.i.man can you recheck?

[Jeff H]

The heads are dated to go with the car so it might just be a warranty replacement short block and the original heads/intake/carb went back on it. It seems unlikely it's a Baldwin/Motion car due to being built at the VN plant, but it could be a Motion modified car. Sounds like it has some interesting history it's not telling.