1970 Motion SS396 Nova 4 Sp - #'s Matching

[JoeG]

Great car--Glad you got it all back together---
One point though,I believe that PhaseIII 396 in the Motion history is the '69B/M Chevelle I own----It should have read '69 . The Chevelle is invoiced as a PhaseIII 396/375.
I believe it was the only B/M PhaseIII 396 Motion sold.......... Joe.

[NovaMob03]

It's nice to see a car come full circle now & again & one reason this site is so cool.
When lomile posted it for sale on 2/13/06 it was a 'could it be?' Motion Nova for a paltry $14,500. All of us had a shot at it, but only Robbie was smart enough to pull the trigger. Then Jeff was smart enough to buy it from Robbie.
The Nova turned out very nice IMO.
Congrats & good luck

[Nova Jed]

WOW! Now that is a very cool car! I wish I would have painted mine the Fathom Blue. Killer!

[AutoInsane]

Here is the thread on the car from the Baldwin Motion section of the forum:

www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/248534/page/0/fpart/1/vc/1

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

""it has 2 stampings of 3350 on each side of the motor and this matches the 3350 stamp that is on the drivers side in front of the vin plate under the piece between the hood and the windshield.""


Can you explain a little further how/why the number 3350 is stamped on the engine and on something between the hood and windshield? Were you referring to the trim tag?

I have a hunch as to what that number refers to, and would be surprised to see it elsewhere on the actual car...

[Mr70]

I thought I read in the past that was typical of an invoice/jobber number,(or at least the end digits),that Joel assigned a vehicle while modifing it,or something like that.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

That is my understanding as well, so I'd be suspect it the same number was found anywhere on the car itself.

[1970MotionNova]

Sorry, I mean there is 3 stampings which is the order number on the motor itself. 1 3350 on the same end as the Motion Perf stamp and 2 stampings on the opposite end of the motor. When talking to Joel he said it was the order number.

Thanks, Jeff H.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Ok, that sounds more plausible. The way your prior response was worded it sounded like there was somewhere on the car betw/ the windshield and the firewall that had this number stamped as well.

[bkhpah]

A shameless plug for the car to be at the "68-70 Hi-Performance Nova Spectacular" at fall Vette-Fest..BKH