Whats it Worth

[PeteLeathersac]

It's happened to me before too w/ original 'Vette SB's but when cars are restored as #'s matching BB's, anyone w/ original engine/paperwork is THE last person these owners want to hear from.
Best always keep in mind that "matching #'s" and "original engine" are completely different things!
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~ Pete

[Caseys69]

I agree with you Taz, im thinking he restored his car and the true original block popped up after the fact. However that still wouldnt change my opinion about buying it anyways

[TimG]

I recently found an original '67 L71 block, Al verified the stamp as original. Same deal, the owner of the car didn't want anything to do with the block as he had a Bloomington Gold car already with the restamp. It went Gold years ago.

[Caseys69]

I sent Al an email and he said he only deals in corvette related parts. Am i missing something? Im 99% sure i read it correctly that LP is in fact a corvette suffix

[Ls6 Ragtop]

Casey,
By looking at that deck I have concerns about it being original.
Before I spent any money on it I would measure deck height as that will answer a bunch of questions.
Chris

[Caseys69]

How would i go about measuring the deck height properly? Never done it before

[Caseys69]

Here are some more pictures. The block is now in my possession and will be getting magnafluxed and cleaned. The stamp reads T09I6LP and the vin read 19S702487 The date is F 14 8 June 14th 1968

[bergy]

Broach marks should be perfectly parallel and deep ones should be fairly continuous. I'm saying re-stamp. JMHO

[black69]

Its hard to tell, without WD40 cleaning with a rag. I would still have Al G look at it.

[Caseys69]

After using WD40 and a rag