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Old 01-08-2020, 02:47 AM
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Default 1969 COPO Camaro 124279N680258 Engine Found Anyone Know This Car?

Ooops, I blew it on the VIN in the title. It should be 124379N680258. I have a 69 427 engine that I was planning to post for sale here. While I was taking pictures, I noticed it had a Camaro VIN by the oil filter. The partial VIN is 9N680258. Does anyone know if this car still exists. I would like to try to reunite the engine with the car before posting it up for sale. The engine came from Ohio so the car may be in that area if it still exists, who knows.


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Old 01-08-2020, 03:16 AM
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Cool find Jason, MO or MN suffix?
Obviously you'll try for an NCRS report next, best of luck backtracking the car!

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Nothing on that one....
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Thanks guys.

Pete,

I don't plan to try to find the car. If I was going to do that, I would not have posted the VIN. I just thought I would check before marketing the block. As far as the suffix code goes, someone mangled it long ago for unknown reasons. That is why I never thought to look for a VIN by the oil filter. The chances of it being a COPO block is slim compared to other applications. When I was taking pictures, I realized it was not a CE block since there was no assembly date on the starter mounting pad. Then I thought it was strange there was no VIN on the pad and looked at the alternate oil filter location. Here is the pad:


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It’s pretty obvious & highly likely that block was removed from a stolen car long ago and that stamping was obliterated to sever all ties to the car from whence it came. Thankfully, the culprits just didn’t know about the more important oil filter stamping! After the engine was “harvested” the body could’ve been pushed into a river where it’s gone forever or possibly rolled into an alley where it was recovered and possibly alive today NOM hopefully!
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It’s pretty obvious & highly likely that block was removed from a stolen car long ago and that stamping was obliterated to sever all ties to the car from whence it came
124379N680258 appears to have a clean record according to https://www.nicb.org/vincheck
However there may be a time limit on how far back records go?
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Wow, the scratching of those block numbers is crazy. What other purpose could they have other than something nefarious? Hope it's reunited with the original car, that would be fantastic.
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Wow that vin is close to my copo vin 684911. The assembly date was probably 0822 on your block ? What’s the casting date ? Thanks
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Wow, the scratching of those block numbers is crazy. What other purpose could they have other than something nefarious? Hope it's reunited with the original car, that would be fantastic.
I wonder if the VIN could be recovered via the latest "CSI" acid etching technology, like they use on firearms...

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Keith, the owner could try acid etching of the pad as I tried on my 302. Some have had success (I didn't, unfortunately) recovering numbers. You can buy an entire kit for about $30 online at some CSI outlets. I can post where I got my kit if that helps.
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