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Saw this on FB.. may have been posted before. May be a member ?
This guy has a few zl-1 blocks and he has posted prior. This block seems like it would line up perfect for a real car. Surprised no one has bought it. My original 052 block was #129 dated 1/29/69 (if I recall correctly). 02D cowl tag on the car. This block is #131 dated 3 days later. I wonder if it could be a block from real car with VIN decked. https://www.facebook.com/share/9sUQo...ibextid=79PoIi |
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Had that looks like a Yenko stamp under the timing cover and has pressin freeze plug bosses instead of production screw in plugs. The date looks interesting to me.
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Someone with "a few" ZL-1 blocks? Really??
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Bill Pritchard 73 Camaro RS Z28, L82, M20, C60 |
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It’s possible.
Jason |
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I agree with Jason regarding the date characters. Maybe William could comment.
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Arrugh!
It's been 24 hours, and I have managed bite my tongue. Over the 43 years or so of chasing ZL-1 info, I have seen many blocks and complete engines. I have never seen a casting date/sequence number that looked anything like that. That spans one of the earliest Winters castings [4] to one of the last [587]. I have been keeping a log of the info; so did Bill Porterfield. Got a copy of his information recently and added it to mine. Suprise, casting #131 was already in the log with a date of 2 5 69. And yes, it was built up as a production MN code engine and installed in one of the cars. Even if I didn't know that, four earlier castings have later dates.
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So this block came from the factory in one of the 69 cars!
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Here is an example of a March and January date I have here. As you can see, the January date, although hard to make out, is the smaller format. The March is the larger format.
Jason |
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The block in question also does not have the “W” in the snowflake showing it was cast at a different foundry.
Jason |
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