Opinions of This Pad Please

[Joe R.]

DSCN4062.jpgHere's a nearly OK picture of an engine pad. Is it real or is it a fake.
And what kind of Corvette are we looking at here please.

Thanks,

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[Michael H.]

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Joe,

Need a better close up picture with paint removed.

Mike

[Joe R.]

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Sorry, thats all there is!
JR

[Richard M.]

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Joe, I played around with your photo a bit with my antique software......

Maybe a '66 vin 7931.
Maybe F070IHR or HP.

It appears the last letter of the assy stamp was not all on the pad, a tad crooked.

If HR, a base 300HP K19 & PG.
If HP, L79 HL Cam, A/C, PS & 4 Spd.
I hope it's a HP if you just acquired it.

Rich
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[Joe R.]

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Rich,

Sorry for the bad pic but when it's a lousy pic and then copied and blown up you could make it anything.
What makes this stamp unique is the fact that the stamp is far off the end of the pad and the last letter is stamped above the original.
It's an HU with 350HP, 4speed, AC, PS 1965 Roadster with both tops. Silver/Black interior and a set of real KO's. Found in the back woods (where else) of Arkansas.

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JR

Joe, I played around with your photo a bit with my antique software......

Maybe a '66 vin 7931.
Maybe F070IHR or HP.

It appears the last letter of the assy stamp was not all on the pad, a tad crooked.

If HR, a base 300HP K19 & PG.
If HP, L79 HL Cam, A/C, PS & 4 Spd.
I hope it's a HP if you just acquired it.

Rich
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[Richard M.]

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Hmm, nice car and color combo.

That first digit in the vin derivative looks like a 6, but now it looks like a 5 since the cat's outa' the bag.

Yes, the assy stamp is clearly off the edge which made it hard to read. I played around using Irfanview and gave up after a while. The eyes play tricks. Hard to see the U as it looks like the top of the character is closed like a P or R.

Is this yours?

[Edward J.]

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Rich,

Sorry for the bad pic but when it's a lousy pic and then copied and blown up you could make it anything.
What makes this stamp unique is the fact that the stamp is far off the end of the pad and the last letter is stamped above the original.
It's an HU with 350HP, 4speed, AC, PS 1965 Roadster with both tops. Silver/Black interior and a set of real KO's. Found in the back woods (where else) of Arkansas.

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JR

JR, I have a 63 stamp on my car that is similar, the last letter is partly missing. my stamp is a RE and has been mistaken for RF at local judging, its also slightly slanted., everything else is normal in the stamp and broaching. FWIW. Ed

[Gene M.]

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maybe the VIN is 7938, looking at the blow up Rich has?

nothing close to that is C2 registry.

[John S.]

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Granted I am not nearly as knowledgable as some others, it has been pointed out to me before that a large number of a/c equipped small blocks have angled or slanted stamps. Has anyone else heard this before? Does anyone know why? Always trying to learn.

[James W.]

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Here's a picture of my July built '65 327/350 small block coupe equipped with a/c, ps, and pb VIN 22095. It too has the engine suffix code stamp to the far right of the pad. This car has been in my family since the early 1970's.


Regards,

James West

[John S.]

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And angled. I can only surmise that there was an a/c bracket on the engine at Flint. Maybe John H. can jump in here and verify that.

[Kenneth B.]

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And angled. I can only surmise that there was an a/c bracket on the engine at Flint. Maybe John H. can jump in here and verify that.

Don't think the person that stamped the VIN worried about how straight the holder was only to stamp in the general area of the top of the pad on Flint blocks.

[Joe R.]

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James,

Thanks for the pic! Notice both of these 65's have the corner broken off and with the stamp to the far right the U on my 65 pic did not have enough room to show very well. Think that the stamper just used a single letter to correct? the problem. These two cars and others that have spoken up proves that these cars were on an assembly line (motors built in Flint) and workers didn't have time to spend a lot of time making them PERFECT! As a matter of fact when I see a PERFECTLY positioned stamping in a straight line I always look twice! Stampers usually stamp an engine that way a buyer wanted it to be, PERFECT!
Thank you gentlemen for responding! I know this is the original block and stamping because it was found in Nowhere, Arkansas! They don't grow GM block stampers there! Just cotton pickers!

JR

[Ken R.]

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Here is a photo from Flint plant in 1992 of engine being stamped. Guy just put holder up on pad and hit it with hammer. Was quick and dirty so to speak. Who checked to see if straight.flint0090.jpg

[Edward J.]

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James,

Thanks for the pic! Notice both of these 65's have the corner broken off and with the stamp to the far right the U on my 65 pic did not have enough room to show very well. Think that the stamper just used a single letter to correct? the problem. These two cars and others that have spoken up proves that these cars were on an assembly line (motors built in Flint) and workers didn't have time to spend a lot of time making them PERFECT! As a matter of fact when I see a PERFECTLY positioned stamping in a straight line I always look twice! Stampers usually stamp an engine that way a buyer wanted it to be, PERFECT!
Thank you gentlemen for responding! I know this is the original block and stamping because it was found in Nowhere, Arkansas! They don't grow GM block stampers there! Just cotton pickers!

JR

Joe, I Noted that in my 63 block same part of lower right casting is missing a small piece. and that is where the lower part of my E is missing, must be a casting area that breaks away on the 870 block or just the way the casting is.