1964 questions (simple) I hope

[Rich G.]

[Joe L.]

Re: 1964 questions (simple) I hope

Friends who know next to nothing about Corvettes except that they want one. They claim they don’t care about the numbers thing. They just want a good driver coupe. They have asked me for help and they are looking at a 64 that looks sketchy at best to me. It has a 327 in it but the numbers on the pad aren’t anything I’ve seen but I’ve never looked at a 64 stamp pad. Picture attached.

Next I have a picture of the VIN tag. It’s attached with spot welds which I think is right for 64. Opinion?


tThere are many more things I see in pictures that will make me advise them to keep looking but it’s local and they want to look. I have advised them to join NCRS, buy some books and slow down.

Rich

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ABSOLUTELY NOT an original stamping. First, this was stamped using individual stamping dies and not a gang-style stamp. The factory did not use individual dies. Second, the "T" prefix would indicate a Tonawanda-assembled small block. No Tonawanda ASSEMBLED small blocks were ever originally installed in Corvettes (although a small number of Tonawanda CAST small blocks were used).

I do note an "F" prefix stamping on the lower right. This is likely what remains of the original engine code stamping. The irregular "T" prefix stamping might just be a random stamping done to obliterate an original VIN stamping (perhaps because the engine had a stolen vehicle's VIN originally stamped there).

[David H.]

Re: 1964 questions (simple) I hope

Rich

Trim Tag Photo?

Dave

[Rich G.]

[Owen L.]

Re: 1964 questions (simple) I hope

It has a 327 in it but the numbers on the pad aren’t anything I’ve seen but I’ve never looked at a 64 stamp pad. Picture attached.
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Rich

ABSOLUTELY NOT an original stamping. First, this was stamped using individual stamping dies and not a gang-style stamp. The factory did not use individual dies. Second, the "T" prefix would indicate a Tonawanda-assembled small block. No Tonawanda ASSEMBLED small blocks were ever originally installed in Corvettes (although a small number of Tonawanda CAST small blocks were used).

I do note an "F" prefix stamping on the lower right. This is likely what remains of the original engine code stamping. The irregular "T" prefix stamping might just be a random stamping done to obliterate an original VIN stamping (perhaps because the engine had a stolen vehicle's VIN originally stamped there).

Joe, isn't the T-sequence the VIN designation of the assembly plant the engine was installed in? Where Corvettes have an S in the VIN for St. Louis, the T represents Tarrytown, NY (a standard passenger car plant for Bel Air, Impala, Biscayne, etc.).

Here's a '65 Chevelle pad from Chevellestuff.net that looks similarly wonky to the engine above.
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