I have a friend with a '69 400/4sp fact air convertible. He's owned the car for 23 years and I've been around it a lot over the years and consider it very nice. When he bought it in 1990 the build sheet was still on the tank and it has a Protecto Plate also. The tank shows K66 ignition. He said the Protecto Plate shows LQ. The engine is stamped LQ. I do not believe it was a restamp and don't believe the state of the restamp art prior to 1990 was sufficient to not be easily detectible.
My OLD NCRS '53 to '72 Spec Guide shows the L68 with K66 as being MK. I don't for a minute think that someone would have gone to a lot of trouble to fake a K66 on a build sheet, which looked orignal in every way when removed from the tank since it is a fairly insignificant option value wise and faking the build sheet would seem to contradict the Protecto AND the engine stamping.
The car is for sale, but my friend has hit a roadblock with a potential buyer over the discrepency.
I'm stumped. Any ideas?
My OLD NCRS '53 to '72 Spec Guide shows the L68 with K66 as being MK. I don't for a minute think that someone would have gone to a lot of trouble to fake a K66 on a build sheet, which looked orignal in every way when removed from the tank since it is a fairly insignificant option value wise and faking the build sheet would seem to contradict the Protecto AND the engine stamping.
The car is for sale, but my friend has hit a roadblock with a potential buyer over the discrepency.
I'm stumped. Any ideas?
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