Wonder if this is an original engine!!!!

[Donald H.]

So I'm busy looking for a nice 66 or 67 L79 convertible. Lots of fun reading some of the ads from various dealers. Following is one I came across. Wonder how much more wordy they could get to say its not the original engine.

"This 1967 Corvette roadster is one of those cars that fit just right like your favorite pair of jeans. It packs an L79 350 horsepower 327 V8 and 4-speed manual transmission plus a wonderful patina…………"

(then further down in the ad).

"…….Power comes from a potent and reliable L79 327 which in 1965 was rated at 350 horsepower. Based on a seasoned 1968 block it still cackles and snorts like the original and has that wonderful symphony of mechanical sounds that only a solid lifter car can deliver."

Remember - This is an ad for a 67 L79 with a 68 block and solid lifters.

[John D.]

Re: Wonder if this is an original engine!!!!

You wouldn't expect to see a 68 block (seasoned or otherwise) or solid lifters in a 67 L79.

[Keith B.]

Re: Wonder if this is an original engine!!!!

It's a great play on words telling you it's not the original engine

[Michael J.]

Re: Wonder if this is an original engine!!!!

I am always appalled at the ads for classic cars in general. The writers go to great lengths of flowery verbosity to avoid telling you the straight story about the car. There are very few that just tell you the unvarnished truth in 25 words or less.

[Michael G.]

Re: Wonder if this is an original engine!!!!

C' mon guys your being way too harsh on his seller......take a sip of coffee and simmer down. Seller been up front admitting the car does not have it's original engine. If they're guilty of anything is 'wordiness'. Most educated hobbiest know the L-79 did not have a solid lifter cam but again seller has 'fessed up' to that phopa. Quite honestly it's more than we see from some sellers trying to pass their car off as having the original engine.

[Jim T.]

Re: Wonder if this is an original engine!!!!

My 1968 L79 does not "cackles and snorts" and it is an original owner and original installation L79.

[Jeff P.]

Re: Wonder if this is an original engine!!!!

The last time my 1966 L79 "snorted" it ruined the power valve in the carburetor!

[Michael G.]

Re: Wonder if this is an original engine!!!!

Of late, in many adds on eBay, the word "original" seems to have become the latest "matching numbers" type phrase. It's morphed into "looks shiny and has lots of new, original appearing parts, so its just like the original".