OK, I'm drooling over this 68 RS/SS 396. The guy sez it's not the original motor so I take a picture of the stamped numbers in front on the block. Can anyone decipher what these mean?
It looks like a 396/325 with a TH 400 from a '67 p***enger car, judging from the partial V.I.N. and the IV suffix. I could be wrong though. Did you see the casting date by chance?
yeah, that's what it is. The engine was ***embled on Jan 3rd, 1967 in Tonawanda, the car was ***embled in Los Angeles. The casting date on those blocks can be hard to find, I have a 1966 that it's near the oil pan rail, on the side of the block.
the only "other number" I see is the partial VIN, stamped upside down, overlapping the correctly stamped one. or what are you referring to?
I'm not a pro at this, I had no idea there were multiple stampings on the block. In your opinion, how much of a discount would you say not having the original motor in this Camaro reduces the value? As far as being off topic, I had to pic one and none of the options looked better. I'm not a fan of the way this website is set up to begin with but I enjoy the content.
There is no where on the HAMB to talk about off topic cars like that...it's off topic. Not what we're here to discuss. And I have no idea on the value of the off topic car.
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