Re: Hemi ID Question
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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01/24/14 11:48 PM
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I am headed over there tomorrow to drop off some parts. I will try and get some shots of the rail. So you are saying that the stamping looks done by someone/someplace other than the factory? The numbers and the "G" look almost factory in nature.
Even though it has had the same owner for over 40 years, it was raced by the dealership prior to sale and was damaged pretty good at that time. It is going to take some sustained effort to get it back into shape. If the motor was treated anything like the body, it most certainly could have sustained a variety of issues that affected it negatively. It is said to only have 28k on the clock. Overall a totally cool mopar... Glad just to have got to see it.
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Re: Hemi ID Question
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01/25/14 01:21 PM
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That is strange. It definitely isn't a '66 or '67 used motor as the pads are stamped differently. My guess is that it's a later block or service block that was restamped with the VIN. The presence, or absence, of the numbers in Scott's photos should determine which. I've attached what a '68 bellhousing stamping looks like.
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Re: Hemi ID Question
[Re: 70mopes]
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01/25/14 02:06 PM
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When Hemis were very plentiful in my part of the world and a hemi went to a rebuilder, the rebuilder would sometimes put a serial number on a motor to mark the parts. You have to remember a lot of hemi motors do not have serial numbers on them. The marking of a serial number on the Pad on the front of the block is easy to recognize for the assembler. I know I have marked the rods, crank, balancer and other parts so when I get it back I know the motor has the parts in it that I gave them and not someone elses parts. The number on the pad is it the number on the VIN Pad.
1971 HEMI E BODY REGISTRY
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Re: Hemi ID Question
[Re: hemicar1971]
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01/25/14 02:32 PM
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The OP's pic does not show the factory partial VIN stamping that should be present. Those numbers were added at some point after production. Scott's pic shows where the factory stamped them in '70. "G" could be the plant code. Is the car RM21R0 plus the digits on the top pad : G193539 ? (answered below: NO)
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Re: Hemi ID Question
[Re: 6bblgt]
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01/25/14 02:44 PM
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I do not see an assembly dates on the pad either. Makes me wonder if this is a replacement block and that is why the serial number was stamped on the front pad.
Dan did you look at the last email I sent you with your weekend home work. I had a bigger list but can not find it, hope this can add something to your information.
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Re: Hemi ID Question
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01/25/14 05:14 PM
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I have a 70 Hemi block in the basement but it is decked so nothing on the pad at all. Have to go and take a look at my 1971 Hemi motor out of the Cuda on the floor in the garage and see what is on it. There was nothing but the WT on another 1970 Hemi Block I owned that was an over the counter block that I sold. All the 1966 Hemi Motors I have owned or own have the Letter on the motor, the "B" for the year.
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Re: Hemi ID Question
[Re: hemicar1971]
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01/25/14 08:15 PM
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Went out in the garage and took a look at the 1971 motor. Just like you said Dan, WT on the pad also an A. Will have to see what Chrysler says about that A.
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