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Re: 1970 440 HP engine
[Re: FC7cuda]
#2344725
07/28/17 09:48 AM
07/28/17 09:48 AM
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Posts: 6,388
Abilene, Texas
fastmark
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Abilene, Texas
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that late in the model year may only have a partial VIN on the block. This is true. My a12 only has a partial vin. However, I think Dan can take the number off almost any block and tell us more about the car than I would ever think possible. Some day he may be able tell us the color of the car! Lol. Mark Is your A12 motor the original? Tom Yes, motor and trans are matching. The tranny was sold off long before I got the car. However, I talked to the second owner and he told me the story of buying the 4 speed back from the third owner. He sold it to guy I knew and he sold it to a close friend. I was able to buy it back. It was stolen from me and I searched all the local wrecking yards and found it! I got it back again. It stays under my pillow at night now. 😜
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Re: 1970 440 HP engine
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#2344731
07/28/17 10:01 AM
07/28/17 10:01 AM
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Posts: 1,058
Dallas, Texas
FC7cuda
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super stock
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Dallas, Texas
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that late in the model year may only have a partial VIN on the block. This is true. My a12 only has a partial vin. However, I think Dan can take the number off almost any block and tell us more about the car than I would ever think possible. Some day he may be able tell us the color of the car! Lol. Mark Is your A12 motor the original? Tom Yes, motor and trans are matching. The tranny was sold off long before I got the car. However, I talked to the second owner and he told me the story of buying the 4 speed back from the third owner. He sold it to guy I knew and he sold it to a close friend. I was able to buy it back. It was stolen from me and I searched all the local wrecking yards and found it! I got it back again. It stays under my pillow at night now. 😜 Wow, what a story.  If you ever run across the BEE for this one, LMK #9A284127
Last edited by FC7cuda; 07/28/17 10:05 AM.
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Re: 1970 440 HP engine
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07/28/17 12:53 PM
07/28/17 12:53 PM
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MA
JoeB70
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Re: 1970 440 HP engine
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#2344954
07/28/17 06:47 PM
07/28/17 06:47 PM
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Mass
DAYCLONA
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I Live Here
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Mass
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I would grab the block for sure, if it is in the price range we discussed. You may find the owner with all the resources we have today Or you could pay the $1500, sit on it for years hoping to reunite it with the car, only to find out the original car is long gone,or the current owner doesn't care? or already has a "matching numbers" driveline in it, does the OP want a build-able motor, or does the OP want to play good Samaritan and reunite the long lost block with the hapless soul searching grieving owner? say the OP buys the block, advertises it, is contacted, only to find it was stolen years ago, now has to deal with a miffed owner, or insurance company... IMHO, buy the block if it's within your price range, rebuild it, mill the pads off, re-stamp it with #'s of choice or leave it bare, done deal...
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Re: 1970 440 HP engine
[Re: DAYCLONA]
#2344959
07/28/17 07:10 PM
07/28/17 07:10 PM
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Hamtramck, PA
Alaskan_TA
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Hamtramck, PA
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Or you could pay the $1500, sit on it for years hoping to reunite it with the car, only to find out the original car is long gone,or the current owner doesn't care? or already has a "matching numbers" driveline in it, does the OP want a build-able motor, or does the OP want to play good Samaritan and reunite the long lost block with the hapless soul searching grieving owner? say the OP buys the block, advertises it, is contacted, only to find it was stolen years ago, now has to deal with a miffed owner, or insurance company...
IMHO, buy the block if it's within your price range, rebuild it, mill the pads off, re-stamp it with #'s of choice or leave it bare, done deal... That would be fraud. Not many here are fakers & frauds. Encouraging others to commit fraud is VERY low class.
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Re: 1970 440 HP engine
[Re: DAYCLONA]
#2345004
07/28/17 08:54 PM
07/28/17 08:54 PM
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between the coasts
4mayhemi
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between the coasts
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IMHO, buy the block if it's within your price range, rebuild it, mill the pads off, re-stamp it with #'s of choice or leave it bare, done deal...
Oooh, I know you've made your views known about this on other threads, but the OP just wanted opinions on this specific block's WIW. He got that answer, and suggesting a restamp doesn't add to it. If you leave a bank vault unlocked, you don't have to tell a criminal how to open it. They'll already know.
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wonder why someone tried to obliterate the VIN? 
