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426 HEMI block stampings or lack there of..... #1504213 09/19/13 09:51 AM 09/19/13 09:51 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,364 PA 7 70HemiGTX OP top fuel
70HemiGTX OP top fuel 7 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,364 PA	I picked up a 68 hemi block this week and the only stampings I could find on it were 4-14-68 on the bottom side of the starter ear. Nothing at all on the top pad. No VIN any where. I'm assuming an "over the counter" block. Any comments? Sorry, no pics. My hard drive died in my home computer, so I'm on at work.

Re: 426 HEMI block stampings or lack there of..... [Re: 70HemiGTX] #1504214 09/19/13 09:55 AM 09/19/13 09:55 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard
ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	You are probably looking in the wrong place. The VIN sequence is likely stamped on the rear top of the block right into the raw cast iron (not a machined surface). Look just opposite the oil sender unit hole. Also look on the underside of the pan rail extension, there whould be a long string of numbers/letters starting with "M". If nothing is there it could be a replacement block.

Re: 426 HEMI block stampings or lack there of..... [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #1504215 09/19/13 09:59 AM 09/19/13 09:59 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,364 PA 7 70HemiGTX OP top fuel
70HemiGTX OP top fuel 7 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,364 PA	Nothing anywhere except on the starter ear. I looked on the top driver's side, both bottom ears, and the rib down the passenger's side isn't machined off for a VIN. Everything is blank.

Re: 426 HEMI block stampings or lack there of..... [Re: 70HemiGTX] #1504216 09/19/13 10:00 AM 09/19/13 10:00 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard
ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	Quote: Also look on the underside of the pan rail extension Quote: Nothing anywhere except on the starter ear Right, same thing, what is stamped there (exactly)

Re: 426 HEMI block stampings or lack there of..... [Re: 70HemiGTX] #1504217 09/19/13 10:00 AM 09/19/13 10:00 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,364 PA 7 70HemiGTX OP top fuel
70HemiGTX OP top fuel 7 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,364 PA	Oh and the "M" and sequential #'s are not there. Just a date of 4-14-68.

Re: 426 HEMI block stampings or lack there of..... [Re: 70HemiGTX] #1504218 09/19/13 10:33 AM 09/19/13 10:33 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,624 Fort Worth, Texas xs29j8 master
xs29j8 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,624 Fort Worth, Texas	These are the only stampings and casting date that my 1968 Hemi engine block has... note the partial VIN is near the oil sending unit location at the top rear of the block, and poorly stamped! 7857993-XS29J8Bullitt_EngineMarkings_500x600.jpg (245 downloads)

Re: 426 HEMI block stampings or lack there of..... [Re: xs29j8] #1504219 09/19/13 11:13 AM 09/19/13 11:13 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,364 PA 7 70HemiGTX OP top fuel
70HemiGTX OP top fuel 7 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,364 PA	Ok I wasn't looking there. I was looking behind the cylinder on the larger area. I'll look tonight at the lip to see if anything is there.

Re: 426 HEMI block stampings or lack there of..... [Re: 70HemiGTX] #1504220 09/19/13 11:45 AM 09/19/13 11:45 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,125 A Banana Republic near you. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,125 A Banana Republic near you.	Quote: I picked up a 68 hemi block this week and the only stampings I could find on it were 4-14-68 on the bottom side of the starter ear. Nothing at all on the top pad. No VIN any where. I'm assuming an "over the counter" block. Any comments? Sorry, no pics. My hard drive died in my home computer, so I'm on at work. there is a couple reasons why there may be no Info on the ID pad and one of them is because it was machined off . Buying old hemi blocks is a crap shoot unless it's a completely assembled engine . Many hemi blocks that were race pieces have had the decks cut a lot and after you take off so much intake fitment in respect to the end rails will become an issue , the fix is the machine down the end rails also. This is not a hemi only thing , I had a 69 440HP that was out of a 69 A body that had the top id pad only showing 020 , ... that was because the decks were cut .020 and they cut the china walls so the intake gasket fit properly again.

Re: 426 HEMI block stampings or lack there of..... [Re: JohnRR] #1504221 09/20/13 07:01 AM 09/20/13 07:01 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,364 PA 7 70HemiGTX OP top fuel
70HemiGTX OP top fuel 7 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,364 PA	Nothing along the lip that contacts the bellhousing. I'm sending it out next week to have it hot-tanked and maged. I'll have them check the deck height and make sure it was or wasn't cut.

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