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Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? #914145 01/25/11 10:09 PM 01/25/11 10:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,283 Florida blewbyu OP master
blewbyu OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,283 Florida	anyone know if this looks correct? thanks 6438557-71enginevinnumber.jpg (197 downloads)

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: blewbyu] #914146 01/25/11 10:23 PM 01/25/11 10:23 PM
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FJ5_Fish pro stock Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,294 Ontario, Canada	Is the trans identical?

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: FJ5_Fish] #914147 01/25/11 10:29 PM 01/25/11 10:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,283 Florida blewbyu OP master
blewbyu OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,283 Florida	Quote: Is the trans identical? even harder to read tranny vin 6438621-71trannyvin.jpg (95 downloads)

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: blewbyu] #914148 01/25/11 10:32 PM 01/25/11 10:32 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,294 Ontario, Canada FJ5_Fish pro stock
FJ5_Fish pro stock Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,294 Ontario, Canada	Hard to tell from your pics - can't see the machining marks. Anytime I see goofy, double, triple, jittery hits like that I tend to believe it was factory. Saw a Hemi engine hit a few times between the pad and the core plug! Again - need to see if the pad is flat and still has the proper machining marks.

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: FJ5_Fish] #914149 01/25/11 10:39 PM 01/25/11 10:39 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,283 Florida blewbyu OP master
blewbyu OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,283 Florida	was curious about those 1 if they looked correct, looks like a crazy design for a 1.

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: blewbyu] #914150 01/25/11 10:55 PM 01/25/11 10:55 PM
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FJ5_Fish pro stock Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,294 Ontario, Canada	Check out the two different 1's on this one - this is 100% real. 6438709-engvinRG.jpg (131 downloads)

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: FJ5_Fish] #914151 01/25/11 11:26 PM 01/25/11 11:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,283 Florida blewbyu OP master
blewbyu OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,283 Florida	Quote: Check out the two different 1's on this one - this is 100% real. The 1's on my pic have the _ foot on the bottom and yours only have a straight leg straight down with no _foot

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: blewbyu] #914152 01/26/11 12:23 AM 01/26/11 12:23 AM
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FJ5_Fish pro stock Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,294 Ontario, Canada	We got rid of the foot when our government forced us into metric I'll have to look at some more but the foot does look a litle odd. How are the casting dates and EAD on the block? How is the date code on the trans.....do they fit in with the cars SPD?

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: FJ5_Fish] #914153 01/26/11 12:45 AM 01/26/11 12:45 AM
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RobX4406 I Live Here Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 12,271 Overpriced Housing Central	Since that car has an SPD in oct 1970, the trans date code looks like it could work. It looks like 3329 which is early sept 1970 you need to see fonts for the engine from the LA plant, not Hammy.

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: FJ5_Fish] #914154 01/26/11 12:46 AM 01/26/11 12:46 AM
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70plymA34 super stock 7 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,083 Long Island, NY	nothing wrong with that vin stamping at all. Is that an LA build car??? LA used that style 1 on their stampings on their engine and trans pads

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: 70plymA34] #914155 01/26/11 12:51 AM 01/26/11 12:51 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	I have seen ALLOT of VERY poor VIN stampings on engines and transmissions with LA built cars.

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: RobX4406] #914156 01/26/11 01:01 AM 01/26/11 01:01 AM
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Alaskan_TA Fluffy Balladeer A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 29,654 Hamtramck, PA	Quote: you need to see fonts for the engine from the LA plant, not Hammy. 6438944-footed1on1970LAengine.JPG (81 downloads)

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #914157 01/26/11 01:02 AM 01/26/11 01:02 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 29,654 Hamtramck, PA A Alaskan_TA Fluffy Balladeer
Alaskan_TA Fluffy Balladeer A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 29,654 Hamtramck, PA	Quote: I have seen ALLOT of VERY poor VIN stampings on engines and transmissions with LA built cars. They typoed body VIN numbers quite a bit too.

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: Alaskan_TA] #914158 01/26/11 01:33 AM 01/26/11 01:33 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	I was comparing notes with a friend this last weekend concerning LA cars, between us we have several LA built cars that appeared completely unmolested but have transmissions which were proper in every way (assembly dates, part#'s etc.) but they recieved no VIN stamping at all, but the engines did. They were not warranty transmissions either.

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: Alaskan_TA] #914159 01/26/11 08:24 AM 01/26/11 08:24 AM
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70HemiGTX top fuel 7 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,364 PA	Quote: Quote: I have seen ALLOT of VERY poor VIN stampings on engines and transmissions with LA built cars. They typoed body VIN numbers quite a bit too.

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: blewbyu] #914160 01/26/11 08:58 AM 01/26/11 08:58 AM
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anlauto I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,854 Georgetown Ontario Canada	You have to consider the car in question too...It's an unrestored project Duster....Not a lot of people put effort into forging VIN numbers of $5K project cars that appear to have never been taken apart. *CHECK OUT MY NEW WEB SITE !*

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: anlauto] #914161 01/26/11 09:18 AM 01/26/11 09:18 AM
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quick77rt Parts Problem Q Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,765	Arnt high end dusters going for the same as low end e-body cars these days???? So you would not restore a duster huh??? Not worth it?? Great way to drum up some work...NOT.

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: quick77rt ] #914162 01/26/11 10:12 AM 01/26/11 10:12 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,608 Indiana EV2DEMON The Camaro Kid
EV2DEMON The Camaro Kid Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,608 Indiana	Quote: Arnt high end dusters going for the same as low end e-body cars these days???? So you would not restore a duster huh??? Not worth it?? Great way to drum up some work...NOT. Holy taking something out of context Batman! Truth is that the engine in question is in an unrestored 340 project car that, like it or not, is worth about $5000. Seems like a lot of work to restamp a blcok, put it into a car, add grease, oil, and worn paint so that it looks completely original, and then sell it for maybe $500 more than a similar non matching car.

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: quick77rt ] #914163 01/26/11 10:26 AM 01/26/11 10:26 AM
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anlauto I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,854 Georgetown Ontario Canada	Quote: Arnt high end dusters going for the same as low end e-body cars these days???? So you would not restore a duster huh??? Not worth it?? Great way to drum up some work...NOT. What the heck ? Here's my reply in the thread pertaining to this VIN question... Quote: That's an awesome Duster to restore...The guy has quite a bit of new parts as well...I could see $5K for the car and another $2500 for the parts...I'll go $8K MAX ... Great car when done...Bright red, black vinyl roof, stripes...hood pins, rear wing, cassette, pretty loaded for a Duster Anybody wanting to buy this can certainly send it my way for a restoration...I love 71 Dusters *CHECK OUT MY NEW WEB SITE !*

Re: Font and vin number of engine block, is it correct? [Re: EV2DEMON] #914164 01/26/11 10:58 AM 01/26/11 10:58 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,283 Florida blewbyu OP master
blewbyu OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,283 Florida	Quote: Quote: Arnt high end dusters going for the same as low end e-body cars these days???? So you would not restore a duster huh??? Not worth it?? Great way to drum up some work...NOT. Holy taking something out of context Batman! Truth is that the engine in question is in an unrestored 340 project car that, like it or not, is worth about $5000. Seems like a lot of work to restamp a blcok, put it into a car, add grease, oil, and worn paint so that it looks completely original, and then sell it for maybe $500 more than a similar non matching car. I really did not think it was restamped, just never seen a 1 like that out here in the east coast cars motors and thought it looked different. I am thinking about the car and can not see the car in person and wanted some input. Last edited by blewbyu; 01/26/11 11:02 AM.

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