HEMI Cars / Motors with Blank VIN Pads - Factory or Fake?

Hear claims of Hemi cars out there rolling of the assembly line with motors that have / had blank pads/ no Vins stamped on block pads. Thoughts ?????

Thx Dave

Replacement blocks

There were engines (and transmissions) that escaped without VIN stampings which was an error and that are legitimate. However, there are other clues that are far less obvious that can be found in helping to determine if it was a factory error or a replacement engine. Also, there were examples where the VIN stamping is there but not visible, the stamper simply missed the machined pad and it's hard to see in the raw cast iron.

All that said, most restored cars you see with blank pads have replacements.

Assuming but not sure, but back in the day, you could walk into your dealer and buy a Hemi over the counter, imagine that block must of had no VIN? , other blank vin pads would of been warranty blocks , but think they came with the blue tag? Scott what are some of the other clues?

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Hear claims of Hemi cars out there rolling of the assembly line with motors that have / had blank pads/ no Vins stamped on block pads. Thoughts ?????

Thx Dave

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Mopar did not start using the machined pad on the passenger side until1969, the blocks didn't have that machined pad until 1969 Another thing that can be looked at for verifying phonys versus real cars is the scheduled production date and the block casting dates If the SPD is 03-09-1968 and the block casting date is 04-12-1968 something is amiss, me thinks The 1968 motors had the VIN stamped on the back side of driver side block to bellhousing mating edges I'm not sure about the 1966/1967 motors