1969 engine VIN discussion

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I thought some of the earlier 69 blocks had the complete vin stamped on them. Believe there was talk of that here on FABO sometime ago.
 
oldkimmer said:
The BH letters are not a factory stamp. It is a 69 block that someone restamped. Could be the number of the car they had it in. Kim
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I would disagree. The factory stamps were hand hammered. Everytime the stamp was hit it makes another impression. I have seen a lot that look like this. I see at least a double imprint on allmost all of the characters.
 
toolmanmike said:
I would disagree. The factory stamps were hand hammered. Everytime the stamp was hit it makes another impression. I have seen a lot that look like this. I see at least a double imprint on allmost all of the characters.
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I think he's referring to the complete vin being stamped not just the last 8 as is more rule of thumb
 
A56 said:
I think he's referring to the complete vin being stamped not just the last 7 as is more rule of thumb
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Cast in 6/25/68 (or 8/25/68) and machined and built in 12/27/68. That's almost the middle of the production year. They started stamping blocks in mid year of 68 and all 69's had full vin stamp right? Or is that all hearsay?
 
toolmanmike said:
Cast in 6/25/68 (or 8/25/68) and machined and built in 12/27/68. That's almost the middle of the production year. They started stamping blocks in mid year of 68 and all 69's had full vin stamp right? Or is that all hearsay?
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Just think of how screwed up stampings would be if all of a sudden you had a stamp with 13 characters. Screwed up like this one is.
 
I'm curious how much more comes with it for 1800 bucks.
 
toolmanmike said:
Cast in 6/25/68 (or 8/25/68) and machined and built in 12/27/68. That's almost the middle of the production year. They started stamping blocks in mid year of 68 and all 69's had full vin stamp right? Or is that all hearsay?
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lol, it's a mopar, consistent inconsistencies. Here's mine cast Dec.'68

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Yes, it's tough. Ads aren't supposed to include comments. "Good luck with the sale" or "Nice car. I used to have one but it was blue" usually get deleted. Questions and answers about the date code, application, or validity, I have been leaving up until the question is answered. Often times I will come back and clean up the chit chat about it to streamline the sale thread. It's a tough thing to decide on at times.
 
Is whole vin supposed to be stamped for all body lines across the board or only from a certain plant? All engines? I’ve worked on hundreds of engines and have never seen this. School me. Kim
 
oldkimmer said:
Is whole vin supposed to be stamped for all body lines across the board or only from a certain plant? All engines? I’ve worked on hundreds of engines and have never seen this. School me. Kim
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Post 11 and @davescuda is quite knowledgeable.
 
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A56 said:
I'm lost then. Jan 1 '68 to Dec 31 '68 based on what?
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Date on your pad for big blocks and under the drivers head on the front of the block on small blocks. From my research
 
A56 said:
I'm lost then. Jan 1 '68 to Dec 31 '68 based on what?
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The casting date could be months before the machining/build date of the engine and weeks to months before the car was assembled (that's the information stamped on the block with the vin. You would have to match the vin with the build date on the fender tag or build sheet.
 
toolmanmike said:
The casting date could be months before the machining/build date of the engine and weeks to months before the car was assembled (that's the information stamped on the block with the vin. You would have to match the vin with the build date on the fender tag or build sheet.
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Ok, so my fender tag is dated 2/26/69 so it's out of that dated realm. Thanks
 
A56 said:
Ok, so my fender tag is dated 2/26/69 so it's out of that dated realm. Thanks
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You block was probably cast in November or early Dec. of 68 and machined later. The guru's of the numbers game have seen engines built as close as a week before assembly but may be a month or so prior.
 
A56 said:
I thought some of the earlier 69 blocks had the complete vin stamped on them. Believe there was talk of that here on FABO sometime ago.
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Blocks and transmissions to be installed in a 1969 and later cars no matter the casting date or build date were required by federal law to have the complete vin stamped on them...mistakes were sometimes made but the complete vin is supposed to be stamped
 
A56 said:
I think he's referring to the complete vin being stamped not just the last 8 as is more rule of thumb
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Starting in 1969 year model the complete vin was required by federal law to be stamped on the engine and trans. Not to be confused with casting dates or build dates...1969 year model...mistakes did happen and I have seen blank vin pads but it is supposed to be there
 
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