DZ Block markings found

47Hammer · #1 06-23-2008, 03:01 AM

I decided to clean up the engine compartment and install the correctly dated carb I got from Eric last year. While at it I thought now is as good a time as ever to remove and repaint my old nasty looking headers (flat black) and clean the grease and grime from the bottom of the motor and sub frame. When finished with the wipe down we noticed the letters DZ upside down on the driver side of the block, the guy helping me out went nuts!

Here's the before picture with the carb removed...

**m22mike** · #2 06-23-2008, 06:57 AM

Very cool, love to see stuff like that. Thanks for the picture.

Mike

**Xplantdad** · #3 06-23-2008, 07:02 AM

VERY cool Bart. It bet that made your day!

Hylton · #4 06-23-2008, 05:33 PM

From your pic, it looks like the "DZ" wax crayon was applied over the paint and not under.

**Rixls6** · #5 06-23-2008, 05:34 PM

Cool find. We found something similar on an LS6 engine block after it came out of the gunk tank. The first scribblings make no sense to me, but the second picture is pretty obvious.

47Hammer · #6 06-23-2008, 07:39 PM

Unfortunately one of the previous owners hit the engine compartment and various parts of the block with a rattle can and really made a mess. Orange paint on the pulleys and black on the wiring and all over the harmonic balancer valve covers and so on. If it had never been touched I would obviously leave it alone other than a good bath.

Here's a couple of before pictures, this is going to turn out real nice once finished. I will post more pics as we go. Oh, I am swapping out the aftermarket water pump for a correct dated unit along with a correct fuel pump and the complete rebuild of the frond end. In addition to painting the headers and replacing the carburetor I'm going to add a power steering unit. Any thoughts?

47Hammer · #7 07-20-2008, 10:53 PM

Here is a before the cleaning shot .....

Here is what was under all that grease, we are finding markings all over the place.

Original two piece rotors.

Markings on the inner fenders..Both sides.

**Xplantdad** · #8 07-20-2008, 11:32 PM

Cool stuff Bart...keep updating us.

**firstgenaddict** · #9 07-21-2008, 01:04 AM

If you wanted to try to preserve some of the original paint that is underneath the bug bomb... you can use enamel reducer and go slow... that is what I did on the Black 69 RS/Z... I tried it as a last ditch and it worked liked a miricle... left the original lacquer untocuhed.