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[camaromb]

I thought the engine stamp and block vin stamp looks good, nice broach marks too. Can't figure the trans stamp with different font?

[GaryW]

Originally Posted by Bigbirdxx

This sounds like a jailhouse/campfire urban myth bulls@@t story. This guy just happened to stumble into the wake of a deceased Vietnam soldier? His new z28 sitting outside? This is disturbing and ridiculous. I will never believe it...

every little town/community had a story like that 30-40 yrs ago... One or two of them may have been true.

[Ls6 Ragtop]

Just want to clarify my issue with the block stamp has to do with the vin portion by the oil filter. Deck stamp looks good, transmission vin stamping is the font that I'm familiar with for early Norwood cars.
If the engine and transmission were stamped using different gang holders and characters at this time then I would be more comfortable with the stampings. Was this a known anomaly with Norwood cars built in this time frame?
The engine vin stamping looks like the later style used in 69.

[Big Block Bill]

Originally Posted by William

I had a Norwood October 386 DZ block VIN stamped on the side; seen others.

Car has been messed with plenty, been apart for decades. Obviously repainted, front suspension out of it at one time, engine is out of it. Car has rally wheels in the 1970 photo; not unusual to remove rear bumper guards.

Previous owners memory is a bit fuzzy on some details.

I restored a Dusk Blue / Blue standard SS-350 Norwood Camaro built 3rd week of November 1969 (312 from the end of production?) years ago and it too had an original "386" block in it with the Vin stamped by the oil filter for what it worth.

Bill

[Tracker1]

Forget the VIN stamps, and the BS....the buyer's name is actually Ralph BIZZARRO ???!!

[70 copo]

Great thread... and a good educational tool as well, for all the variations that we see are not always automatically dismissed these days.

That's progress!

[Billohio]

There's no way the same gang stamp did both the engine and transmission

[crash]

In the time frame of this cars build the trans VIN was not gang stamped...

The bell housing in the trunk has a Corvette clutch fork in it...

Hope this helps... Crash

[Kurt S]

Originally Posted by Billohio

There's no way the same gang stamp did both the engine and transmission

Agreed.

[70 copo]

Norwood Motor line gang stamper with the individual stamps used for hand stamping.

FWIW..I am pretty confident I have at least 6 of the individual stamps actually used on the
ZL-1 motors and perhaps others as well in 1969.