69 L89 Block on E-bay

[KNAPPY]

What is you thoughts on this Block? Should the vin# be on the engine pad with a Dec. built motor? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/69-camaro...1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/69-camaro-chevelle-Original-GM-L89-Block-RARE-396-375_W0QQitemZ190180420329QQihZ009QQcategoryZ140682 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

[427king]

366xxx vin would fall right into a KC built chevelle,not 69 camaro. Closest chevelle 4 bolt code is KF,it doesnt share the code with a camaro. Email the seller if you are interested,he did say he wasnt sure about the numbers as they are sometimes hard to read.

[Musclecarkid]

That E looks like it was an F in a previous life. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Rainer]

Can't be a Chevelle block with a Norwood code, though. Unless the seller misread the plant code in the vin stamp too...

[JChlupsa]

or changed that somehow

[lzdick]

Knappy,
I agree with 'musclecarkid' on the 'F' turned 'E'. A 'KF' code is 396/375 4 bbl., special high performance and a Turbo 400 in a Chevelle. A "KE' code is 396/375 4 bbl., special high performance, manual transmission and aluminum heads in a Camaro. The VIN would fit in nicely on a Camaro if the '3' in the VIN were misread and should be a '5'. 19N<u>5</u>66287 would be a mid-December production car (December, 1968 production N555000 through N570000). If you are serious about this block, I would go with 'Rainer's' idea that the seller misread the VIN. Give him a call...magnifying glasses do wonders!

Good luck and keep us posted.

L.Z.

[KNAPPY]

I thought Norwood vin# were on the engine pad until around the first of Jan. then they were stamped by the oil filter. This is an early Dec. block.

[427king]

Taken from CRG website........ ...Engine Codes Reserved for Use With MA6
Heavy-Duty Clutch (none are known to
have been produced):
L48 HP
L35 JU
L34 KA
L78 KC
L89 KE

[lzdick]

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I thought Norwood vin# were on the engine pad until around the first of Jan. then they were stamped by the oil filter. This is an early Dec. block.

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Knappy,
There appears to be a hint of the VIN on the far left of the eBay pic (near the brown 'spot'). On big blocks, the Tonowanda production date is on the left and the VIN stamp on the right. Once again, give the guy a call and tell him to hit it with some muratic acid. That will make those characters crystal clear.

<font color="blue">L.Z.</font>

[Kurt S]

Just like that L78 block in the Nova that's for sale..... They didn't any.