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DannyD
03-03-2008, 04:46 PM
Can anyone help? Does this stamp look legitimate? Hopefully this post is OK in this forum. Thank you. The car is a Fremont built 1967 L79 El Camino.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/Dan1969/P1010355.jpg
Rixls6
03-03-2008, 04:51 PM
You need to clean the paint off so it's easier to see.
Mr.Nickey Nova
03-03-2008, 08:59 PM
Looks a little heavy on the stamping to me.Most original stampings are on the lighter side.
PeteLeathersac
03-03-2008, 09:36 PM
Kind've 'hilly' too?.

~ Pete
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nuch_ss396
03-03-2008, 09:44 PM
Danny,

Take a razor edge to the stamp pad and repost that image.
It's hard to tell from all the orange.....

Nuch
bad1racing
03-04-2008, 08:36 PM
Danny,According to my parts book if it says ER on it.It's a 1967 Chevelle 327 Special High Performance and A.I.R.
Let me know if it's something else and I can look it up for ya.
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DannyD
03-04-2008, 09:03 PM
Thanks. I guess my concern is the stamping itself and the fact that is an L79 but no vin is present. The casting date is 8-22-66. The car has the POP with the same info as the stamp. The trans and rear are correct also. Thanks again.
snydes
03-05-2008, 04:39 AM
Would that plant have stamped vin on the back of the block at the oil filter? I know at some point certain plants were doing this, but I don't know when, where or what models. Just a thought.
Supergas990
03-05-2008, 11:09 PM
My 67 SB Chevelle has the code stamp with no VIN that I can find anywhere. Luckily it matches the POP and was original when I rebuilt it.

Blair
x Baldwin Motion
03-06-2008, 01:10 AM
I had been told that all the HiPo small blocks got the Vin stamped on the pad starting in 65. And mostly all small blocks by 67. However some plants as we know, did things differently. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

good luck. 67 elco rocks!!


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Stefano
03-07-2008, 01:29 AM
I have a 1967 SS Impala 4 speed rag top with a 275hp 327 and No Vin on the pad.