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Shor,
The best way to mount your engine on the type of stand that you have is without the bellhousing and clutch asmbly.

You then use grade 8 or better bolts and the bellhousing mounts.

Do not keep the weight of the complete engine and accesories and trans on just the two mounting points for any length of time, the threads may pull out.

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Yes, mine is original drive train. (engine,trans and rear).I looked at a Yenko Chevelle here in Wisconsin a couple of years ago that had the original engine and I am pretty sure the vin was stamped on the machined pad? James Berry owns the car now, maybe he can shed some light on this subject.

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Tom,

I think it's relative to when Norwood kicked it off of the assembly line. I think the cars that came off early in '69 had them on the pad, and after that they stamped by the filter.

Now that I think about it, I've not seen a Chevelle BB stamped by the filter...

JB

[Edited by jbsides (05-27-2002 at 05:38 PM).]

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I heard that the number was stamped on the rough casting by the oil filter to help prevent tampering with the vin. You can't grind off the number and restamp it as easy as on the deck pad.

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I have seen Van Nuys and other plants 1970 Chevelles stamped down by the oil filter.These were almost always earlier built cars.

I believe the oil filter area was another less obvious area to stamp the cars VIN# to match up if stolen.

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Why were the Yenko Chevelle vins stamped on the machined pad and all the Camaros near the oil filter?

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In some of the car plants the alternator was probably already on the engine when it got to the VIN stamp station so the rear area was stamped. In other plants the alternator was not yet installed so the front machined deck area was used for the engine code and VIN. The Baltimore built '69 Chevelle that we bought new has the VIN and engine code stamped on the front deck surface. The other '69 has a CEXXXXXX replacement engine and it is also stamped on the front deck surface.

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It looks like it is becoming a very fun summer project. I am waiting for Macneish's book to arrive and for now I am cleaning everything. This will be my first resto. Is this stuff interesting for you guys? Should I post updates as I go along? Let me know.

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Looks like you will not make your York US 30 commitment. Am I wrong?...BKH