[voldog90]

So I am new to the forum and according to my father and brother have been living on the dark side......classic vettes, not classic camaros. They have recommended members here as a knowledgeable resource and I am certainly not too proud to beg. I have come across a '65 Vette that hasn't been registered since the late 70's, clear title, reasonable condition but mechanically unknown. It is a small block 4-speed car with a "supposed" matching numbers 327. Beyond that there is some mystery and a couple conflicting stories. I had someone look at the car for me and send some pix, of which several are a lil fuzzy. The body tag matches trim, body style, paint and interior color. I am having problems in sorting some other things out.....the deck machined on the block for the engine ID appears to have only one 7 digit set of numbers, no 2nd set that matches last of VIN. The number (as communicated to me by the person I had look at it is: 11209HC. So.....shouldn't the first position be alpha, not numeric to identify production plant for the engine? I suppose they may have mistaken a 1 for a T but that seems like a stretch. Second problem with the engine ID is that I can't seem to find a suffix code that would have been a vette engine with an HC code.

Advice on how to sort it out further? I like the car and it needs to go to a good home but I interest may be varied dependent on what I might have to start with. Thanks in advance for any help.