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Originally Posted by olredalert
----Side exhaust on C3's didn't come until the middle of 69. I had one ordered with SE and it kept being pushed back. Finally found a gold/black gut 435 coupe at Ed Stinn's in Cleveland Ohio and bought it without side exhaust. After driving it back to Athens Ohio to Ohio U it started making noises. Took it to the local Chevy dealer and found it had a frozen wrist pin that forced a piston sideways in the bore. The dealer said "we can fix it or we can replace the shortblock (at that point 800 miles). I opted for the new shortblock. A two week old Corvette with a non-original shortblock!.....Bill S
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