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Old 03-22-2017, 01:12 PM
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Hmmmm...?? Nice story. Everyone back then was tooling down the road at 16 with their 425 hp Vette just looking to buy and add something else to their collection, huh? $1200? bet he earned that mowing grass around the neighborhood over the summer? Hubcaps? No bumper guards? Early Norwood car with VIN by oil filter? What did Abe say, "You can fool some people some of the time...". I dunno, just skeptical from too many years of this stuff. There must be a stable close by, 'cause there is a lot of horse s**t with this story, if you ask me, IMO.
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I agree some of the facts cant be right
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Was Norwood stamping VIN's on the cast side of the block in Oct/Nov '68?

Per CRG..."The Norwood plant stamped the VIN on the engine pad on early cars and moved the stamp by the oil filter in the December 68 timeframe."

That is what I recall as well. The partial VIN stamping on the block doesn't look correct to me either (which is why I took the time to find the date of the change).
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April Fools? This story make no sense.
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I had a Norwood October 386 DZ block VIN stamped on the side; seen others.

Car has been messed with plenty, been apart for decades. Obviously repainted, front suspension out of it at one time, engine is out of it. Car has rally wheels in the 1970 photo; not unusual to remove rear bumper guards.

Previous owners memory is a bit fuzzy on some details.

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I had an October 386 DZ block VIN stamped on the side; seen others.
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VN cars? OR Norwood cars?
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Norwood.
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Then might I suggest CRG update their info..
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Old 03-22-2017, 04:33 PM
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Norwood only did that for a short time; the VIN was back to the pad shortly thereafter. The 'official' change was late December; however there are January built '69s with the VIN on the pad.

Also, at least 2 ZL1s built March '69 were VIN stamped on the pad.
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