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Thoughts on this 71 454
69 DIRTY RAT:
You need the original 'BILL OF SALLE','WINDOW STICKER' (stuck to the window of every car sold when new in the US) or 'TANK STICKER' (on top of petrol tank). All of which have the vettes option list and probably long gone, BUT you should ask Joes if he has or can look on the top of the Petrol Tank to see if there is a decayed paper stuck to it? I have my Tank Sticker! so its not imposible,but rare!
charger49:
So the only way to tell wether a 69 to 71 vette was originally a big block car is if it still has the original bill of sale, the tank sticker or the original engine? I would imagine that most of these things would have gone years ago on a lot of the vets out there.
As I understand it from 72 the vin no tells you which engine the car had in it originally eg 350 or 454
So if you were looking to buy a 68 to 71 big block vette which was not numbers matching and the tank sticker and bill of sale were gone, there is no way of really knowing wether the car started life as a small block or big block car?
77CVT:
Post the VIN No on one of the other forums and somebody will chime in!
MJ355:
its a very nice looking vet but when doesn't yellow look good on a vet well worth a look
Nik:
--- Quote ---Originally posted by charger49
So the only way to tell wether a 69 to 71 vette was originally a big block car is if it still has the original bill of sale, the tank sticker or the original engine? I would imagine that most of these things would have gone years ago on a lot of the vets out there.
As I understand it from 72 the vin no tells you which engine the car had in it originally eg 350 or 454
So if you were looking to buy a 68 to 71 big block vette which was not numbers matching and the tank sticker and bill of sale were gone, there is no way of really knowing wether the car started life as a small block or big block car?
--- End quote ---
the engine block will have a serial number under one of the heads (the right one off memory). This will match to the car's VIN. If it doesn't then in my opinion, whether or not it was an original big block car is irrelevant as it isn't the matching #'s engine anyway.
If they want to sell the car, they should be willing to take off the head and put it back on to prove it. 1hrs work is worth $40,000 imho.
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