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daniel42au:
Gee, your easily persuaded ..... :-)      

I am surprised that that the C3 communiity have not provided some imput considering that C3 350 cubic inch chev motors are carby driven....?   :-)

For interest sake, the question I wanna ask is .... Is the block in your car the original block .... and not a 350 block imported(along with the carby setup)  because of some previous major engine failure.....?

I actually dont think it looks too bad with that carby air cleaner sitting on top.... but maybe i am  an oldie at heart.  :-)

RJ7868:
Daniel42au, I am going to sound very dumb here and say I would have no idea if the motor is orginal or not.

I do know that it was a Japanese import/export at some stage in its life. Well that is what I have been told anyway.

daniel42au:
RJ,

many of the cars that come into OZ are Japanese cos they place  a lessor value on older cars than does the US (because of their vehicle "age  tax").

and hence are cheapier to import.

So the question now is....  how do you determine if you have a matching numbers car?

My uninformed opinion is to try to match the last 6 or 7 digits of the VIN with the engine block number....  if they match then the numbers "match" and you have an original block and chassis match.

but I am sure the forum experts will correct me if I am wrong.... :-)

RJ7868:
Here we go:
VIN: 1G1AY0782E5126338
Block: V0928ZAK1A5423240

86er:
Your car has had an engine swap.  The numbers do not match which is what indicates what I am suggesting.

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