Matching #'s ???

Not alluding to anything.

However... if the pad stamp is right, you have a block that was sitting around for 14 months and an engine assembled about 10 months after the car was likely built. If it was possible, it would nice to see the engine assembly stampings and 10,000 day assembly date stamped on the pan rail to see what they say.

History tells us that people trying to do wrong things aren't always the smartest.

Where's the popcorn? This is very interesting.

69Coronetrt said:

Not alluding to anything.

However... if the pad stamp is right, you have a block that was sitting around for 14 months and an engine assembled about 10 months after the car was likely built. If it was possible, it would nice to see the engine assembly stampings and 10,000 day assembly date stamped on the pan rail to see what they say.

History tells us that people trying to do wrong things aren't always the smartest.

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normally,i would say its not that bad,
but in this case,the Vin stamping being Almost exact same as His is what would make me wonder...Esp with the date codes,thats just not possible from the factory.
i do smell a rat.

have you/69beepRR/ by any chance checked the Transmission pan rail for the Vin on that??

also,im going to ask a tough question here,dont be alarmed n freak out lol
when you went thru the paperwork,was there Ever any invoices for Bodywork?

69beepbeep69 said:

So are you alluding to my vin stamping being counterfeit, wouldn't they have used the correct vin # if that's the case?

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Your problem is that the block and car are from 1968, but the "E383" indicates the engine is from 1969.

Get a closer look at those stampings.

Mr Gorsky said:

Your problem is that the block and car are from 1968, but the "E383" indicates the engine is from 1969.

Get a closer look at those stampings.

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The car is a 69 Road Runner.

I hate to say it but that is not a numbers matching car. That said....no big deal....take it out and enjoy the car. It is a beautiful car that many will envy and turn heads where ever you go. Many wish they had what you have.

Many years ago i went to look at a 69 super bee the seller said was #s matching 4spd car. I started checking it out when things started looking fishy. #s matched the fender tag but other codes on the fender tag didnt match options on the car. I realized i had not checked the VIN on the dash. Checked and sure enough it was a coronet 440. I turned to the man and said i am no longer interested because it isn't a Super Bee. He looked like he was gonna pass out. I pointed all the problems and that the front clip was from a super bee and the rest of the car was a regular Coronet that came with a 318. I told him to go after the guy he bought it from if he could. If you are dead set on a true numbers matching car go back to the seller and try to work something out.

Not trying to pile on, but your engine block serial # stamping looks as close to "perfect" as it gets compared with any others I have ever seen ?
What I mean is that in my experience anyways.... (and as an Engine Builder for 30 years I always look at the blocks out of curiosity)
there are always "some" flaws present to how the number punches were "set and punched" ? ie; heavier areas vrs lighter areas, sides or tops/bottoms heavier.... double stamps... something present.... but yours appear textbook perfect to me, probably the best I've ever seen.... other than the typo ?
My apologies.... just say'in....

Mr Gorsky said:

Your problem is that the block and car are from 1968, but the "E383" indicates the engine is from 1969.

Get a closer look at those stampings.

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69Coronetrt said:

The car is a 69 Road Runner.

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Regardless of the naming convention, it's a "built in 1968" Road Runner....and that's the issue you identified earlier.

So 69beep, what have you since discovered? Were the front of engine stampings confirmed? Have you spoken to the seller??