mikey1246
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Just snagged this 440 for a future project, but the engine pad has me totally confused! Any help is greatly appreciated!
Need help decoding 440 engine pad!
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Sure looks like a '69 model year Hi-Po 440 built on second shift.
With a bit of restamping, from the looks of it. I think it would be unlikely that it was cast on 5/23 and built on 6/1?? But who knows??
With a bit of restamping, from the looks of it. I think it would be unlikely that it was cast on 5/23 and built on 6/1?? But who knows??
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What does the Vin pad (drivers side, just above the pan rail) say?
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I found 9A306978 on a pad above the pan rail on the PASSENGER side.
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Would it have been restamped at the factory...and why?
The more I look ,it appears maybe a reman in 77.
Does it have a cast crank dampner on it.
The fat one.
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Yep, oops, my bad. Late 69 build (but we knew that) from Lynch road. So likely a GTX or R/T.
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It was pulled from a '69 Superbee. Don't know if it was original to the car or not.
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Not original to a Bee, unless a sixpack car... and I'm pretty sure that's too late a production date. I can double check.
Edit: checked the lift off registry, latest legit Vin is in the 309xxx area, and lynch road is where all the A12s, were built, so........?
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Too bad some guy in an engine shop had to mess up the pad. Bees didn't come with 440's unless it was an A12. Not sure where that VIN fits into their Aprilish production, but the casting date is certainly toooo late.
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Don't think it's the 'fat' one.
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You thinking the OE stamper had a stutter Scott?
Agreed that's a neutral balance.
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Maybe that was a Monday and he was recovering from a 'liquid diet' weekend!
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Darrin (Big D A12) says he thinks my A12 was built in the middle of June, 69, with a 293xxx Vin. (4/26 spd). Since there are legit vins up into 306xxx to 309xxx, Sixpack Bee engine is possible.
Short of finding the original car however, impossible to prove.
Short of finding the original car however, impossible to prove.
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Just located the car that this engine came out of and the vehicle VIN matches my engine VIN pad. It's a real '69 Superbee 6-pack car, and now has a stroker engine in it.
Wow! Now if the guy has no interest in it, hang on till the car gets a new owner...
He would be a fool not to buy and have the original engine with the car. That is a rarity, and a huge mistake to separate them!
Really. The stamper was on one that day!
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