<VV> Car VIN and block VIN

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/26/2007 12:07:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
cfmann at yahoo.com writes:

Should  the Corvairs' VIN # match the engine block VIN #?


 
Like most of GM the VIN wasn't placed on the motor until 1968 - and then  
only on some models. The number you see stamped on the block ahead of the oil  
filter adapter is an application ID. Similar to the Transaxle ID you saw on the  
Differential case. The engines were identified in a cryptic code identifying 
the  month they were built - and "kind-of" the year. The suffix shows the 
intended  application and the type of motor being built. Horsepower, transmission  
attached, whether or not it had Air Conditioning or Smog Pump, Things like 
that.  You might consider picking up one of the Corvair reference books. As a 
starter,  the Corvair Basics book, published by Corsa, the Corvair Society. - 
Seth  Emerson 



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