<VV> Block #s

[RoboMan91324 at aol.com]

Hi Andy,

Vendors that specialize in many collectible cars other than Corvair 
automatically catalog the date codes as well as the "HP" codes of the engines they 
acquire.  Some even go further and search out the smaller clues as to what year 
the engine may have been built instead of what time of the year it was built.  
As you may know, a particular engine code could be any of several HP ratings 
and from any of several years.  Those vendors do that because their customer 
base has a desire for that information.  In addition, the prices reflect that 
service.  It seems that the typical Corvair collector is not quite that retentive 
and doesn't demand it, with few exceptions.  The Corvair vendors may take the 
effort if you request it but probably don't have the engines already 
cataloged that way.  I may be wrong about this regarding one or two vendors but a 
couple of them won't even take the effort to tell you if the engine in question is 
seized or not.

You may need to settle for a correct engine code without the correct date 
code for your particular car.  If it is important to you, push for the exact 
correct crankcase.  You can probably do this since you aren't pressed to get your 
car on the road.  You can afford to wait.

Good luck,
Doc
'60 Corvette, '61 Rampside, '64 Spyder, '65 Greenbrier, '66 Corsa Turbo, '67 
Nova SS, '68 Camaro Ragtop
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In a message dated 2/11/2005 6:42:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:
Message: 7
From: Coneheads2001@aol.com
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:26:39 EST
To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Block #'s

Good Morning All,

  Please excuse the bandwidth this is really just from curiosity. I  have 
read many people asking to locate a block with a specific production date  code 
on it yet I have never read a post with the results of the search. Has  anyone 
had any luck finding  such a block? I would imagine it is a lot to  ask from a 
vendor to search through piles of blocks for such a request. My  Spyder has 
the correct heads turbo etc. but a LM 110 block and at some point I  would like 
to find a correct block for it even if it is not the original.

                                                                 Thanks
                                                                Andy  Cone