[rustedgoat]

bop-restoration

I was just going to read but the whole "Libel attachment" changed that

THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION
People on this board are very serious and knowledgable about these issues.

From your photo the stamping is not consistent to what most people know as correct, it's that simple. If it is indeed the original motor thats great, but with that stamping there's going be comments about it.

The motor may be an original never opened virgin pontiac v8. All you can say is this is how you bought the car.

Maybe the factory line worker stamped the engine wrong and then decided to go find another dies set in a different font and then restamped it.

Maybe someone trashed the original engine found a date correct engine (EUN would then be correct) with no vin and then...well you figure out what could happen.

The history of the car is unknown 1st owner could have changed things, 2nd owner could have changed things, and you could have changed things. And the next owner just may magically find a way to cleanup that block stamping and make the rust disapear off the body. Taking someones word for it doen't cut it anymore. You can go on ebay and find nice dist and carbs that are number matching, NOS correct appearing or what ever these "restampers" are calling them today.
Falling back on well thats what I was told or that is how I bought it is not a defense or a guarantee on its authenticity, even if it is advertised or sold as such.

Knowledgable people are going to scrutanize things and there is nothing wrong with their opinions and statments when posted on websites. I am sure you will have no problem with the sale of this car unless the researve is way up there. Also if someone is local to you I am sure they will check it out. They might not tell everyone else on the board until after they win the auction.

This is a tough topic for someone just joining the site but welcome