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Originally Posted by Father&Son73T/A
 Has anyone ever experienced this.I am looking at purchashing a 78 W72 4spd ttop Starlight Black TA with 39k mi.Everything looks like a 39k mile patina tower clamps,grey GM plug wires deterioring fuel line insulator the whole car tells me its a survivor,I own a24k mile survivor 79 W72 so I kinda know what I'm looking at.HOWEVER.....the last number on the block is a 7,...the last number on the vin is a 6,ALL OTHER NUMBERS MATCH! ...Is this possible or a switcha roo? |
Mis-stamps on the assembly line are common to find - there was a 69 Trans Am featured in a thread on here years ago that had its original 400 (clamps undisturbed, etc.) but it was built at Norwood and the block featured the VIN FROM THE CHEVY CAMARO THAT WAS BUILT IN FRONT OF IT. Assembly line guy forgot to change the gang stamp. Also my friend has a '71 Cuda six pack car (Cudas have the last six digits of the VIN stamped into the body sheetmetal) and the actual VIN on the dash is one number off what's stamped in the original sheetmetal.
Personally, I found a complete 1971 455 H.O. engine out of a Norwood-built F body (formula or TA) and when I sent the stamped VIN (definitely an original stamping) into GM of Canada and PHS they said no F body wearing that VIN was built with a 455HO. It was assigned to a 350 2 bbl Firebird. BUT 4 VIN numbers later was a white Trans Am sold into Canada with a 4-speed, which would have been correct for the WC code stamped on the block. Thread below:
http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=713043
My guess is you're fine, buy the car.