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Originally Posted by 1969 Ram Air
The engine VIN is so wrong. The digits wouldn't be all over the place. It should have been gang stamped.
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This was my gut reaction, but I held off on saying anything till others spoke up;
To me, the font of the vin looks suspect, but I have seen similar font used before...
but even then it wasn't all over the place.
The EUN and engine code also look VERY wrong to me;
Wrong font, and again, not aligned properly.
My gut says that someone, somewhere along the line made a replacement RAIV block.
The variation with the font of the partial vin is one thing, but the font on the EUN & engine code should be a dead nuts match to every other Pontiac V8 - and that one looks off to me.
Without clear documentation of some sort verifying this block, in a manner that would explain the unusual stampings, were it mine, I'd do something to ensure it's not passed off as a RAIV block... but that's just me.