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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff
Are you saying it's a 427 Corvette engine that's in a 68 Camaro? If the original engine is gone from the Camaro, be careful, without paperwork or the original motor it's almost impossible to prove it's a real SS. Is it supposed to be an original SS350 or SS396? Do you have any pictures of the engine compartment to try and help prove either one? The factory did not put 427 engines in any 1968 Camaro but they did in 69. I would suggest taking it slowly to make sure you think the car really is what the seller claims.
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this very good advice.........and even if you could prove its an authentic big block SS car with an authentic numbers matching big block vette motor its still a risky deal at that price level unless both the car and the motor are 100% because the value of both the motor and the car is compromised in the current state (mismatched - not the original motor to the car). But any first gen big block car that is clean and done right is still kick ass....
Don't let the price get out of control based on "numbers matching" though, because that single phrase in itself means different things to different people. Are date codes correct? original starter? water pump? fuel pump? intake? carb? distributor? heads? ex manifolds? smog equip? I personally think when people throw that phrase out there it immediately causes a red flag to go up. A truly numbers matching engine takes enormous amounts of work to pull off.....Original block and heads a little more likely, maybe original intake, beyond that I would guess most of the original stuff is gone but that stuff is the most difficult to track down....
One quick way to tell if its a big block car is look at the heater box, if the heater hoses come out from behind the valve covers on the passenger side..its a fake. Few people who swap a big block in will also swap out and change the heater core properly. Its not a guarantee, but it is a quick tell take sign. A big block car should have the heater hoses coming straight out of the heater box, well clear of the valve covers....Small block cars had the hoses coming out down lower and close to the valve covers, when you drop a big block in a small block car and don't swap the heater core its almost impossible to put heater hoses on because they are obstructed by the motor.
Be careful...and good luck
Got any pics of this beast???
Chris....