[judger69]

OK. I bought a '69 #'s matching GTO Judge with a WS RA3 with good advice from the members on this forum. The problem is the block code is K088 which is more in line with a late Dec. or Jan. car. I see the K088's being installed in the Dec./Jan cars. The engine unit # seems to line up with the Late Dec. / Jan. cars too (thanks John for the awsome info on your website) but my body tag is 03A first week of March.

There has been some theories (mostly mine) that this block may be a VIN restamp & fraud. But then maybe it had a problem during initial start up and run in at the engine factory. It had to be fixed and then sent out with a later batch of engines.(of course the VIN wasn't stamped yet)

The block VIN stamp looks a little strange with the last # (5) being very deep in the block but gradually getting lighter and lighter through the #'s up to the first 2 & 9 & B being very hard to see. Looks like the VIN when struck was held a little crooked toward the last 5.

I took a measurement with a ruler and found the font size to be about 3.2 mm or so high.

Anybody have a stamp from a first week march Baltimore gto that can verify this VIN stamp size?

Any other thoughts? I welcome them all even if I don't agree.

Thanx