1969 302

[cook_dw]

Once its been decked and the original stampings are removed its just another block.  Unless somehow you had photos of the block before it was machined and a certified letter from the machine shop that did the work (highly unlikely)..

[bcmiller]

A couple questions, would it have been restamped because of having the deck milled? And even with the correct crank, caps,and block casting #, it's of no use to a restorer? Just curious before i load it up with nitrous and beat it at the track

The block is probably NOT of any use to a restorer in my opinion.  The crankshaft is of use to a restorer, if it is standard and has not been turned.  The rods and pistons may also be of use, if original.

And yes, the reason you are not finding a partial VIN is because it was probably on the pad and removed when it was decked.   

[Boarsnest]

Ok, thanks a lot for the information. now I won't feel bad about putting it in a 56 meteor gasser, and racing it

[Steve Shauger]

Whats interesting is that the stamp area is raised even though it was milled. If it was an original stamp and the deck milled, (a very small amount) the characters would be visible  but there wouldn't be any raised areas as pictured. The fonts, spacing are wrong. The PC way of saying it "the stamping is not what is typically found".

[KurtS]

There's always the chance that it was a DZ block, but was decked and the shop reinstalled the #'s. Many don't know what that does to value...