hey guys new to the forum just picked up a solid 66 coupe shell... it does have a vin plate but thats absolutely it. i would like to know if its a big block or small block car etc...can i tell with just the plates?

 

My Corvette black book lists suffixes starting with "H" as being 327's and suffixes starting with "I"as being 427's. The suffixes are 2 letters.

 

excuse my ignorance but i dont see these suffixes in my vin plate? its the one that goes on the support bar from the front of the left door jam to right thanks for the help

 

Gosh Johnny,I dunno. I just looked up 66's in my black book and that's what it said. I looked up "suffix" in the glossary: "two or three character alpha code etched in an engine block which identifies usage. Also called the broadcast code."
There were 27,720 of 'em from 194376S1000001-194376S127720.For convertibles 4th digit is a 6.
Ending vehicle sept 65-102031,Oct 65-104384,Nov 65-107186,Dec 65-109892,JAn 66-112587,Feb 66-115283,Mar 66-118091,Apr 66-120664,May 66-123016,Jun 66-125469 & Jul 66-127720.
At least you can tell what month it was built in.
But I guess the answer to your question is: No,you can't tell what engine it had from the serial number until you find more info than I have!
If you have the hood, big block cars "received the special bubble hoods first seen on the 65's with the 396 engine"
Ron

 

well thanks for looking at all that for me ron i dont guess it really matters i plan on doing a wild small block for it anyway i just figured if it was a big block vette thats what i would put back in it... oh well thanks again!