[Greg Reimer 7376]

Seems to me, the block stamping suffix on the 69 302 ended in DZ. That was for the 302 cubic inch 290 horsepower Camaro only power plant. Otherwise, the block was a conventional large journal 4 inch bore 4 bolt main 010-020 010 casting. It didn't matter if the car had the factory headers and the cross ram with the two big Holleys, it was a DZ block. That was an accessory that was non-factory installed and came in the trunk for owner installation. Wonder how many disappeared either in transit or snagged by dealer new car get ready personnel or by crooked service managers? It would have been fun to order the car with that carb and intake set up just to have it for later use even if the owner had no intentions of actually installing it.