Search for engine number 7412

That is indeed a long shot, but good luck. Perhaps finding previous owners and some history of when the engine was swapped would be another avenue.

The engines numbers were just hand stamped by De Tomaso.

Julian

Just stamp the number into your engine.

actually 3 steps:
1.- remove Ford short VIN from current incorrect block ( DeT blocks did not have
2.- Stamp 7412 on rear of Left head
3.- Stamp on LR block just below where head stamp is.

The corvette guys do this all the time and then advertise that the car is "matching numbers" LOL

...as I understand it, Corvettes accept date codes on castings up to 6 months prior to car serial number...And "Bloomington Gold" can still accept a car w/o 'matching' serial numbers (since reproductions were so good there is as much danger rejecting a true original as a well done original). And Corvettes were mass produced and have so many incredible examples left, the only way to distinguish is via the minute. Our cars are a bit different, and originality seems to be a goal and not a necessary criteria. If you can find your original motor, cool for you...But otherwise, it seems the Vette owners are happy with something that strives to be original...

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actually 3 steps:
1.- remove Ford short VIN from current incorrect block ( DeT blocks did not have
2.- Stamp 7412 on rear of Left head
3.- Stamp on LR block just below where head stamp is.

You need to get the casting number of the block right too. Look for a austalian cleveland block (didn't the Gt5S use austalian cast blocks?) with casting number around the time the car was produced