Matt
L84 was option code for the fuelie motor. If the original motor was in the car, on the stamp pad would also be a derivitive of the vin # and a 2 letter coded that idenitifies the motor as a fuelie motor on the stamp pad.
Once that original motor is gone (since you are looking at mostly NOM cars) unless you have original documentation on the car such as the original window sticker, order form, sales order, etc there is no way to prove 100% whether a was an original fuelie car.
As far as *I* would be concerned, if the car is currently a NOM car than it wouldn't matter what it used to be, it's not one any longer since that original motor and fuelie unit is gone.
If a car is a NOM than I wouldn't pay any extra for it just because the owner is claiming it was originally a fuelie car.
The trim tag and VIN plates under the glove box are not going to tell you what motor was in the car.
There are certain things you could look for that could give you hints one way or the other but without real documentation all it will ever be is hints.
for example: the fuelie cars had a hole in the radiator core support for the air intake breather hose for the fuel injection unit. seller may have a core support with that hole and claim the car was once a fuelie car because of that but unless I'm mistaken I believe that all the service replacement core supports had the same hole so you can't use a hole in the core support as definite proof of the car being a fuelie car.
I'm FAR from any expert on fuelie cars (or anything else for that matter!) but I THINK the fuel cars also had a couple holes in the drivers side inner fender where the fuelie unit air intake tube mounted for support. Just because there are holes there doesn't prove it's originally a fuelie car as anyone could put the same holes there to make it look like a fuelie car, but on the other hand you could look and if there are NO holes than most likely the answer is that it never was one....... unless the innr fender was replaced and the replacement part didn't have the holes.
There are a few other possible signs to look for that may indicate a fuelie car.
Without documention all you can really do it look at all th "posible" indications to see if it adds up to making sense if the car could have been a fuelie . It's easier to disprove a car than it is to prove it since almost everything could be faked up to make it appear to be a fuelie car to bring a higher resell price
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