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Decoding/Numbers / Re: vehicle manufactured date

« on: August 14, 2007, 09:49:41 PM »

No, thats as close as you can get.

It took more that one day to complete the car.

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: '68 Z/28 trans. crossmember markings?

« on: May 30, 2007, 12:24:45 PM »

Somewhere in the plant was body 718 looking for its frame in marriage.

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Rear axle decode question.

« on: April 01, 2007, 04:48:42 PM »

C - Chevrolet

Seems 1970 axle codes all had a C as a prefix on them.  Shows in the parts catalog

CON1 is just a factory Control number, how the indentified the casting. 

ALl these mean is you got a one of 10 million made.

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Warranty Engines

« on: March 09, 2007, 11:15:58 PM »

Thank you for the insults.

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Warranty Engines

« on: March 09, 2007, 09:29:23 PM »

I agree those letters are interesting but who is to say they followed that procedure to the letter and did not adopt some modification in the future.  Not arguing about it I know where I worked for over 30 yrs (M-DOT) nothing stayed the same for very long.  A new manager/supervisor takes over and things changed.   

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Warranty Engines

« on: February 11, 2007, 08:34:31 PM »

Thank you JohnZ,  that clears it up for me. 

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Decoding/Numbers / Warranty Engines

« on: February 11, 2007, 12:50:17 PM »

I was talking with a guy I have known since the 1970's, he was just starting parts when I ordered my 1970 SS 454.  Today he is the dept mgr and part owner in the full line dealership.   We were discussing old parts and things and I asked him what he recalled about CE coded engines.  He seems to think they warranty engines and not really the same as what they would have sold over the counter.  He does not recall selling a lot of crate engines as most all engine problems could be solved with a short block, be it a local rebuild that was cheaper or thru GM parts.  He says he recalls junking a few old engines back in the 80's when the shop changed hands.  The parts that were too old to send back to GM for credit, were thrown out.  He recalls one of his guys looking for codes to id the engines but never found anything.  Since they had little time to clean shop, it went to the junk dealer as salvage.  I know, it was a shame but their jobs were more important that stealing old parts at the time.  If he had it to do over, he would have offered to buy the stuff but with the boss looking over thier shoulders, they had to toss it in the dumpster.

So, JohnZ or ?,  are CE code engines strictly warranty or not?  Or were they sold to anyone who came in and said, I want a complete 396 engine?

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Decoding/Numbers / Dealer code 226

« on: February 02, 2007, 08:07:47 PM »

No zone/dealer  info on build sheet,  its all blank according to owner (have not seen it)

Solved

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Decoding/Numbers / Not Camaro but weird build sheet

« on: October 13, 2006, 01:19:45 AM »

Assembly experts (JohnZ) take a look at this post over at Chevelle.,com.

Guy has a 1969 Impala with Doraville VIN and body tag but a Kansas City (BOP Fairfax) build sheet that matchs the car to a T.

Have any idea whats happened?
http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146426   

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: 1969 SS 396 ?

« on: September 12, 2006, 11:52:29 PM »

It cannot be a SS 396 because of the X11 code,  SS396 cars would be coded X22 or X66

X11 could still be a SS 350 though and it also could be a non SS car

X11 indicates a non-396/non-Z28 car with Z21 style trim or Z22 RallySport; this includes SS350.

X22  BBC                 X66  BBC

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: What the heck is this stamping

« on: September 08, 2006, 01:12:59 PM »

Looks like it was hit 2x and it moved a little on the first hit which may have  been a glancing strike and the reason to hit it again.

We would use the same type dies to stamp out brass survey marks and I have done this more than once. 

Here is an example of the survey marks.

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Very early NOR tag question

« on: August 22, 2006, 12:40:24 PM »

The rh rivet looks funny to me, looks more like a modern pop rivet? 

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Transmission, Rear End and Trim tag

« on: August 12, 2006, 12:16:30 AM »

P074 and P290 are date scheduling codes.  Each letter represets a production day of the month  and the number represents the car.

VN work code

Xyyy
X = Letter A-Z
Yyy=sequential numbers

P074

P – Work day of month
074 – Car built number for the day, Note-Across all makes/models built at VN (note-take from 1-3 days to final completion of car)

How can ACC fit under the trim code, there is no room on the tag???

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Transmission, Rear End and Trim tag

« on: August 11, 2006, 12:16:09 PM »

Mike, if ACC doesn't mean anything then why is it there?

I looking at several 1968 LA Camaro tags and none have the ACC on the bottom of the tag. There is no room for it.

 I would like to see a photo of that tag. 

Is is a repro tag?

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Transmission, Rear End and Trim tag

« on: August 10, 2006, 10:48:02 PM »

X?? code was '69 Norwood only cars

ACC alone means absolutely nothing..