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Camaro Research Group Discussion => Decoding/Numbers => Topic started by: rippin on December 15, 2012, 01:51:13 AM
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i have a 68 camaro ,red car ,red interior and a blue convertible top, power top,power windows, tick toc tack,tilt wheel, gauges ,even a what looks like a dealer installed cruz control,
can someone tell me is this a one off color option or are there others like tis out there and how an i tell if this is a SS 350 ? and can i tell from the vin numbers?
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i read some were there was spacial order cars in 68 like parade cars , fire chef cars , could this even be a display model ?
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i just found a camaro, 68 vert ,this car has a strange color option (red,red and blue top) the vin is pop 8n434648 ,any info on this vin?
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Yes, the car is in the DB from February of 2010. Can you send me a picture of the POP? I'd like to add it. The POP will also tell you what engine, transmission, axle, options, etc... originally came with the car, so post it and we can tell you if it was a 350 or not. The db says that it is, but the original engine is gone.
And yours is the only car in the db with that combination.
Thanks
Ed
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here is a copy of the pop for the 68 camaro in question
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That's a title and doesn't tell much. POP is Protect-O-Plate that lists what the car came with.
Mike
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ok ,well i never got a protector plate with the car,is there any way to find the right one or any suggestions ?
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here is what i thought was my pop plate on my 69 camaro, if it is were is the pop number listed?
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The steel plate for the '69 is your Protect-O-Plate. You will have to de-code it like the trim tag. It will tell you exactly what your car was equipped with from the factory. On '68 model without P-O-P, paper work or original drive train you are just about out of any luck knowing what it actually was. Sure you have traces of possibilities as to what it might have been but that's all; possibilities.
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ok thanks ,, is there info listed for decoding my 69 pop that i can check out ?
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can i ask Ed Bertrand ,, you said the car is in the data base ? how did you determine that it was? and that it was the only color ?
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ok thanks ,, is there info listed for decoding my 69 pop that i can check out ?
Here it is. It's a little confusing to start with but just study it, read and re-read. The information is printed/stamped into the steel backward so it will be beneficial if you held it up to a mirror and wrote the information down on paper.
http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml#POPCodes
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I knew I had seen your car somewhere. Here''s an old thread across the street about "patriot" camaro and your trim tag is in it.
http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=169356&highlight=patriot+red+white+blue
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thanks ,yes it was .hmmmmm a patriot camaro ? im from grand rapids mi and thats near were i bought the car so im contacting one of the sales people that have been with Berger Chevrolet for a long time to see if he knows any of such a special order car ? I thing Berger had started ther performance (copo) shop back in 68 with lots of special order camaro's
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darn no luck with Ed Berger ether ,he was the owner and the one dealing with special order camaros in 68 at Berger Chevrolet , says he never heard of a red and blue or patriot camaros :(
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Everyone like to come up with names for these different color combos like they were something the dealer did regularly.
These 'different' color combo cars would just have been a color override order (please confirm that's what you really want) that a customer requested. Some people had specific ideas about what they wanted. But a dealer wouldn't order these for stock - they wouldn't sell.
Your 69 is/was a 327 with a 3 speed manual and a 10 bolt rear. Sat for a long time before it sold. Does the POP have the selling dealer listed? Maybe Miller Chev?
What color was it originally?
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i believe the 69 was green with black interior , and all the pop says is Grand Haven Mi
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The POP should be in the warranty book and it will have a place to stamp the dealer info. Almost looks like the warranty booklet is missing. ?
The trim tag will tell the original colors.
Is that it in your avatar picture?
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yea the warranty book was not there,just the pop , the car was a green color ,this i know, the trim tag i posted was for a 68 camaro ,ill have to get a pic of the 69 trim tag