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Camaro Research Group Discussion => Originality => Topic started by: jim28607 on November 07, 2017, 01:06:44 PM
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What trim level or etc dictated what cars got a dash clock ?
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U35 is the RPO for a clock by itself. U17 is the RPO for tach & gauges. The clock was included in the U17 package. No trim level dictated either...Joe
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It also depends on what year you're referring to. The above is correct, but only for 1969.
Ed
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Yes 69,
So is it correct if you have console with gauges you should
have a clock?
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Yes 69,
So is it correct if you have console with gauges you should
have a clock?
If it came from the factory with U17 then yes.
Ed
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I can understand the potential confusion since half the cars on ebay are incorrect. :)
The missing clocks with U17, the unpainted grill surround, and incorrect striping are running rampant these days!
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Very early press release photos show a '69 SS convert with U17 but no clock. Typically those were Pilot builds, not production cars. Early '69 Communication kits depicted a '69 Camaro dash with tach but no clock so a clock may have been a late addition to the option.
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Yes, I remember that from the early car mag roll out of new for 69 GM products.
(http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac71/speartech/1969%20Z28%20Early%20Prod-No%20Clock.jpg) (http://s887.photobucket.com/user/speartech/media/1969%20Z28%20Early%20Prod-No%20Clock.jpg.html)
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A few years ago I got to spend some time examining N500003, probably the 1st '69 Z/28. The dash cluster was hand-made. Never had a body tag; has a '68 style floor pan. Hope to see it again with a lot more lighting.
Obviously a Pilot Car, hard to believe Chevy sold it.
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A few years ago I got to spend some time examining N500003, probably the 1st '69 Z/28. The dash cluster was hand-made. Never had a body tag; has a '68 style floor pan. Hope to see it again with a lot more lighting.
Obviously a Pilot Car, hard to believe Chevy sold it.
That car would keep me up at night. So cool.
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Car in picture is an Automatic ?? Danny
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Car in picture is an Automatic ?? Danny
Yes. What's your point?
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If Danny's freaking out because the picture of the car itself is a Z28 (and as we all know, you couldn't get an automatic in a Z28), it's because magazines typically use several different cars for their layouts. The pictures on that page are of at least two different cars, and maybe even three. And most likely the pictures were furnished by the Chevrolet publicity department.
Ed
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Probably 3. The engine is a 68...Joe
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William could you please clarify how the '68 style floorpan' differs from the '69?
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'67 & '68 manual trans floor shift pans had a die-punched hole for the shifter. The hole had a rectangular reinforcement spot-welded around the circumference.
'69s ordered with a 4-speed trans were built with the standard floor pan. The hole for the shifter was cut with a torch, probably using a template to properly locate the hole. Looks cobbled and people new to '69s often question it. Perhaps the upgrade to a Hurst shifter mandated the change. A much simpler solution than tooling up for another floor pan stamping by Fisher.
'69s with a 3-speed floor shift [M11 & MC1] continued to use the '67-'68 style floor pan. Both still used the infamous Inland shifter.
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Thanks for confirming. Knew the '69 hole was flame-cut, but thought maybe there was some other visible difference in the floorpan that I hadn't learned yet.... so many quirks to these cars!
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Thanks for confirming. Knew the '69 hole was flame-cut, but thought maybe there was some other visible difference in the floorpan that I hadn't learned yet.... so many quirks to these cars!
Actually there is a difference in '67s. The driveshaft tunnel is about 1" shorter in the rear seat area.