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General Discussion / Re: 1969 302 VIN off by 1 number

« on: January 17, 2020, 12:47:21 AM »

hey kurt, the font is gm correct. I will post pictures this weekend.

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General Discussion / 1969 302 VIN off by 1 number

« on: January 16, 2020, 01:19:25 AM »

hi, i am new to this site as far as registering, but been here many of time researching. I have a 1969 Camaro Z/28 unrestored, but painted in late 70s, with 37,000 original miles loaded with factory inspection markings, the front spring still have factory tags still attach, and have the cars protect-o-plate. I fingered I would start documenting all my finding and get pictures of date codes, and VINs off the tranny and the block using Jerry MacNeish fact book. found everything as was mentioned in his book,  but was having a really hard time with locating the VIN on the block(which is in the car). so I started with removing the paint with paint stripper and a brass brush, and finally number started to appear, I had to use a brass wheel to clean it up but was able to get the 5 numbers to appear. and what I found really confused me! the last 5 number should have read 57910 as on the tranny, but what I found was 57909! off by 1 digit. the block is correct for a June assembled car 3970010, with a May 6 9 date code, so my question is has anyone else come across the same situation, or ever heard of this happening, and if so is this car more or less desirable? i have not been able to find anything on the net about this. I did find an article on this site about a car VIN on the firewall behind the blower fan off by one number. hopefully someone can shed some light on this matter. thanks, John