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Originality / Re: ? California Plates - 1967 corresponding letters ?

« on: March 25, 2009, 03:03:46 AM »

Depends on where the car was first registered. My understanding is that some area used up their letter allotments faster than others.

And yes, there are other 67's that start with T's.

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General Discussion / Re: Updated site info

« on: March 25, 2009, 02:53:16 AM »

The cars didn't go thru the body shop in body # order. They went in order by sequence / rotation #.

John may have insight on this, but I'd say they wouldn't go thru together. Special paints were manually shot so you wouldn't want to have them all in a row cause they wouldn't be able to keep up. And there's no advantage of having them in order since they are being shot from a pressure pot.

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General Discussion / Re: Special Order Paint -Playboy Pink

« on: March 25, 2009, 02:30:42 AM »

How many special paint cars? That's here: http://www.camaros.org/exterior.shtml#ColorPercentages


Plasiter,
I've heard of several dealers refer to the special order paint as a COPO. That may be what they think and refer to it as.
But within GM / Chevrolet Corporate, it was not a COPO, it was a F&SO. A special order color with no engineering concurrence required. A COPO required engineering to design/modify/approve and the costs associated with that were shown via a COPO # on the window sticker.
The special paint and cost would show up as a 1001 billing code on the window sticker.

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General Discussion / Re: Gardner Chambered system for sale completely ceramic coated

« on: March 25, 2009, 01:04:59 AM »

Fixed.
I recommend camaros.net for classified.
We chose not to do a classified section cause they do it so well.

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General Discussion / Updated site info

« on: March 24, 2009, 09:24:27 PM »

JohnZ updated his assembly article with some new schedule info and repair info. I added several factory pictures that I've been collecting over the years and put internal hyperlinks in the article (I've also been adding the internal hyperlinks to other articles). http://www.camaros.org/assemblyprocess.shtml

I also redid the trans page with some crossmember information and eliminated the FAQ format.

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1969 - Orphans / Re: 69 COPO Engine - 9N6504XX

« on: March 23, 2009, 02:11:01 AM »

 

NB, If everybody posted with X's in the Vin deriative , this would be a useless category

I agree. It's not like someone is going to invent a car to match an engine. There's no reason not to list the full VIN on components and docs.

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: can not find vin number on a DZ block

« on: March 23, 2009, 02:08:10 AM »

Some 69's have been observed with different fonts on the two stamps.
The stamps look OK.

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General Discussion / Re: Special Order Paint -Playboy Pink

« on: March 23, 2009, 01:43:56 AM »

I've only heard about this one car. It's an interesting story, but ...... no other Camaros have shown up. There's also some pink Firebirds too.

It would be done as a Fleet and Special Order (F&SO). It would be scheduled just like any other car - all parts had to be there to be on the schedule, including the special paint.
Wait a day or so and there will be info in the assembly article that addresses this.

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Originality / Re: Correct Alternator for 68 rs/ss 350.

« on: March 22, 2009, 05:31:57 AM »

C75 is the climate control (you set the desired interior temp) version of AC. Fancy-smancy back then, available on the full-size cars.

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1969 - Orphans / Re: 69 COPO Engine - 9N6504XX

« on: March 22, 2009, 01:25:47 AM »

No, it's not the same VIN.

"Missed by this much."

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1969 - Orphans / Re: 9N596998 Engine Block on Ebay

« on: March 18, 2009, 11:48:37 PM »

No. It's correct.
The format of the partial VIN didn't change. It just tells you the year, not the decade.
A picture of the engine block would show it has a short engine pad.

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Correct L34 & L35 head casting #'s for April 69?

« on: March 18, 2009, 11:45:24 PM »

063's.

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: How did Chevy Use the same block for a 350 as a 302 in 1967?

« on: March 18, 2009, 11:44:09 PM »

1 & 3.
They just took the same casting and machined it for the larger crank and clearance for the crank throws.
After you machine them differently, obviously they aren't the same.

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1969 - Orphans / Re: 9N596998 Engine Block on Ebay

« on: March 18, 2009, 08:18:15 PM »

Nope, I think it's an original.  Original to a 79 Camaro.
DRH is a 79 350.

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General Discussion / Re: can somebody tell me what this say's on the bottom (ORIGINAL INVOICE)

« on: March 16, 2009, 03:50:13 AM »

RPOs were not shown if they were part of a package.