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67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« on: March 28, 2015, 02:28:31 AM »
I need your help to determine original bumper jack design differences between NOR and LA built cars.
My car's jack is MIA (no surprise, not much use on a race car) and so I have been trying to source an original 69 Camaro jack mast to fit my 04A build date (so aiming for '9C' on the rivet).
A member on another forum contacted me and stated that LA built cars used a different design jack to NOR cars. He advised that LA cars had a square section jack mast, and had no date stamp. I've only ever noted 1st Gen jacks with a trapezoidal section mast (and corresponding base) and a date stamp on the lever rivet. There has been some previous discussion about markings on the jack bases too, some owners have reported them blank, or with 'U', '69' or 'U69'.

The owner of a survivor early LOS Z/28 (09D of 1968) provided the following pictures of his car's jack, so a square mast design may have been used by at least some LA cars. Also note the end of the mast appears to have a date code ('8J' in this case, which fits with a body plate build date of 09D).

However, one data point alone means nothing, so I need more info from you guys - and photos (especially of the base) would be great! May as well open this up to all three years too.

What I'd like to know is:
Plant: LOS/VN or NOR
Model Year: 67, 68 or 69
Body Plate Build Date:
Jack Mast Section: square or trapezoidal
Jack Base: any letter(s) or number(s) stamped
Mast Date Code: location (rivet or mast) and actual date stamp

So here goes for the car to which the jack pictured below belongs:

Plant: LOS
Model Year: 69
Body Plate Build Date: 09D (1968)
Jack Mast Section: square
Jack Base: nothing stamped
Mast Date Code: mast, 8J





And for the sake of clarity, here's a picture showing a jack base with the trapezoidal mast section (also note it is stamped 'U69'):

Tim in Australia.
1969 04A Van Nuys Z/28. Cortez Silver, Dark Blue interior, VE3, Z21, Z23, D55/U17, D80, flat hood.
Sold at Clippinger Chevrolet in Covina, CA.
AHRA Formula Stock at Lions Dragstrip, NHRA E/MP at Pomona Raceway

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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2015, 03:05:05 AM »
Tim, have you read this CRG thread?...  http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=3681.0

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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2015, 03:19:55 AM »
At least 3 different bases were used.
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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2015, 03:23:07 AM »
Paul, yes I have. But that thread is old, certain links are inactive, and many of the contributors don't seem to be around still to provide all the info in a consistent format, hence why I started this.
Tim in Australia.
1969 04A Van Nuys Z/28. Cortez Silver, Dark Blue interior, VE3, Z21, Z23, D55/U17, D80, flat hood.
Sold at Clippinger Chevrolet in Covina, CA.
AHRA Formula Stock at Lions Dragstrip, NHRA E/MP at Pomona Raceway

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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2015, 07:27:19 PM »
Between this post and the old post there will be a lot of really good information.  What would it take to make this a "research project" and get all the information together?  I'm sure it would be a lot easier for everyone to locate the correct information.   

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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2015, 01:42:47 AM »
Maybe there aren't so many cars still with their original jacks intact? Any contributions would be much appreciated though.
Tim in Australia.
1969 04A Van Nuys Z/28. Cortez Silver, Dark Blue interior, VE3, Z21, Z23, D55/U17, D80, flat hood.
Sold at Clippinger Chevrolet in Covina, CA.
AHRA Formula Stock at Lions Dragstrip, NHRA E/MP at Pomona Raceway

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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2015, 12:58:45 PM »
I have the base from the L78 but my father broke the jacking mech back many years ago (used to break down tires off rims using the jack and car bumper) and replaced it with one from a 70 or 71 car IIRC..

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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2015, 07:36:55 PM »
Norwood 04D 68 Z.  Base is in with the " general population" of my parts...will look another day. Iron long gone :'(  here are my jack pics:

68 Z/28  born with: 302, drive line, etc..

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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2015, 09:18:36 PM »
Norwood 04D 68 Z. here are my jack pics:
Thanks! Is the mast section trapezoidal or square?
Tim in Australia.
1969 04A Van Nuys Z/28. Cortez Silver, Dark Blue interior, VE3, Z21, Z23, D55/U17, D80, flat hood.
Sold at Clippinger Chevrolet in Covina, CA.
AHRA Formula Stock at Lions Dragstrip, NHRA E/MP at Pomona Raceway

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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2015, 09:20:15 PM »
I have the base from the L78 but my father broke the jacking mech back many years ago
Darrell, does the base have anything stamped on it?
Tim in Australia.
1969 04A Van Nuys Z/28. Cortez Silver, Dark Blue interior, VE3, Z21, Z23, D55/U17, D80, flat hood.
Sold at Clippinger Chevrolet in Covina, CA.
AHRA Formula Stock at Lions Dragstrip, NHRA E/MP at Pomona Raceway

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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2015, 09:35:19 PM »
Norwood 04D 68 Z. here are my jack pics:
Thanks! Is the mast section trapezoidal or square?

trapezoidal
68 Z/28  born with: 302, drive line, etc..

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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2015, 09:43:23 PM »
also no other markings other then UP.  No rust on it, just some rustproof splatter. Looks like an item that tends to be "over restored" I'm still floored what they ask price wise for these things! Used to trip over them in the junk yard. Going to continue it's life on the shelf.
68 Z/28  born with: 302, drive line, etc..

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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2015, 11:11:41 PM »
Thanks janobyte, I'll add your details as a second data point.
Once (if!) we get a few more, I'll put the data into a spreadsheet and upload it to the cloud thingy like the one Kurt set up for the wiper motor research.

Plant: LOS
Model Year: 69
Body Plate Build Date: 09D (1968)
Jack Mast Section: square
Jack Base: nothing stamped
Mast Date Code: mast, 8J

Plant: NOR
Model Year: 68
Body Plate Build Date: 04D
Jack Mast Section: trapezoidal
Jack Base: (to be confirmed)
Mast Date Code: rivet, 8D
Tim in Australia.
1969 04A Van Nuys Z/28. Cortez Silver, Dark Blue interior, VE3, Z21, Z23, D55/U17, D80, flat hood.
Sold at Clippinger Chevrolet in Covina, CA.
AHRA Formula Stock at Lions Dragstrip, NHRA E/MP at Pomona Raceway

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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2015, 01:55:36 AM »
Got a third data point from looking back through Darrell's thread on his barn find dusk blue X77:

Plant: LOS
Model Year: 69
Body Plate Build Date: 09D (1968)
Jack Mast Section: square
Jack Base: nothing stamped
Mast Date Code: mast, 8J

Plant: NOR
Model Year: 68
Body Plate Build Date: 04D
Jack Mast Section: trapezoidal
Jack Base: (to be confirmed)
Mast Date Code: rivet, 8D

Plant: NOR
Model Year: 69
Body Plate Build Date: 03B
Jack Mast Section: trapezoidal
Jack Base: U69
Mast Date Code: rivet, 9C
Tim in Australia.
1969 04A Van Nuys Z/28. Cortez Silver, Dark Blue interior, VE3, Z21, Z23, D55/U17, D80, flat hood.
Sold at Clippinger Chevrolet in Covina, CA.
AHRA Formula Stock at Lions Dragstrip, NHRA E/MP at Pomona Raceway

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Re: 67-69 Bumper Jack Design
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2015, 04:02:58 AM »
Los
1968
02E
square
nothing on base
8B

Nor
1969
08E 1969
trapezoidal
nothing on base
rivet 9G
VE3 foot

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1969 SS396 Yellow/Yellow 08E Norwood born 8/28/1969 pnt 76E. Purchased April 1981