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Camaro Research Group Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: john jay 69Z on July 30, 2026, 08:18:50 AM

Title: 1969 Cowl Partial VIN
Post by: john jay 69Z on July 30, 2026, 08:18:50 AM

Hi all, would anyone know What H 28 1 stamp in the centre of Cowl area represents, I was going through my photos that I had taken during the restoration documenting my hidden VIN numbers. I was thinking it might be a body date stamp, 28th August, seeing that my car is a 3rd week of September 1969 built but have not found anything yet to back my theory up.

Any thoughts,
John Jay 69Z
Title: Re: 1969 Cowl Partial VIN
Post by: x66 714 on July 30, 2026, 08:45:14 AM
Take a look here....Joe 
https://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml#sheet

Title: Re: 1969 Cowl Partial VIN
Post by: john jay 69Z on July 31, 2026, 06:31:25 AM
Hi Joe,

Good to hear from you,
I think I didn't explain my question properly, in the cowl area where the partial VIN numbers are stamped there is also a H281 stamped to the right side of the vin stamping so almost the centre position of the cowl. I haven't come across so far of anyone mentioning this or in any literature, is this a standard body stamp on all Camaros or is it a date stamp for each individual body shell. I was hoping someone could shed some light on this.
Thanks again,
John
Title: Re: 1969 Cowl Partial VIN
Post by: bcmiller on July 31, 2026, 07:58:26 AM
Sheetmetal stamp and code.