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Going by the VIN, which is above in one of my previous postings, the car was a V8 originally.  Thanks for all of your help in deciphering this, I do appreciate it.  I'm sure I'll have more questions as the restoration moves on.

Can you tell me how you were able to decipher that from my numbers so I can understand as well?  Thanks.

Is there anyway to tell what engine and tranny the car had originally based on the numbers I posted above?

Here are the numbers I found.  I was told when I bought the car that the engine was not numbers matching.  Here are the engine numbers, there were two sets found below the aternator on the passenger side of the engine, I'm not sure what it could be out of:

15N570573
VO or VD 211CMU, I couldn't tell if it was an 'O' or a 'D'.

Tranny numbers:

C8A18D found on the pan.  I think this decodes to Powerglide, 1968, January 18th, dayshift?

8Y156780 or 790, not sure if it was an '8' or a '9'.  Not sure how to decode these.

Rear axle numbers:

BP 0410G1 found on the front passenger side of the axle shaft.  All I could get out of these was April 10th, not sure what BP means or G1?

C39 found on the back left side of the meatball, upside down, in about the '10 O'Clock' position.  This numbers seems to indicate March 3rd, 1969?

This car has a singleleaf suspension, it appears to be original as I just relaced everything it was an incredible task removing the old leafs and hardware.  I also discovered while I was under there that this car was originally a column shift car, which makes sense since your research shows that there were no floor shift PG's in 1969, correct?

In any case, any help you can give me is incredibly helpful, I really do appreciate it as I'd like to get this car back to a close to original as possible.

Thanks again,
Chris

I'll try to get those numbers tonight

Thanks for the definition on the A and B convertible top codes.  I couldn't decipher it because the car currently has a black top.  When I replace it I'll go white.  Keep me posted on the single leaf versus multi leaf situation with the Power Glide cars.  As I mentioned earlier my build date appears to be May.  Is this amongst the time period where you all are short on info on these cars?  If so, let me know what other questions you may have and I'll try to answer them.

I've got the numbers for the car.  I read quite a bit on the site about decoding, most of it I understood, however the X11 portion got pretty confusing.  Here's what I've got....

VIN 124679N639355

Cowl Tag:

ST 69    12467    NOR310713   BDY
TR  713         50A                   PNT
05A             X11D80

It appears the car was built the first week of May if I understand this correctly.  The only thing I could not decode was the paint portion listed as 50A.  I know the 50 signifies Dover White, but I can't figure out the meaning of the 'A'.  Also, this car was mildly restored prior to me owning it.  I know many people add things such as the blacked out rear panel, cowl induction hood, different stripes, etc.  I'd like to know, if possible, if my car is correct.  Currently it has a blacked out rear panel, cowl induction hood, black z/28 style stripes on top of the car rather than the hockey stick stripes on the side.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'd like to get it back to original when I do the body over.  So far all of you out there have been extremely helpful, this is a great site!!  Some day when I get better educated about these cars maybe I can help someone out.  My specialty up until this purchase has been Amphicars.

Thanks again,
Chris.

I'll get the numbers tonight, (I got tied up last night).  I'd like to know as well.  I just replaced to rear suspension last weekend.  What I took out definitely seemed original and untouched.

I'll have to check the build date tonight when I get home however I can tell you it's a floor shift with a 10 bolt and single leaf suspension.

I'm interested in swapping my 69 SS350 Convertible from a PG to a TH 350.  After a little research I see it appears to be rather easy and the results in performance would be obvious.  My concern is however that I've been told that the 69's with the PG's are extremely rare.  Does anyone know this to be true?  I'd hate to modify my car if the original configuration is rare to begin with.  Any input would be much appreciated.