How to Read Vin Plate 0n 69 Camaro

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VIN, Cowl Tag, and other Numbers Decoding

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Cowl Tag Decoder

A program that decodes the VIN and cowl tag information for 67-69 Camaros.
Click (or Shift-Click) to download the outset-generation Camaro Cowl Tag Decoder in zip format, version 3.68.      

Drivetrain Decoding

Engine, manual, and axle decoding information is in the Drivetrain Decoding section.

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VIN Information

1. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Decode
2. Partial VIN Definition and Location
3. 123x7 VIN vs. 124x7 Cowl Tag Code
4. VIN compared to Production Date

Cowl Tag Data

5. Cowl Tag Decode
6. Outside Color Codes
7. Interior Trim Codes
8. 1967 Cowl Tag - Fisher Body Codes
9. 1969 Cowl Tag - X Codes

Other Decoding Information

10. Protect-o-Plate Decode
11. GM Engagement Code Formats
12. Sheetmetal Date Codes
13. Julian Calendar Generator
14. Numbers Trivia

 

Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Decode

The Vehicle Identification Number, or VIN, is stamped on a plate that is riveted to the vehicle. The thirteen-digit VIN used during the get-go-generation Camaro period has the post-obit format:

1967-1969 Camaro VIN Estimation

12ebbYPxxxxxx e.g. 124379N506070 where 1 = Chevrolet ii = Camaro east = three for 6-cylinder engine, or 4 for 8-cylinder engine bb = 37 for coupe body, or 67 for convertible body Y = 7 for 1967 model, viii for 1968 model, or 9 for 1969 model P = Northward for Norwood, OH assembly plant, or L for Los Angeles, CA assembly institute xxxxxx = vehicle serial number sequence At each plant, the vehicle serial number started the yr at the post-obit number: 100001 for 1967 models 300001 for 1968 models 500001 for 1969 models

As an example, if the first car off the Norwood line in 1968 was an 8-cylinder coupe, then the VIN for this auto is 124378N300001. The next auto would take been 12xx78N300002 (the xx would be dependent on whether information technology was a L6 or V8 and a coupe or convertible). The outset Camaro off the Los Angeles line in 1968 would be 12xx78L300001.

In 1967, the VIN plate is located on the driver-side A-pillar (front end pillar) and is visible when the commuter-side door is open.

Starting in 1968, and continuing to the nowadays fourth dimension, the VIN plate was relocated to the upper dash panel, on the forward portion of the drivers side, and is viewable through the windshield glass when standing at the front end edge of the driver's door. The location is shown in this photo.

Starting in August 1969, the complete VIN was as well stamped on a conformance sticker that was placed on the driver'southward door, just above the door striker.

The VIN does not provide any information other than what is listed in the box above. The VIN does not tell if the car is a Z28, SS, RS, etc.

 

Partial VIN Definition and Location

In improver to the official VIN plate, a partial VIN should be stamped on the trunk sheet metal in two places:

1. On the cowl in front of the rider side (underneath the cowl vent panel). You can see information technology sometimes if yous carefully expect with a flashlight through the slots in the vent console, but the panel comes off with a few screws and the wiper arms popular off pretty easily, so this one is not a big deal to get to. The photo beneath (with the cowl vent console removed) shows the typical location for this stamp.
2. On the firewall beneath the fan motor opening (non-AC cars) or below the heater opening (AC cars). This requires the heater or air conditioning box removal, and therefore most machine buyers will not accept an opportunity to view this stamp. The photo below of the rider side of the firewall shows the typical location on a car without air workout.

The format of the partial VIN is:

1967-1969 Camaro Fractional VIN Interpretation

YPxxxxxx (1967) due east.thousand. 7L102030 1YPxxxxxx (1968-69) e.g. 18N304050 where 1 = Chevrolet Y = seven for 1967 model, eight for 1968 model, or ix for 1969 model P = N for Norwood assembly institute L for Los Angeles assembly plant xxxxxx = series number sequence

Partial VINs were also stamped on nigh engines and transmissions from 1967 on. Non all engines and transmissions in 1967 were stamped with partial VINs. Details and examples are shown in the Drivetrain Decoding section. Still, be aware that the fractional VINs can be "restamped" on engines and transmissions by machining off the original stamp (or finding ane that is unstamped) and and then stamping the desired VIN.

 

12337 VIN vs 12437 Cowl Tag Code

Though it looks very similar to the first five digits of the VIN, the body style code on the Fisher Torso cowl tag did not have the same meaning. Fisher Body didn't demand the type of engine coded on the cowl tag, and so stamped the 3rd digit of the Fisher style lawmaking with a different significant than the 3rd digit of the VIN.

The 3rd digit of the VIN identifies which engine (L6 or V8) the car had from the manufactory. A VIN engine digit of 3 indicates a L6 engine, while a VIN engine digit of 4 indicates a V8 engine.

The cowl tags for 1967 Camaros were stamped with a style lawmaking of 12x37 or 12x67, where the ten was ready to 4 for standard interior or vi for custom interior. All 1968-69 Camaros (L6 or V8) had a mode lawmaking of 12437 or 12467 on the cowl tag - the 3rd digit of the firewall fashion number for these ii years was stock-still to iv and effectively had no significant.

For related data, see also the Cowl Tag and Numbers Trivia sections.

 

Cowl Tag Decode

The cowl tag is a small aluminum tag riveted to the commuter's side of the firewall in the engine compartment, past the master cylinder. The tag was stamped at the Fisher Body assembly plant (not the Chevrolet vehicle assembly plant, which was a carve up entity) with characters describing bones characteristics of the body build. Below is a summary of the major cowl tag fields, referred to below as fields a thru g. Despite several variations of cowl tag formats and shapes, the bulk of the information remained the same for the 1967-1969 model years. 1967 was the last (and only, for Camaro) year for inclusion of pick related codes. There were also a few other changes in field content from year to twelvemonth, as described below.

(These discussions utilise only to U.South.-built bodies sold by GM in North America and are not applicable to models assembled outside of the U.S. Note that 1968 Yenkos and 1968 non-Canadian export models, not requiring the statement of certification to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safe Standards, were shipped with 1959-1963 way Fisher Body tags that are absent the 1968 certification statement. And 1969 consign tags are ofttimes bare on the bottom of the tag.)

1967-1968 Cowl Tag Fields Field locations (as well clickable with your cursor on the tags to the left & described below) ____________________________________ Body Past FISHER a b ST c d BODY TR e f Pigment thousand(67 just) 1969 Cowl Tag Fields Torso BY FISHER ST c d BDY TR e f PNT a b(LOS)/g(NOR)

1967 NOR Cowl Tag 1968 LOS Cowl Tag 1969 NOR Cowl Tag

  Field a - body build engagement code

This is composed of ii digits (01 thru 12 corresponding to each month of the year) and a letter of the alphabet (A thru Due east corresponding to the week of the month) and indicates when the associates of the body was started. For instance, 11C ways the body assembly was started during the third week of November of that model year. 05A would mean the body associates was started during the first week of May.

  Field b (LOS vs NOR)

LOS - Fisher Body torso scheduling code

The LOS (Los Angeles/Van Nuys) body scheduling code is a letter followed by one to iii digits, e.chiliad., F103. Based on data assay (at that place is no GM documentation that describes this lawmaking, but the data is consistent across thousands of datapoints), CRG believes the lawmaking was used by LOS Fisher Torso (and other plants that built multiple carlines) to aid in scheduling the body build society.

The letter indicates the approximate mean solar day of the month for the start of the assembly of the vehicle body. Information technology is only an approximate date because it appears that the twenty-four hour period on the tag was really when the vehicle was being scheduled to be congenital. The actual start of product could vary by a few days.

The code began with letter "A" on the first 24-hour interval of the month of the Fisher production agenda, incremented at the first of each additional production day to the next alphabetic letter, and was reset to letter "A" at the showtime of the adjacent product month. (Note that the Fisher production agenda is known to differ from the calendar calendar month, and we likewise do not know exactly how the Fisher production calendar related to the Chevrolet monthly product reporting calendar.)

The one-to-iii digit sequence number that follows the letter was reset to 1 at the start of each day and generally incremented serially with each trunk built past the manufacturing plant as the 24-hour interval progressed. Due to scheduling requirements, this progression was not accented and vehicles chould be built out of tag sequence. Data assay indicates that the sequence number at the LOS plant was assigned regardless of model or body type. By this nosotros hateful that Camaros and full-size passenger cars both incremented the same sequence counter. The unit of measurement counter was reset to 1 the next mean solar day as the day-of-the-month lawmaking alphabetic character incremented to the next letter. In the instance, F103 would indicate approximately the 6th mean solar day of product for a given month and virtually the 103rd torso on that sixth twenty-four hours of production.

NOR - (1967 simply) NOR interior paint lawmaking

The NOR (Norwood) interior paint code, used only during 1967, is a single letter and is the aforementioned grapheme every bit used on the Protect-o-Plate (POP). See the POP decoding department for other details on the Norwood interior paint code.

  Field c - body way code 12xx7 (Run into besides this explanation of why the Fisher fashion and VIN prefix differed.)

The ii digit year ("67," "68," or "69") was followed by a 5-digit "ST" torso style code, eastward.yard. 12437. The get-go 2 digits of the style code are the model code ("12") and the concluding two digits are body code ("37" for coupe and "67" convertible).
While the Fisher style lawmaking is oft confused with the showtime 5 digits of the VIN, the two codes are dissimilar because of the different meaning of the 3rd digit. In 1967, the third digit of the style lawmaking was fix to "4" for standard interior or "6" for custom interior (e.g. a fashion code for a 67 convertible with custom interior would exist 12667). In 1968-69, the third digit was stock-still at "iv" for all models (L6 and V8) and had no meaning.

  Field d - assembly plant code

The next 3 messages represent the assembly plant ("NOR" for the Norwood, Ohio mill and "LOS" for the Los Angeles (Van Nuys), California manufactory. In mid-December 1968, the "LOS" was changed to "VN."
The digits that follow, up to half-dozen, stand for the Fisher body number. Details on the trunk number tin exist constitute in the Body Number commodity. The trunk number is non the same as the VIN sequence. In 67-68, the body number was approximately sequential, increasing equally more cars were built during the model year. In 69, the body number was assigned when the social club was accepted, not when the body when built. Body numbers from cars that were built at the same time can vary significantly, depending on how quickly the society was fulfilled.

  Field e - interior trim code

The first three digits of the trim ("TR") code are a unique (for each year) interior colour and type lawmaking that betoken the color and standard or custom interior.
1967 tags too have a hyphenated suffix that indicate seat and headrest type:
Z - standard A50 Strato Bucket seats (no headrest)
Y - RPO AS2 headrest added to the A50 bucket seats
H - RPO AL4 Stato Demote seats (no headrest)
T - RPO AS2 headrests added to the AL4 demote seats

  Field f - exterior pigment code

The "Pigment" or "PNT" fields show the body paint color and the height color, including vinyl or convertible acme, if so equipped. For cars without a vinyl or convertible top, the trunk paint colour was stamped on the tag twice, east.thou. Eastward-East or 69-69.
Paint codes were alphabetic in 1967-68, and numeric in 1969. Vinyl and convertible top codes were numeric in 1967-68, and alphabetic in 1969. 2-tone paint was offered merely with the 1969 models. Special paint cars were marked with special codes, as noted in the special pigment section.

  Field g - body-related option codes (encounter the 1967 Fisher Option Codes and the 1969 Norwood X codes)

In 1967 this was a list of numbered option groups where each grapheme represented a body-related option that required some action on the part of Fisher Body to alter the "baseline" configuration.
This information was eliminated in 1968, but in mid-year 1969, the Norwood Fisher Trunk plant began using a new body pigment/trim coding scheme - the famous 10 codes and other codes including D80, Z10, and Z11.

1967 "fleet and special order" (F&Then) codes were also stamped in this area of the tag by both factories to bespeak special vehicle order(s). For example, i of the groups of 1967 Norwood-built Indy Pace Car replicas used the "-061A" F&So lawmaking.

 

Exterior Color Codes

Below are the CRG tables, with footnotes, for exterior paint and vinyl and convertible superlative colors, and the relationships between them. Related topics that are as well covered below include:

• Special Paint Designation
• Window Sticker Pigment Codes

Cowl tags and POP tags in 1967 and 1968 used a letter code for body pigment and a numeric code for the vinyl/convertible top. Cowl tags changed in 1969 to utilise of a numeric code for the body paint (with two-tone paint now a Camaro option) and a letter code for the vinyl/convertible top color. For cars without a vinyl or convertible top, the body pigment color was stamped on the tag twice, eastward.g. E-E or 69-69. To see examples of the colors, the 69pace.com website has photos of 67-69 Camaros in the diverse manufacturing plant colors.

The 1969 colors are presented in the aforementioned row every bit the 2-letter of the alphabet RPO suffix that was added to the 1969 window sticker. For example, 1969 Dover White, code "50", is shown in the Exterior Paints Table in row "C". This means that the cowl tag would have shown "50-50" and the window sticker, equally shown in the Exterior Paint RPO Codes Table, would have had "5911CC DOVER WHITE" printed on it (where the initial "five" is the Chevrolet prefix indicating Camaro).

Not-standard paint color and striping color could be special ordered, and such cars were peculiarly marked. Meet the Special Paint section for more details.

Stripe colors (white or black, with red added in 1969, and pace cars beingness a special exception) were selected based on body colour. In 1967-68, there were three colour combination exceptions where top colour overrode that selection. In 1969, stripe color selection became more complicated equally Chevy decided to make the stripe color vary depending on the top color. 1967-68 stripe colors are shown in the table below. The 1969 Stripe Color table shows the 1969 stripe color (W=White, B=Black, R=Carmine) as a function of top colour and type; the fable for the meridian colour codes are shown in the Convertible Superlative Colors and Vinyl Top Colors tables.

Stripe colors were painted as follows: White stripes were painted with Ermine White or Dover White, black stripes with a blackness that was dissimilar than Tuxedo Black, ruby-red stripes with Monza Red, and 69 pacer stripes with Hugger Orange. The various stripe designs and usage are shown in the Exterior department.

1967-1969 Camaro Exterior Pigment Colour Codes

1967 1968 1969 Code Torso Color / Stripe Code Body Color / Stripe Code Body Color (iii) ---- ------------------ ---- ------------------- ---- --------------- A Tuxedo Black / Westward A Tuxedo Black(del) / W 10 Tuxedo Black B -- -- 69 Cortez Silver C Ermine White / B C Ermine White / B l Dover White D Nantucket Blueish / W D Grotto Blue / Due west 53 Glacier Blue Eastward Deepwater Blue / Due west E Fathom Bluish(del) / Westward 51 Dusk Blue F Marina Bluish / W (1) F Island Teal / Due west 71 LeMans Blue G Granada Golden / B M Ash Gold / B 65 Olympic Gold H Mount Green / B H Grecian Greenish(del) / B -- -- J -- J Rallye Green(add together) / W 79 Rallye Greenish M Emerald Turquoise / B G Tripoli Turquoise / B 55 Azure Turquoise L Tahoe Turquoise / Due west 50 Teal Blueish / Due west -- -- Chiliad Royal Plum / W -- 63 Champagne N Madeira Maroon / Due west Northward Cordovan Maroon / W 67 Burgundy O -- O Corvette Statuary(add) / B -- -- P -- P Seafrost Green / B 76 Daytona Yellow Q -- -- 72 Hugger Orangish R Bolero Crimson / W (1) R Matador Red / Due west (2) 52 Garnet Reddish S Sierra Fawn / B South -- 61 Burnished Chocolate-brown T Capri Cream / B T Palomino Ivory(del) / B -- -- U -- U LeMans Blue(add) / W -- -- Five -- V Sequoia Greenish / Westward 57 Fathom Green W -- -- 59 Frost Dark-green (four) Y Butternut Yellow / B Y Butternut Yellow / B 40 Butternut Yellowish Z -- Z British Greenish(add) / W -- -- Equally of Jan 68, colors A, East, H, and T were deleted, and colors J, O, U, and Z were added. Stripe Color: Due west=White, B=Blackness   1969 Two-Tone Coupe Colors DC -- -- 53-50 Glacier Blue/Dover White KC -- -- 55-fifty Azure Turquoise/Dover White DE -- -- 53-51 Glacier Blue/Dusk Blue ED -- -- 51-53 Dusk Bluish/Glacier Blue GC -- -- 65-50 Olympic Gold/Dover White SM -- -- 61-63 Burnished Brown/Champagne

Table Footnotes:

1. 1967: Marina Bluish and Bolero Red have Black stripes with Blackness vinyl/convertible tops.
2. 1968: Matador Ruby-red have Blackness stripe with Black vinyl/convertible top.
3. 1969: Colors ten, 67, 40, 61, 51, 53/51, 51/53, and 61/63 were initially special gild from LOS/VN. 40, 63, 61/63 were initially special order from NOR. The special order restriction was lifted circa Jan 1969. Note that "special order" is different from "special paint."
4. 1969: 59 Frost Green was also called Frost Lime in some references.

 

1969 Camaro Stripe Color vs Acme Color

Vinyl Convertible 1969 Body Color top code top lawmaking Code Body Color (no top) B Eastward F C South B A ---- --------------- ----- --------- ------ 10 Tuxedo Black W(1) W W - - Due west W W 40 Butternut Yellow B B B B - - B B 50 Dover White B(2) B B - B B B B 51 Dusk Blue W W W - W - West W 52 Garnet Scarlet B B W - - - B W 53 Glacier Blue B B W - B - B W 55 Azure Turquoise B B West - - - B W 57 Fathom Green W W W - - West Westward W 59 Frost Greenish B B West - - B B West 61 Glassy Brown Westward W W Westward - - W W 63 Champagne B B W B - - B W 65 Olympic Gold B B W B - - B W 67 Burgundy R(3) R W - - - R Westward 69 Cortez Silver B(2) B Westward - B - B Westward 71 LeMans Blue Due west(iv) B W - - - B W 72 Hugger Orange W B W - - - B Due west 76 Daytona Xanthous B B B - - - B B 79 Rallye Dark-green Due west B West - - B(5) B West Stripe Colour: W=White, B=Black, R=Red

Table Footnotes:

1. 1969: Tuxedo Black coupes with Black interior and D90, DX1, or D96 stripe (not Z28) and without* vinyl top received a Red stripe. (* Annotation: Original pigment blackness cars with blackness vinyl tops take a red stripe, and then GM documentation appears to be in mistake on this detail).
2. 1969: Cortez Silverish and Dover White coupes with Red interior and D90, DX1, or D96 stripe (non Z28) and without vinyl acme received a Red stripe.
3. 1969: The default stripe color for Burgundy was ruby. However, the "Camaro Striping Color Application Nautical chart" dated iv/1/69 documents the Burgundy models that received white stripes: Z/28 or non-Z/28 with either Parchment vinyl pinnacle or white convertible top.
4. 1969: While the dealer literature reports that a blackness stripe is the default color with LeMans Blue, only white stripes have been observed in practice, except for special orders.
5. 1969: 79 Rallye Green was added as allowable color for the Midnight Light-green Vinyl Roof circa January 1969.

1967-1969 Camaro Convertible Pinnacle Colors and Quantities

1967 1968 1969 Code Color Qty Code Color Qty Code Color Qty# ---- ---------- ----- ---- -------- ---- ---- ------- ---- ane White 9290 1 White 6825 A White 8126 2 Black 14505 2 Blackness 12356 B Blackness 8970 iv Med Blue 1346 4 Blue 1259 * The default convertible elevation was white. Black or blue (67-68) had to be peculiarly designated. # 1969 totals are through Sept 69 - missing the last five weeks of production (477 more than convertibles).

1967-1969 Camaro Vinyl Summit Colors

1967 1968 1969 Lawmaking Summit Code Top Code Top 1969 Body Colors * ---- ------ ---- ------ ---- ----------- ---------------- two Black 2 Black B Black All colors -- -- C Dark Blue 50, 51, 53, 69 6 Beige / vi White E Parchment All colors Calorie-free Fawn F Nighttime Brown 40, 61, 63, 65 (fair) S Midnight Green 10, l, 57, 59, 79(Jan) * Other 1969 body colors could be ordered with the non-Black and not-Parchment top colors, only would require confirmation (via ZP2 color override) before the club would be accepted into the organisation.

SPECIAL Paint DESIGNATION

Special paint cars were identified with a unique paint lawmaking on the cowl tag and were ordered via the Fleet and Special Order (F&Then) system. Special paint was any not-standard Camaro colour; information technology could be a GM color or any other color. (The Cadillac Firemist colors were the merely colors non available. Since they had such a coarse metallic, the Firemist colors needed to be sprayed through a special paint gun.)

In 1968-69, either deletion of a stripe or utilize of a non-standard stripe colour was also considered to be special paint.

In 68, if whatsoever of the iv colors (A, E, H, T) that were deleted mid-year (encounter annotation in the Exterior Color table) were ordered in the latter function of the twelvemonth, the cowl tag was coded every bit special paint on Norwood cars (though Los Angeles cars ordinarily used the cancelled color code).

On the window sticker and on broadcast copy sheets, "1001AA" and "1001HA" take been observed as designating special paint cars. Notation that all cars were painted, no Camaros were shipped from the assembly constitute in primer.

Cowl Tag Coding
1967 special pigment cars used the letter "O" instead of the normal colour code. For early model year 1968, the designation for special paint cars changed to the letter of the alphabet "Z". However, the new mid-year colors were assigned codes and starting January 1968, the letter "Z" paint code was used to announce the new Camaro color called British Green, and simultaneously the notation of special order paint was changed to a nuance "-". The "-" special paint code continued for the residuum of the 1968 model twelvemonth too as for the entire 1969 model year. Due to changes and differences in how the factories marked the paint codes (specially differences in 1968 factory formats), the special paint formats are easier to illustrate in the examples in the Special Paint Table below than to draw in words.

Cowl Tag Examples for Special Paint

Paint Vinyl Top/Convertible ----- --------------------- 1967 NOR/LOS O-O O-two 1968 early on NOR Z Z Z 2 LOS Z-Z Z-2 1968 tardily NOR - - - 2 LOS --- --two 1969 NOR/LOS - - - B ------------------------------------------- (one) Note that blackness tops are shown in all the examples. (2) CRG isn't clear at this time how a 1967 "stripe delete" car was marked. Stripe delete was considered "special paint" in 1968-69. (3) In 1967 only, a dash tin follow the standard option codes at the bottom of the cowl tag. This nuance may announced past itself or it may precede the Fleet & Special Club (F&And so) code. This dash has been observed on all known special paint cars. This dash indicated that in that location were special instructions (the F&SO paperwork) for the vehicle. The dash would also exist on vehicles ordered as part of a fleet.

WINDOW STICKER Pigment CODES

Related to the cowl tag and POP paint codes was the production component code for body paint that appeared on the window sticker was like for all three years. Even in 1969, when the numeric codes were used for paint on the cowl tag, the window sticker production code all the same included an alphabetic product component code suffix similar to those used in 1967 and 1968. For instance, Tuxedo Blackness (coded equally A in 67 and 68, and x in 1969) appeared this style on window stickers:

1967: 5900AA TUXEDO BLACK 1968: 5900AA TUXEDO Blackness 1969: 5910AA TUXEDO Blackness      

While the "900 code" in 1969 was 910, and the cowl tag code was also a 10, this appears to have been coincidence, or at best, an isolated equivalence. Equally you can see from the table beneath, no other colors had this equivalence in 1969.

1967-1969 Camaro Exterior Color
Window Sticker RPO Codes

Window Sticker RPO Code ----------------------- Trunk Colour 1967 1968 1969 ---------- ------ ------ ------ A or 10 5900AA 5900AA 5910AA B or 69 -- -- 5912BB C or l 5900CC 5900CC 5911CC D or 53 5900DD 5900DD 5922DD Eastward or 51 5900EE 5900EE 5923EE F or 71 5900FF 5900FF 5924FF Yard or 65 5900GG 5900GG 5915GG H 5900HH 5900HH -- J or 79 -- 5900JJ 5925JJ K or 55 5900KK 5900KK 5921KK 50 5900LL 5900LL -- M or 63 5900MM -- 5917MM N or 67 5900NN 5900NN 5914NN O -- 5900OO -- P or 76 -- 5900PP 5926PP Q or 72 -- -- 5927QQ R or 52 5900RR 5900RR 5913RR S or 61 5900SS -- 5918SS T 5900TT 5900TT -- U -- 5900UU -- V or 57 -- 5900VV 5920VV W or 59 -- -- 5919WW Y or 40 5900YY 5900YY 5916YY Z -- 5900ZZ -- 53/fifty -- -- 5954DC 53/51 -- -- 5955DE 51/53 -- -- 5956ED 65/50 -- -- 5957GC 55/50 -- -- 5958KC 61/63 -- -- 5959SM

Interior Trim Codes

The 1967-1969 first-generation Camaro interior trim codes are summarized in the tables below. Annotation that the kickoff column is the interior paint code that was used on the 67-68 Protect-o-Plate and the 1967 Norwood cowl tag.
 

1967 Camaro Interior Trim Codes

Int. Pigment Interior Standard Standard Custom Custom Lawmaking Colour Bucket Bench(1) Saucepan Bench(i) ----- ----------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- E Black 760 756 765 767 B Blue 717 739 D Red 741 742 M Gold 709 796 711 712 Yard Parchment/Black(2) 797 R Bright Blue 732 716 T Turquoise 779 Y Yellow 707 Y Xanthous/Blackness (3) 706 ------------------- (1) Bench seat not bachelor in convertible. (ii) Carpeting, instrument panel, and steering wheel are black. (iii) Alternating yellowish/black custom interior offered belatedly in the model year. Most 706 lower interior parts were black instead of the gold in a 707 interior: carpet, lower doors, kick panels, dash, etc.

1967 interior codes too take a hyphenated suffix that indicate seat and headrest blazon:
"Z" indicated standard A50 Strato Bucket seats (no headrest)
"Y" indicated RPO AS2 headrest added to the A50 bucket seats
"H" indicated RPO AL4 Stato Bench seats (no headrest)
"T" indicated RPO AS2 headrests added to the AL4 demote seats.

1968 Camaro Interior Trim Codes

Int. Pigment Interior Standard Standard Custom Custom Code Color Bucket Demote(1) Bucket Bench(one) ----- ----------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- E Black 712 713 714 715 B Blue 717 718 719 720 D Cherry-red 724 725 G Gold 722 723 721 K Parchment/Black (3) 730 K Ivory/Black (3) 711 Q Blackness Houndstooth (two) 749 V Ivory Houndstooth (2,3,4) 716 T Turquoise 726 727 ------------------- (ane) Bench seat not available in convertible. (2) Houndstooth non bachelor in convertible. (iii) Carpeting, instrument panel, and steering bicycle are black. 730 Parchment was early and was a unlike color from the Ivory. 711/716 were later on production (after March) and both used the same Ivory color. (4) 716 was also referred to as "Dalmation White Trim" on documentation for tardily 68 NOR cars.

1969 Camaro Interior Trim Codes

Interior Standard Custom Colour Bucket Bucket ---------------------- -------- -------- Black 711 712 Dark Blue 715 716 Medium Red 718 719 Medium Greenish 721 722 Midnight Dark-green 723 725 Ivory/Black 727 Black Houndstooth (i) 713 Ivory Houndstooth (1) 729 Orange Houndstooth (1,2) 720 Yellowish Houndstooth (1,ii) 714 ------------------- (1) Houndstooth not available for convertible except for RPO Z11 pace cars/replicas. (2) 720 Orange Houndstooth normally available only with 72 Hugger Orange. 714 Yellow Houndstooth normally available simply with 76 Daytona Yellow. Other exterior colors, such as 10 Tuxedo Black and 50 Dover White, have been observed with both interiors, only in limited quantities. At this time, information technology isn't clear if these color combinations required a special order, or were routinely bachelor.

 

1967 Cowl Tag - Fisher Body Codes

(Note: Run across the Cowl Tag section for other details on the cowl tag.)

A table of the known 1967 Camaro Fisher Body option codes is beneath. Fisher mill documentation for these codes is not available. Nonetheless, a large number of the code meanings have been confirmed via a Fisher production form called the Compatible Option Identification Tag (UOIT) that was sometimes (fortunately for us) left in the car during build - often under the carpet or inside the headliner. Those codes that have been confirmed via available UOITs are so noted - and the exact wording of the UOIT description is shown in capital letters. The remaining codes accept been decoded via statistical assay, and are therefore not known exactly, simply by inference. The CRG would appreciate a contact from anyone that has found an original UOIT form and then that dissimilar versions (even of codes we already know) can be compared, and inferred codes determined exactly.

At the LOS factory, the 2M code was used for either the Powerglide or the TH400 automatic manual, i.eastward. the 2Z code was not used at LOS. Early on TH400 cars didn't take the 2M on the tag until mid-March.
At the NOR factory, the 2M code and the 2Z lawmaking just practical to automatic transmissions that were in combination with the D55 console (2G). Early on cars with TH400's and consoles don't have 2Z notated on the tag until mid-April.

The 4P code was not used at the start of production at either the Van Nuys plant or the Norwood plant.
Van Nuys started using the 4P code on the SS350 cars in September, but Norwood didn't beginning using the 4P code until Oct. Early on Van Nuys SS350 cars and Norwood SS350 cars congenital before October will not have the 4P code to verify that they are SS's.
The 4P code can indicate either a SS350 or a L30/M20. Usage of the 4P code with the L30/M20 is believed to take started in the belatedly Dec 1966 / January 1967 timeframe.

The very first 1967 Z28's and L78's were as well coded 4P; the 4L and 4K codes were then used on the remainder of 1967 Z28 and L78 product.

The lack of a 4P, 4L, 4N, or 4K code indicates the car originally had a 327 (assuming the car had a V8, as indicated by the VIN). The simply exception is the early SS350's noted above.

Fleet and Special Order (F&And so) codes (e.k. L181A) were also stamped in this area of the tag by both factories to signal a special vehicle order. In most cases, these special orders were special pigment instructions.

This tag decodes equally having the following options:
756-H = (AL4) Strato Back Demote Seat -
black standard interior
1E = (A01) Tinted All Glass
1X = (A31) Power Windows
1L = (A67) Fold-down rear seat
2E = (C60) Air Conditioner
2M = (M35) Powerglide Manual
4F = (D33) Mirror Remote Control
5C = (AS1) Shoulder harness - regular

1967 Cowl Tag Fisher Option Codes

Grouping Number	Lawmaking	RPO Equivalent	UOIT	Clarification *
Interior Suffix Codes	H	AL4		Strato Back (demote seat) without headrests
	T	AL4 & AS2		Strato Dorsum (bench seat) with headrests
	Z	A50	yes	STRATO BUCKETS (without headrests) (The A50 Strato-bucket without headrest was the default seat and was not specifically noted on an order.)
	Y	A50 & AS2	yes	BUCKETS & Caput REST Strato-bucket seats with optional headrests.
(one) implied, the "i" is not on the tag	E	A01	aye	TINTED ALL GLASS
	W	A02	yes	TINTED West/S ONLY
	X	A31	yes	Ability WINDOWS
	L	A67	yes	FOLDING REAR SEAT
	D	C06	yep	POWER Height CONVERT
ii	M	D55	aye	CONSOLE FRT COMPT
	1000	M35	yes	PWR GLIDE Automated (NOR - simply used in combination with D55 console) (LOS - Powerglide or TH400)
	Z	M40		TH400 iii-speed automatic manual (NOR only, with D55 console)
	L	M20 (or M21)	yes	4-SPEED FLR SHIFT
	B	M11		3-speed floor shifter for M15 or M13
	H	C48	yes	HEATER *DELETE*
	Due east	C60	yes	AIR COND
	U	U57	yes	Record Histrion
	S	U73	yes	ANTENNA MANUAL-RR
	R	U80	yes	SPEAKER REAR
iii	Fifty	Z22	yes	RALLY SPORT PKG
	D	U29	yes	LAMP COURTESY (coupe-only underdash lights)
	B	C50	yeah	DEFOGGER REAR WDO
	South	Z23	yes	INTERIOR DECOR GRP
	K	Z21	yeah	EXT MOLDG GROUP
4	P	L48 or L30/M20	yes	ENGINE REINF ASY SS350 or L30/M20 - Non-SS396/Z28 paint with radius rod (See note to a higher place on early Norwood use.)
	N	L35	yeah	ENGINE REINF ASY SS396/325hp - Black tailpan with radius rod
	K	L78	aye	ENGINE REINF ASY SS396/375hp - Black tailpan with radius rod
	L	Z28	yes	ENGINE REINF ASY Z28 - Rally stripes with radius rod
	F	D33	yes	MIRROR REM CONT
5	C	AS1	aye	SHOULDER HARN-REG
	Y	A39	yes	BELTS ALL DELUXE
	B	V32	yes	BUMPER GUARDS R(ear)
	Z	A85	yeah	SHOULDER HARN-DELX
	O	A48		Seatbelt delete Used on export models for countries for which U.S. belts were not compliant with local requirements (compliant belts were added after importation).
* Fisher selection codes that have been confirmed (via UOIT'southward) are shown with their UOIT descriptions in capital courier font letters.

 

The "5O" code has been observed a number of times. Thanks to Ove Sjoholm of Camaro Gild Sweden, we have establish that this code appears on all Swedish export Camaros (information technology has since been observed on nigh Camaros exported to other countries), suggesting that information technology is related to the export conversion of a Fisher installed component. Ove has noted that Sweden had more restrictive belt/harness requirements and it is known that Swedish Camaros had Swedish-compliant belts added locally. We take as well received corroborating evidence of this lawmaking being a seat belt delete on Corvair from the 65-67 Corvair tag lawmaking research of Kent Sullivan and coiffure.

Note: the "2K" lawmaking for the N33 tilt wheel had previously been reported in the Camaro press, merely it has not been observed on any vehicle, including 67's with a documented N33 choice installation. A Fisher Body lawmaking would not be expected for this option because the tilt wheel was installed in the vehicle during the Chevrolet portion of the assembly process, not during the Fisher portion.  

1969 Cowl Tag - X Codes

The Xnn codes were a mid-1969 model addition to the Fisher Trunk cowl tags of Norwood-built Camaros, starting with the 12B (second calendar week of December) build week. (CRG has found 12B cars both with and without these codes. Our data for all cars in prior weeks is absent this code, and our data for all cars in weeks following contain this lawmaking.) These codes were an aid for Fisher torso associates workers to place body trim and pigment changes required for different Camaro models. The codes are divided into two groups: those with the Z21 manner trim option and those without the Z21 style trim pick.

The Z21 Mode Trim group was part of the Z22 Rally Sport option, so RS cars are part of the grouping with the Z21 style trim pick. Thus RS cars can only be X11, X22, or X33.
X11, X22, or X33 cars take to have style trim, only from the lawmaking you lot tin't tell if the car too had RS.
X44, X55, X66, and X77 cars cannot have the Rally Sport (or style trim) pick.

1969 Norwood Camaro Fisher Code Interpretation

with Z21 Fashion Trim without Z21 Style Trim (or Z22 Rally Sport) (or Z22 Rally Sport) ----------------------- ---------------------- X11* non-SS396, non-Z28, X44* non-SS, non-Z28 includes SS350 X55 SS350 X22 SS396 X66 SS396 X33 Z28 X77 Z28 * COPO Camaros were an exception, as most COPOs were built out of bodies coded with X11 or X44. Some early COPOs had X22 or X66-coded bodies. Additional 1969 Norwood Fisher codes that were used instead of the 10-codes include: Z10 - Indy Stride Automobile replica coupe Z11 - Indy Pace Auto replica convertible Additional 1969 Norwood Fisher codes that could be combined with the X-codes include: D80 - signifies the car was equipped with D80 spoilers, but the code was not always used. A - signifies the machine was equipped with ability windows, but the code was not always used.

A few mid-year 69's, mostly convertibles, did not have X-codes stamped on the cowl tag. Information technology is unknown why the code was not stamped on the tag.

Annotation that X11 and X44 codes also included L26 230ci/130HP and L22 250ci/155HP 6-cylinder engine cars, as well equally models equipped with the LF7 327ci/210HP, L14 307ci/200HP, L65 350ci/250HP, or LM1 350ci/255HP engines.

And then, how many cars were coded X11?
Some quick math yields that 77% of 1969 Camaros were non-SS and non-Z28. After December 68, these cars would exist coded X11 and X44. Multiplying the that percentage with the percentage of cars that had style trim or RS (58%) yields a little more 44% of X-coded 69's were non-SS X11'south. A like calculation on the SS350 (9% of 69's) product quantity yield that less than half would be X55, the remainder would be X11, about 5%. Adding these totals together shows the total of X11-coded cars to be approximately 50% of all 1969 Ten-codes. The corollary is that merely about ane in ten of X11-coded cars are really SS350's.

X-code explanation

The following volition help explicate why the X-codes were bundled that way and their specific purpose. The need for this organization revolves around the elements of the Z21 Way Trim option in 1969, which included the following items:

• Bright vertical bars in taillamp lenses
• Brilliant driprail moldings (except convertible)
• Black body sill (except certain colors)
• Bright cycle opening moldings
• Bike opening paint pinstripes (n/a with D90 stripe)
• Bright rear quarter simulated louver moldings
• Bright headlamp bezel face moldings

So what specific features did the Ten-codes imply; what did the codes hateful to the workers on the Fisher assembly line? The X22, X33, X66, and X77 code differences are hands explained past pigment differences (Z28 stripe and 396 tailpan), so information technology is the X11, X44, and X55 codes that crave greater assay. To further confuse matters, the non-Z21/Z22 1969 SS cars did contain a subset of Z21. To understand the differences between the X11, X44, and X55 codes, examine the comparative tabular array beneath:

X11, X44, and X55 Body Trim and Paint Features

Not-SS SS ----------------- ------------------ Code X44 X11 X11 X11 X11 X55 no Z21 no Z21 Option no Z22 Z21 Z22 Z21 Z22 no Z22 ------ --- --- --- --- ------ Black body sill no aye yes aye yes yes Rear quarter moldings no yes yes yes yes yes Driprail molding no aye yes aye yes no Wheel opening moldings no aye aye yes aye no Wheel opening pinstripes no yes yes no no no Bright taillamp trim no yes no yep no yep Vivid headlamp bezel trim no yeah no yes no yep Z21 = Style Trim Z22 = Rally Sport

Every bit can be seen from the table above, the X11 lawmaking always includes the outset four features: the use of blackness body sill paint and the use of the trim moldings (rear quarter louver, driprail, and wheel opening). The difference between X11 and X55 is that X55 does non apply the driprail and wheel opening moldings.

From this table, we tin can deduce that the wheel opening stripes, headlamp bezels, and taillamp lenses were not a factor in the X-codes. The table likewise show that the addition of Z22 (which eliminates the vivid taillamp and headlamp trim, since the Rally Sport lamps are unlike) has the same effect on the X-codes as Z21.

Going back to the X22, X33, X66, and X77 codes, their meanings are now clear. X22 and X33 codes have the same meaning as the related X11 code, but with an added blacked-out tailpan for X22, and with an added Z28 stripe for X33. The X66 code has the same meaning equally X55, but with a blacked-out tailpan. The X77 code has the same meaning every bit X44, but with a Z28 stripe. Including these meanings in a tabular array covering almost of the major trim features for all of the Ten-codes, and adding in the related Z10 & Z11 codes, we go the post-obit result:

Body Trim and Paint Features of the 1969 X & Z Codes

with Z21 or Z22 without Z21 or Z22 ----------------------------- ------------------------ non-SS396/Z SS396 Z28 non-SS/Z SS350 SS396 Z28 Features X11 X22 X33 Z10 Z11 X44 X55 X66 X77 ------------------- --------- ----- --- --- --- ------- ----- ----- --- black body sill yes yes yes no no no yes yes no rear qtr moldings yes yes yes yeah yeah no aye yeah no driprail molding yes yes yes yep no no no no no bicycle open up moldings yes yes yes yes yeah no no no no blacked-out tailpan no yes no no no no no yes no Z28 rally stripe no no yes yes yes no no no yep

 

Protect-o-Plate Decode

The Protect-o-Plate (Popular) is a small stamped metallic plate that was provided with each vehicle by the mill as part of the warranty and service package. It was atttached to the vehicle'southward warranty booklet. When the vehicle was sold, the dealer added the customer'southward data name and address to the metal plate via Dymo-blazon stamped plastic agglutinative labeling. Note that the information is stamped on the POP as a mirror image, so that the imprint from Pop was correctly oriented.

The POP contains basic ID data about the powertrain components (engine and carburetor, transmission, and rear axle) as well equally selected factory installed options, and the month of manufacture. 1967-68 POPs too showed the exterior colors from the cowl tag as well as the interior paint color (the interior pigment color is also shown on the 1967 Norwood cowl tag, but non on the Los Angeles cowl tag).

POP data were stamped on a 8 row by 30 column grid at predefined coordinates. Instructions for stamping the POP data were independent in the assembly transmission for each year, and decoding instructions were included in parts manuals and service manuals and bulletins. At that place are nine basic fields - illustrated in the POP transcription below and summarized field by field in the following list. For each data detail, the row/column positions of the starting and ending cells on the plate are noted, with rows being labeled A thru H, and columns every bit 1 thru 30.

In the faux 1968 POP (below left), each of the assuming-faced monospace characters in the field of the plate is selectable and leads to a more detailed description of that field, which, in plow, often has a link to even more detail. The example describes a 1968 Camaro with a gold interior and British Green body with a white vinyl superlative. After the VIN is the code for a Carter carburetor. The engine is a L30 327ci/275HP for a manual transmission, the axle a 3.07:ane ratio 12-bolt, the vehicle was assembled in January, and the transmission is a Saginaw 4-speed. The details of the specific component decodes can exist found in the links to the Drivetrain Decoding folio in the descriptions that follow.

The 1969 POP pictured (below right) decodes as a Norwood-built automobile that was assembled in March with a Bay City carburetor, 307/200hp engine, Powerglide manual, 2.73 10-bolt beam, and a radio (via the 3 option lawmaking under the axle lawmaking).

1967-1969 Camaro Protect-o-Plate Format Columns i 1 1 one 1 1 1 1 i 1 2 ii 2 2 2 2 two 2 2 ii 3 ane 2 3 four five 6 7 eight nine 0 i two three four v 6 7 eight 9 0 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 nine 0 R o westward s A M Z 6 1 2 iv 3 7 8 Fifty 3 1 ii three 4 5 C B T 0 i 0 3 Eastward A B 50 1 2 two 3 G 1 C R 8 S two 1 3 4 5 1 1 ♦ D E (this expanse for use past the dealer for F calculation the owner'south proper noun and accost G   via Dymo embossed adhesive tape label) H

1969 Protect-o-Plate

The option field in the 68 POP example above decodes as follows. The first option position at C-15, the "3", indicates power steering (N40) and ability brakes (J50). The 2nd selection position at C-16 was unused in 1968. The third position at C-17 indicates AM radio (U63) with rear speaker (U80). The fourth position at C-xviii indicates F41 suspension with disc brakes (J52). The fifth position at C-xix indicates air conditioning (C60). And the option code in the sixth position at C-twenty shows electric windows (A31).

The coordinates and details of each of the 9 fields follow:

1. A-1    Interior Paint (1967-68 simply)
   One-character code that is also used on the 1967 Norwood Cowl Tag, and is described in detail in the Interior Colors section.
2. A-5 to A-6    Outside Pigment (1967-68 only)
   Two-character lawmaking that is too used on the Cowl Tag, and is described in particular in the Outside Colors section. The beginning character describes the lower body colour and the second character describes the upper trunk color. For 1967-68 the upper body color was e'er the same as the lower body unless a vinyl top was installed or the automobile was a convertible.
3. A-fifteen to A-27    Vehicle ID Number
   The xiii-graphic symbol code that is the same every bit is used on the vehicle VIN plate.
4. A-29    Carburetor Code
   One-grapheme lawmaking that describes the source for the carburetor.

               B = Bay Urban center (1 bbl/2 bbl)      C = Carter (2d source for Rochester)      R = Rochester (2bbl/4bbl Quadra-Jet)      H = Holley (4bbl)          

5. B-one to B-7    Engine Assembly/Application Code
   Seven-character code that begins with the engine factory code alphabetic character and is followed by the assembly appointment every bit a 2-digit month and a 2-digit mean solar day of month, so ends in a two-letter application code. This unabridged code is the same code stamped on the front end of the engine block.
6. B-15 to B-21    Rear Beam Assembly Code
   7-graphic symbol code that begins with the 2-alphabetic character beam manufactory awarding code, is followed past the assembly date as a 2-digit month and a two-digit 24-hour interval of calendar month, and ends in a 1-letter factory code. This unabridged code is the same code stamped on the axle, except for the absence on the Pop of whatsoever shift suffix or positraction code. Note that when faced with an beam of uncertain vintage, the year of industry must be derived from the axle center section agenda year casting engagement.
7. B-29    Vehicle Build Month
   One-graphic symbol code from the following table.

               Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul       1967  Five   50   R   Grand   Z   S   P   W   N   Y   T   X       1968  viii   9   O   N   D   i   2   3   4   v   vi   seven       1969  8   nine   O   Northward   D   ane   2   three   four   5   6   7  late 1969  8   nine   O   Northward          

8. C-1 to C-v    Transmission Associates Lawmaking
   This five-character (typically) code begins with the transmission factory code letter and is followed by the terminal digit of the model year (not the agenda twelvemonth) and the assembly date as a i-character month and a 2-digit twenty-four hour period of month. This code is the same code stamped on the manual (on the trans pad, flange, pan, and/or tag). The shift code is stamped on some transmission models and often is included on the Pop. But the 69 Muncie model suffix was not stamped on the Popular.
   The TH400 uses a different code format - see the tranmission decode page.
9. C-15 to C-21    POP Choice Codes
   The first digit of the POP pick codes starts immediately under the start digit of the axle code. The digits are position-significant and interpretation also changes every bit a function of model year. Note that some 1968 codes were used for vehicles built belatedly in the 1967 model twelvemonth.

   In the table beneath, the locations are noted as positions a through g. The significant of the RPO codes (such as J50 and J63) listed are available in the downloadable option spreadsheet. As well, see the further explanatory notes below the table.

10. C-29    Chevrolet Symbol - vertically oriented
    

 

1967 Camaro Popular Option Fields POP Position and Meaning Popular Popular Twelvemonth Value a b c d east f g ---- ----- ------ ------- ------- ------ --- ------ --- 1967 one N40 U35/U63* U80 --- C60 A31 --- 2 J50 --- --- F41 --- --- A67 3 N40/J50 --- U63 J52 --- --- --- 4 --- --- U63/U80 --- C48 B93 --- five --- --- U69 J52/F41 --- A31/B93 --- 6 --- --- U69/U80 --- --- --- --- 7 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 8 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 9 --- --- --- J52/J56 --- --- --- _______________________________________________________________ * aka Radio/Clock Group

1968 Camaro POP Option Fields POP Position and Meaning POP Popular Year Value a b c d e f thou ---- ----- ------ ------- ------- ------ --- ------ --- 1968 1 N40 B37# U80 F40 C60 A31 --- 2 J50 --- U79 F41 --- --- A67 3 N40/J50 U35# U63 J52 --- --- --- 4 --- B37/U35# U63/U80 J52/F40 C48 N65 --- 5 --- --- U69 J52/F41 --- A31/N65 --- 6 --- --- U69/U80 % --- --- --- vii --- --- U69/U79 % --- --- --- 8 --- --- --- % --- --- --- 9 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- _______________________________________________________________ # LOS use only, previously undocumented. It appears that only B37 is indicated in this field, though B93 is often ordered with B37. % Documented as J56 Camaro codes Camaro in CDSIB 68-1-1, merely non applicable to Camaro. Run into comments below.

1969 Camaro Pop Option Fields

POP Position and Meaning POP POP Year Value a b c d e f chiliad ---- ----- ------ ------- ------- ------ --- ------ --- 1969 1 N40 J50 --- --- C60 --- --- 2 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 3 --- --- (any radio) J52 C75 A31 --- 4 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Again, the option field (i.east. 3 4511) nether the axle code in the 68 POP instance shown at the elevation of this department translates as follows:
The first option position at C-15, the "three", indicates power steering (N40) and power brakes (J50). The second selection position at C-16 was unused in 1968. The third position at C-17 indicates AM radio (U63) with rear speaker (U80). The fourth position at C-18 indicates F41 pause with disc brakes (J52). The fifth position at C-19 indicates air-conditioning (C60). And the pick code in the sixth position at C-20 shows electric windows (A31).

The option field in the 69 Pop case shown above indicates the auto had a radio (tertiary character over nether the beam code).

Options were tracked more fully in 1967 and 1968 than in 1969. In 1967-68, codes were more often than not selected such that option combinations, in keeping with efficient computer coding practices of the 24-hour interval, could exist obtained past adding together the codes of each unmarried option. Several options and their permutations could exist recorded with a single digit. For example, in position d for 1968, J52=3 and F41=2, so the combination of J52/F41 was assigned the value of 2+3=5. From this practise we can infer the existence of codes that practice not actually appear in the Chevrolet Service News Bulletins. For example, in before CRG research, the 1967 code for B93 Door Edge Guards was inferred to be iv in position f, since A31 was known to exist 1 and the A31/B93 combination was known to be 5. The inferred value for B93 without A31 was later confirmed by other GM records, which also confirmed the previously inferred A67 code in field "1000" for 1967.

  There are a few items of note about position d (Brake / Suspension) in the choice field:

• While the F40 heavy-duty suspension is non listed as a 1968 Camaro RPO in the US, information technology was supposedly available to Canadians. While CRG has not yet seen a 68 Camaro with this RPO (F40 was an available RPO in 1969), information technology is included in the POP option codes for completeness.
• With regard to RPO J56, the "Heavy Duty Brake" selection, GM has noted this as a 1968 Pop code, despite J56 being a 1967-only option. We listing it in the above table as a 1967 code, since it is not applicable to 68 models.
• For position d in 1968, CRG believes that values 6, 7, and 8 refer to the Corvette J56 4-wheel disc (4WD) brake setup. This brake organisation was bachelor for the 68 Camaro only as an over-the-counter Service Bundle. The 4WD setup is referred to in the 68 Camaro Assembly Transmission initially as J56 but is inverse to JL8 circa Feb/Mar 68. The 4-wheel disc brake organisation was never installed in a 68 Camaro by the manufactory, and we have never seen the vi, seven, and eight codes on a Popular. These codes announced to accept been included for 1968 either in preparation for a proposed selection release that never occurred, or as office of a subterfuge for disarming racing authorities that the 4WD brakes were a mill option and thus should be homologated for SCCA racing use. The 68 4WD Service Package was modified and finally made available in 1969 as a true manufacturing plant option, RPO JL8.

1969 Warranty Protect-o-Plate

    Warranty and Canadian Protect-o-plates

Replacement Pop's obtained when the warranty was tranferred to an new owner did not contain any drivetrain data. Warranty Popular'south comprise very limited information, mainly but the VIN, the new possessor's name, and on the bottom line: the warranty period (normally 5/50, 5 years/l,000 miles), the vehicle mileage (written in 100's, and then add two zeros), and the warranty commencement appointment.

Canadian-sold vehicles were provided with unique Canadian warranty booklets. 1967 Canadian vehicles take a plastic protect-o-plate that is just stamped with minimal data similar the VIN, the buyer'south proper name, and the zone and dealer's number.  

GM Date Lawmaking Formats

The internal GM convention for date-coding parts used two formats for the month. Both started with the letter "A" for January and progressed through the alphabet ("B" for February, "C" for March, etc.). The two formats differed in the usage of the alphabetic character "I".

For cast-in date codes on GM-produced iron and aluminum castings (engine blocks, heads, intakes, water pumps, etc.), the letter "I" was used for September, and the last month of the calendar year (December) was the alphabetic character "L". For stamped-in date codes on GM-produced components (alternators, distributors, starters, etc.), the letter "I" was not used - "I" was skipped, and "J" became September, with December being "M".

(See the Casting codes article for more information on casting dates and codes.)

To summarize: For GM-produced parts, the month code for agenda yr dates that are bandage into parts runs from "A" through "L" (including the letter "I"), while the calendar month code for agenda year dates that are stamped onto parts runs from "A" through "K" (skipping the letter "I").

January Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct November December --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Cast Appointment A B C D East F G H I J K L Stamped Date A B C D E F 1000 H J 1000 50 One thousand

A mutual stamped date code format is (year)(month)(mean solar day). 8C26 would decode every bit eight=1968, C=March, and 26=26th 24-hour interval.

A mutual cast appointment code format is (month)(day)(year). B129 would decode as B=Feb, 12=12th day, 9=1969.

"M"-Coded Blocks
At that place is one exception to this convention that has been observed: some blocks have been seen with "M" bandage codes. Research by the Saginaw Metallic Casting Operations of GM Powertrain Division has found that these "M" codes are non date codes, but actually a foundry code used to indentify parts that were made to evaluate a casting process alter. Later on evaluating the parts, the blocks would either be destroyed or released into production. There is no mode to determine the date an "Grand"-coded cake was poured.  

Sheetmetal Date Codes

Sheetmetal was stamped with a Fisher Body "run number" past the stamping institute that produced the part. The run numbers were inserts in the depict die to identify the plant and the week of production and too served equally proof marks to verify full dice travel to closure. Almost every panel on the body will have a run number. The first letter (occasionally 2 messages) of the run number identifies the stamping plant and the number is the week (east.grand. 40th calendar week) of the calendar yr when the panel was stamped.

Chevrolet-stamped parts (hoods, fenders, header panels, etc) merely take the production week stamped on them.

Julian Calendar Generator

GM dated some components using a Julian type of calendar, where the days are counted continuously, starting on January 1st. For example, February 1st would be day 32. The calculator below will generate the Julian calendar for the 1966 through 1969 calendar years.

Numbers Trivia

Some GM documentation indicates that the first-generation Camaro GM series designation, at some indicate, had a somewhat unlike meaning than what was finally executed on the VIN plate and cowl tag. This "original" pregnant involved the tertiary digit of the VIN, and the choices were given as:

        three or 4 for standard Camaro   5 or six for palatial Camaro      

The actual forms, as executed on the VIN plate and cowl tag, were subvariants of this more complete version. On the VIN plate, three and 4 were used on the VIN to indicate the number of engine cylinders - with no indication of interior. In 1967, the first yr, Fisher Body used 4 and 6 on the cowl tag to denote standard or deluxe interior. The original plan in its entirety was probably the post-obit (though we have just incomplete documentation of this last version):

        iii = L6 standard   iv = V8 standard   5 = L6 deluxe   half dozen = V8 palatial      

For whatever reason, this format was not followed in full in the U.South. But some of the foreign assembled Camaros did use this format.

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