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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Carb. date code

« on: September 28, 2015, 01:03:34 AM »

William, I understand todays production process somewhat, outsourcing worldwide, JIT deliveries and meeting ISO standards. The hobby I was speaking of was electrical equipment manufactured in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Most of the product was made here domestically. I was speaking of hard parts like switches, diodes, potentiometers, transformers and chokes. And of course the production world has changed and I do see your position. True it is, any product sitting in bins or on the shelf are degrading as the hours pass by. The company I am specifically talking about was known for this kind of buying tactics, whatever was cheap and the best deal at the time. And Clarence Leo Fender as a radio man built an American icon from this type of management. He even used product from the US auto industry. All amplifiers from about 1961 forward were covered with the General Tire and Rubber Company "Tolex" fabric, the same material that the big three were using as their vinyl top coverings. Anyhow, I am not responding harshly and you made good points. I just had to differentiate your point of todays manufacturing standards as to some from the past. Great topic though!

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Carb. date code

« on: September 27, 2015, 09:49:41 PM »

Yeah Mike,
I can see where a late build G6 carb being built on Friday July 29th is as close to H6 being built  on Monday Aug. 1st and getting tagged for the month and either could still have been put into a 10A assembly built car. As 69Z28-RS stated, getting the best of the two in this 2-3 month window would be the way to go. Again as you and him are stating, nothing magical about the time frame here and that it plays in my favor by the build date being only stated as the month and no "DAY" is included in the tag.  Thanks 

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Carb. date code

« on: September 27, 2015, 07:24:40 PM »

Thanks, 1968RSZ28 and William, that helps to clarify the acronym and what can and does go on in the assembly process. I have another hobby regarding electrical equipment in which sometimes components are date coded two years prior to production. This typical of a company outsourcing and buying large volumes of inventory at a reduced or better pricing. Of course this showing older stock in a newer finished product.

Thanks guys,

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Carb. date code

« on: September 27, 2015, 05:48:46 PM »

? Hmmmmm     "parts were not FIFO"   A little help on this one!   All I know is LOL, FWIW and  SWAG. But I can't SWAG this one. "FIFO" spell it out for me. I'm from the country. A DBO  "Ditch Bank Okie",   Daddy was from Dalhart, mama was from Muskogee.    Thanks again.

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Carb. date code

« on: September 27, 2015, 04:09:08 PM »

Well I am being offered a carb and two are available, a G6 and an H6, want to pull the trigger but just cannot do it without more feedback or actual verification of outfitted cars. Staying around the August dates of the other components is entertaining but I did see a post where a fellow had a G9 carb on a 10B 69 Camaro. The G6 could work for me, was just wanting to hear from some late September- early October build examples. If another LOS built car shows its date or even a few of them, it would give me the opportunity to make a more sound decision. A little more help please?

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Bulkhead Numbers and Letters ?

« on: September 19, 2015, 03:47:29 PM »

How about 'b' for butternut?

This reply may have to be moved and start a new topic.  Is butternut yellow really that bad???. I guess it is true about"beauty in the eyes of the beholder".  Goes to show not everybody loves that color.I for one, do not. But, a nicely trimmed Camaro with this color can look nice. But lets see some comments on this. When I was younger and Chevrolet came out with the " Ocher" color on the 71-71 pickups, I could not stand that color, looked like an old batch of mustard on a corn dog under the bleachers. But today when seeing a nice optioned upper/lower trimmed white on ocher, they kinda leave a little mark on me. So whats the folks say?
I'd rather have a 6 cylinder Camaro then a butternut yellow one! 

Paul

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Early LOS 1967

« on: September 19, 2015, 03:31:59 PM »

Kurt, And does this mean the 200th Camaro or 200th unit that was being assembled at Van Nuys??? For example, my LOS Camaro is a 10A dated build with the unit number being 3342, surely this was not how many Camaros had been built in Van Nuys by this date is it. Or is it?

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Carb. date code

« on: September 16, 2015, 10:08:20 PM »

Thanks Paul,
I was not sure how that was how it happened and thanks for clearing that up. So then most likely Rochester had sent batches for the 327 engines that were getting the MN carbs. Now we need to find a few of these cars that were  built from middle September to middle October and see what codes were on them. Will wait for someone to chime in.

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Decoding/Numbers / Carb. date code

« on: September 16, 2015, 09:36:44 PM »

Want to correct my car with a correct carburetor and date code. Engine build date is 8/21/66, tranny build date is 8/19/66, axle build date is 9/26/66. Cowl tag is dated 10A, first week of October 1966, car was at the dealer on 10/8/66 and owner took possession on 10/12/66 as recorded in the Protection Plan and Warranty booklet. I do not have the original carburetor and for what they are costing, I only want to buy one once. Given the dates above, should I be entertaining a carburetor with a G6, H6 or J6 code. Trying to be realistic as to the engine being built and sent out with a carburetor on it, or did it get fitted after it went to Van Nuys. If it was fitted with the engine, I could see it having an early date being prior to the engine assembly date, lets say any of the three months would work.

 So, maybe I should be asking how many folks out there can tell me what carbureator code is on their Oct. first week Van Nuys built  Camaro with the MV4 Rochester MN carburetor. There has got to be a few?    Thanks to all participation and the forum.

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Help determining 67 4P scenario

« on: December 20, 2014, 01:07:23 AM »

Hello Rick92, I am new here since about Nov. 2014 and have just read your post. Do you have any pictures of the car in it's drag racing glory. I am from the area and have frequented Famoso for over forty years, having three 67 Camaros and one of them being run there on many, many occasions, maybe I can help you with a previous owner. I do not know your location but as you may know, racers come from many directions to get to this track. If it was a local that frequented often, maybe with my feelers and some of my contacts we can narrow this down to a prevoius owner. I have done this on another occasion with another Camaro that was local and run down this track. The current owner is from Porterville and the owner of the car in the 70's was from Lindsay, 10 miles to the north. If the car was from Kern County or Tulare County, good chances of making contact with a previous owner, we all know each other through different channels.  Give a shout out!!!

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Originality / Re: 67 Door edge guards

« on: November 27, 2014, 05:43:33 PM »

The car has the edge guards, it is a Z-22 optioned with a bunch of other stuff that was not part of the Z-22 option list. It also includes, front and rear bumper guards, deluxe seat belts with standard buckets, under hood light, trunk light. I do not believe it was dealer installed. The only possible dealer installed items that I know would be the curb ticklers and some real nice riveted black vinyl trim at mid body on door , front and rear quarters.

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Originality / 67 Door edge guards

« on: November 27, 2014, 04:41:54 PM »

Was the B-93 option a stand alone option or did it also come grouped with either a trim package or style package like Rally Sport/Super Sport. However it came, what would be an appropriate "Letter" on the cowl tag to identify  the option.   Thanks to all.

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General Discussion / Re: Newbie from the orphanage, Looking for my sibling!

« on: November 26, 2014, 03:01:06 AM »

Hello ko-lek-tor and thanks for the welcome (wilkomen) it sounds and looks Danish/Scandinavian to me.  In Dutch/Nederlands we just say (welkom) although In California, it's just  what up dude, or thanks for the welcome. We will be yaking it up here.

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General Discussion / Newbie from the orphanage, Looking for my sibling!

« on: November 25, 2014, 05:45:23 PM »

Just got here, have been wandering about for more than 39 years alone. Eureka! seems that the best doucmentation comes from this CRG site and thanks for all the help that has been spread about from the enthusiastic minded Camaro folks and the CRG. I have some questions I will ask later about some potential errors or just typos in some of the decoding that is posted, maybe just typos and of course I have been prone to dyslexia. And because I started out in the orphanage, I am on the hunt for engine block TO921MN, she has a nesting spot being taken up by a step sister with the same DNA. Will give history in another post later.