Assembly-Line Correct 1969 Trunk Lamp (RPO U25)

[KurtS]

Yes, it was standard on convertibles.

[ZLP955]

Thanks Kurt! I learn something every day here.

[Steve Shauger]

No apology necessary Gary, there's so many things we may never learn about who supplied what and how it was all put together by each assembly plant. That's why I asked the original question, and Bentley's lamp could be OE too. But I'm very glad to see Steve's pictures above! As well as the trunk lamp, my car has under-dash courtesy lights, and remains of wiring that appears to be for the glovebox and ashtray lamps too. So I think it probably came with ZJ9, but can't be sure as most of the wiring was pulled by original owner.
I do have an under hood lamp assembly, although that one isn't from my car (it was an sYc classified ad score). As with the trunk lamp, there are many types of underhood lamp that purport to be correct for '67-'69 Camaros, but each has different details. As far as I can tell, the OE-correct style should have a single black wire, a hole in the back of the curved reflector (heat dissipation?), and two round mounting holes - later versions, possibly service replacements, seem to have at least one slotted mounting hole, and no hole in the reflector.

Here are a few pics of an original I had squirreled away. It came with installation instructions for Camaro & Chevelle, and has mounting screws and wiring wraps for routing the wire. The illustration show how to take up extra wire if mounting for a small block LH side.

[Steve Shauger]

Note hole in reflector.

[69Z28-RS]

Steve:   
That's more like what I'm accustomed to seeing on Chevys since the 50's...   Is that one a dealer sold/installed accessory?

[ZLP955]

Thanks for the great pictures Steve, that confirms what I had figured out as correct for the underhood lamp.

[Steve Shauger]

Steve:   
That's more like what I'm accustomed to seeing on Chevys since the 50's...   Is that one a dealer sold/installed accessory?

Thanks for the great pictures Steve, that confirms what I had figured out as correct for the underhood lamp.

Just for clarification this is U26 Underhood Lamp assembly. I posted this at the request of Tim. I don't want to confuse anyone.