When was the 1st 68 Camaro built and sold?

[68 Cam]

67 is easy to find. I find break down of models etc. built in 68, but not when the 1st was built. Thanks for your help.

[bertfam]

The first 68 Camaro (124378N300001) was built at Norwood, Ohio. The date on the trim tag is 06-05 and it was the 13th body assembled by Fisher. When it was actually sold and to what dealer it went to is unknown.

Ed

[68 Cam]

The first 68 Camaro (124378N300001) was built at Norwood, Ohio. The date on the trim tag is 06-05 and it was the 13th body assembled by Fisher. When it was actually sold and to what dealer it went to is unknown.

Ed

Thanks for your reply. What does 06-05 mean?

[bertfam]

June 5th

Ed

[DAVEN1256]

Why doesn't it have the standard month/week date code?

[bertfam]

Probably because it's pre-production.

Ed

[68 Cam]

So are you saying that the 1st 68s built were proto-types before regular production was started? 
If so when were the 1st 68s available to the general public?   Thanks Larry

[bertfam]

1968 Camaro production began in late August, 1967 and the official release date was early September, 1967, but 124378N300001 was the first one off the assembly line. It used a pre-production body, as did a few other early cars, but there wasn't anything special about them.

Ed

[maroman]

Back then there was a hard date that all manufacturers stuck to when new cars were shown and released to the public. It was something like Sept. 8. You could drive by early in the week and all the windows of the dealership were covered over. As I remember all the dealers really held to that date.

[68 Cam]

1968 Camaro production began in late August, 1967 and the official release date was early September, 1967, but 124378N300001 was the first one off the assembly line. It used a pre-production body, as did a few other early cars, but there wasn't anything special about them.

Ed

Thanks much! I did not know about the pre-production cars. So once regular production started, there was a different date designation than the 06 - 05 type?

[68 Cam]

Back then there was a hard date that all manufacturers stuck to when new cars were shown and released to the public. It was something like Sept. 8. You could drive by early in the week and all the windows of the dealership were covered over. As I remember all the dealers really held to that date.

That sounds familiar, thanks for the reminder. Wish they still held to a universal reveal time, rather than being all over the calendar.

[bertfam]

So once regular production started, there was a different date designation than the 06 - 05 type?

Yes. The month and week. More into HERE (read "Field a - body build date code").

Ed

[MO]

The first 68 Camaro (124378N300001) was built at Norwood, Ohio. The date on the trim tag is 06-05 and it was the 13th body assembled by Fisher. When it was actually sold and to what dealer it went to is unknown.

Ed

$50 to NCRS would give you more info.

[CNorton]

I owned '68 VIN 8N300200 for about twenty years.  The date code format on the trim tag was 08C.  The car was an NHRA Stock Eliminator competitor when I bought it and was still a race car when I sold it.

c