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Bigfish45

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DZ Block
« on: October 26, 2021, 03:24:56 PM »
Is it possible for a 69 Z 010 block to have a date code of A 17 O ?
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Re: DZ Block
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2021, 04:57:40 PM »
Possibly if it was a CE engine for warranty purposes (but it wouldn't have the DZ assembly stamping - it would have a CE stamping).   The date you provided is AFTER the '69 Camaro production run ended in early Dec...
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Re: DZ Block
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2021, 07:19:40 PM »
Quote from: 69Z28-RS on October 26, 2021, 04:57:40 PM
…. The date you provided is AFTER the '69 Camaro production run ended in early Dec...
Would that not be early November ‘69, not December, GW?
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Re: DZ Block
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2021, 07:35:21 PM »
I take that date code to be January 17, 1970
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Re: DZ Block
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2021, 07:40:42 PM »
Quote from: ko-lek-tor on October 26, 2021, 07:19:40 PM
Quote from: 69Z28-RS on October 26, 2021, 04:57:40 PM
…. The date you provided is AFTER the '69 Camaro production run ended in early Dec...
Would that not be early November ‘69, not December, GW?

Bentley,

I interpret that A 17 0     is for January 17, 1970 ....
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Re: DZ Block
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2021, 11:51:12 PM »
Bentley.... :)    OH..  You were talking 'late Nov' versus early Dec for when the last Camaros were produced?   You're probably correct...  I do not have a date firmly in my head for that (last production) but I thought I'd heard both time frames mentioned previously...
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Re: DZ Block
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2021, 04:43:21 PM »
Last '69 Camaros produced at Norwood, likely Friday November 7, 1969.
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