It is interesting in that my '69 RS went through assembly at Norwood within a week of yours, actually 3,708 units after yours based on our two VIN Numbers. The 4th digit in your VIN number (4) indicates a V8 motor. You didn't say, so I'll ask, what motor, tranny, and rear end are currently in your car?
See the following link for a complete discussion on cowl tag decode:
http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml#CowlTagThe following are quotes from that link - your tag decodes as follows:
ST69 12437: Body Style Code:
(See also this explanation of why the Fisher style and VIN prefix differed.) The two digit year ("69") was followed by a five-digit "ST" body style code. The first two digits of the style code are the model code ("12" [Chevrolet Camaro]) and the last two digits are body code ("37" for coupe and "67" convertible). In 1968-69 the third digit was fixed at "4" for all models and had no meaning. While the Fisher style code is often confused with the first five digits of the VIN, the two sets of codes are different because of the different meaning of the third digit. NOR231468 BDY: Assembly Plant Code:
The next three letters represent the assembly plant ("NOR" for the Norwood, Ohio factory and "LOS" for the Los Angeles (Van Nuys), California factory. In mid-December 1968, the "LOS" was changed to "VN." The digits that follow, up to six, represent the Fisher body number sequence. The body number sequence is not the same as the VIN sequence. In 69, the body number was assigned when the order was accepted, not when the body was built. Body numbers from cars that were built at the same time can vary significantly, depending on how quickly the order was fulfilled. The Cowl Tags and VIN #'s of our two cars are very interesting to me. I am going to start a new topic to discuss them further in the General Discussion section.
TR 729: Interior Trim Code: The first three digits of the trim ("TR") code are a unique (for each year) interior color and type code that indicate the color and standard or custom interior. Your decodes as custom interior, ivory houndstooth
- - PNT Panit Color, upper and lower. The - - designates as special paint or striping option other than the standard Camaro offering. Special paint cars were identified with a unique paint code on the firewall cowl tag. Special paint was any non-standard Camaro color; it could be a GM color or any other color. (The Cadillac Firemist colors were the only colors not available. Since they had such a coarse metallic, the Firemist colors needed to be sprayed through a special paint gun.) In 68, if any of the four colors that were deleted mid-year (see footnote 3 in the Exterior Color table) were ordered in the latter part of the year, the cowl tag was normally coded as special paint. In 1968-69, either deletion of a stripe or use of a non-standard stripe color was also considered to be special paint. On the window sticker and on broadcast copy sheets, "1001AA" and "1001HA" have been observed as designating special paint cars. Note that all cars were painted, no cars were shipped from the assembly plant in primer.
01B Body Build Date: This is composed of two digits (01 thru 12 corresponding to each month of the model year) and a letter (A thru E corresponding to the week of the month) and indicates when the assembly of the body was started. Your body started assembly by fisher Body during the 2nd week of January 1969.
X11 Body related options, in particular in your case, Style Trim Group which was a part of the RS package and in 1969 included: The Bright vertical bars in taillamp lenses
Bright driprail moldings (except convertible)
Black body sill (except certain colors)
Bright wheel opening moldings
Wheel opening paint pinstripes
Bright rear quarter simulated louver moldings
Bright headlamp bezel face moldings
