How to Read a 1967 Camaro Data Tage

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VIN, Cowl Tag, and other Numbers Decoding

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Edited by Kurt Sonen and Rich Fields
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Cowl Tag Decoder

A plan that decodes the VIN and cowl tag information for 67-69 Camaros.
Click (or Shift-Click) to download the first-generation Camaro Cowl Tag Decoder in goose egg format, version iii.68.      

Drivetrain Decoding

Engine, transmission, and axle decoding information is in the Drivetrain Decoding section.

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VIN Data

1. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Decode
2. Partial VIN Definition and Location
3. 123x7 VIN vs. 124x7 Cowl Tag Code
4. VIN compared to Production Date

Cowl Tag Information

5. Cowl Tag Decode
6. Exterior Color Codes
7. Interior Trim Codes
8. 1967 Cowl Tag - Fisher Body Codes
9. 1969 Cowl Tag - X Codes

Other Decoding Data

10. Protect-o-Plate Decode
11. GM Date Code Formats
12. Sheetmetal Date Codes
13. Julian Calendar Generator
14. Numbers Trivia

 

Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Decode

The Vehicle Identification Number, or VIN, is stamped on a plate that is riveted to the vehicle. The xiii-digit VIN used during the beginning-generation Camaro flow has the following format:

1967-1969 Camaro VIN Interpretation

12ebbYPxxxxxx east.g. 124379N506070 where 1 = Chevrolet two = Camaro e = 3 for 6-cylinder engine, or 4 for viii-cylinder engine bb = 37 for coupe body, or 67 for convertible trunk Y = 7 for 1967 model, 8 for 1968 model, or 9 for 1969 model P = North for Norwood, OH assembly plant, or L for Los Angeles, CA assembly found xxxxxx = vehicle series number sequence At each plant, the vehicle serial number started the year at the following number: 100001 for 1967 models 300001 for 1968 models 500001 for 1969 models

As an example, if the first auto off the Norwood line in 1968 was an eight-cylinder coupe, then the VIN for this car is 124378N300001. The side by side automobile would have been 12xx78N300002 (the xx would exist dependent on whether it was a L6 or V8 and a coupe or convertible). The first Camaro off the Los Angeles line in 1968 would be 12xx78L300001.

In 1967, the VIN plate is located on the driver-side A-pillar (front colonnade) and is visible when the driver-side door is open up.

Starting in 1968, and continuing to the present time, the VIN plate was relocated to the upper dash console, on the forwards portion of the drivers side, and is viewable through the windshield glass when standing at the front edge of the driver's door. The location is shown in this photo.

Starting in August 1969, the complete VIN was also stamped on a conformance sticker that was placed on the driver'southward door, just higher up the door striker.

The VIN does non provide any information other than what is listed in the box to a higher place. The VIN does not tell if the automobile is a Z28, SS, RS, etc.

 

Partial VIN Definition and Location

In addition to the official VIN plate, a fractional VIN should be stamped on the trunk sheet metal in two places:

1. On the cowl in front of the passenger side (underneath the cowl vent panel). Y'all can run into it sometimes if y'all advisedly look with a flashlight through the slots in the vent panel, only the panel comes off with a few screws and the wiper artillery popular off pretty easily, so this ane is not a big deal to become to. The photo below (with the cowl vent console removed) shows the typical location for this postage stamp.
2. On the firewall below the fan motor opening (non-AC cars) or below the heater opening (Air conditioning cars). This requires the heater or ac box removal, and therefore nearly car buyers will non have an opportunity to view this postage. The photo below of the passenger side of the firewall shows the typical location on a car without air conditioning.

The format of the partial VIN is:

1967-1969 Camaro Partial VIN Estimation

YPxxxxxx (1967) east.g. 7L102030 1YPxxxxxx (1968-69) e.yard. 18N304050 where 1 = Chevrolet Y = 7 for 1967 model, eight for 1968 model, or ix for 1969 model P = North for Norwood assembly establish L for Los Angeles associates plant xxxxxx = serial number sequence

Fractional VINs were also stamped on most engines and transmissions from 1967 on. Not all engines and transmissions in 1967 were stamped with partial VINs. Details and examples are shown in the Drivetrain Decoding section. However, be aware that the fractional VINs can exist "restamped" on engines and transmissions by machining off the original postage stamp (or finding 1 that is unstamped) and then stamping the desired VIN.

 

12337 VIN vs 12437 Cowl Tag Lawmaking

Though it looks very similar to the start five digits of the VIN, the body style lawmaking on the Fisher Body cowl tag did non accept the same meaning. Fisher Body didn't need the type of engine coded on the cowl tag, and and so stamped the tertiary digit of the Fisher way lawmaking with a different significant than the third digit of the VIN.

The third digit of the VIN identifies which engine (L6 or V8) the automobile had from the factory. A VIN engine digit of 3 indicates a L6 engine, while a VIN engine digit of iv indicates a V8 engine.

The cowl tags for 1967 Camaros were stamped with a style code of 12x37 or 12x67, where the x was prepare to 4 for standard interior or 6 for custom interior. All 1968-69 Camaros (L6 or V8) had a style code of 12437 or 12467 on the cowl tag - the tertiary digit of the firewall mode number for these 2 years was fixed to 4 and effectively had no pregnant.

For related data, meet also the Cowl Tag and Numbers Trivia sections.

 

Cowl Tag Decode

The cowl tag is a pocket-sized aluminum tag riveted to the driver's side of the firewall in the engine compartment, by the master cylinder. The tag was stamped at the Fisher Body assembly establish (not the Chevrolet vehicle assembly constitute, which was a separate entity) with characters describing basic characteristics of the body build. Below is a summary of the major cowl tag fields, referred to below as fields a thru k. Despite several variations of cowl tag formats and shapes, the majority of the information remained the same for the 1967-1969 model years. 1967 was the last (and only, for Camaro) year for inclusion of option related codes. There were likewise a few other changes in field content from year to year, as described below.

(These discussions apply simply to U.S.-congenital bodies sold by GM in North America and are not applicable to models assembled exterior of the U.S. Note that 1968 Yenkos and 1968 not-Canadian export models, not requiring the argument of certification to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, were shipped with 1959-1963 way Fisher Torso tags that are absent the 1968 certification statement. And 1969 export tags are oft blank on the bottom of the tag.)

1967-1968 Cowl Tag Fields Field locations (as well clickable with your cursor on the tags to the left & described below) ____________________________________ BODY BY FISHER a b ST c d Body TR e f Paint g(67 but) 1969 Cowl Tag Fields BODY BY FISHER ST c d BDY TR e f PNT a b(LOS)/g(NOR)

1967 NOR Cowl Tag 1968 LOS Cowl Tag 1969 NOR Cowl Tag

  Field a - body build appointment code

This is composed of two digits (01 thru 12 corresponding to each month of the year) and a letter (A thru E corresponding to the calendar week of the month) and indicates when the assembly of the body was started. For case, 11C means the body assembly was started during the third week of Nov of that model twelvemonth. 05A would mean the trunk associates was started during the outset week of May.

  Field b (LOS vs NOR)

LOS - Fisher Torso trunk scheduling lawmaking

The LOS (Los Angeles/Van Nuys) body scheduling code is a letter followed past ane to three digits, e.m., F103. Based on information assay (there is no GM documentation that describes this lawmaking, just the information is consistent across thousands of datapoints), CRG believes the lawmaking was used past LOS Fisher Body (and other plants that built multiple carlines) to aid in scheduling the body build order.

The letter indicates the approximate solar day of the month for the outset of the associates of the vehicle body. Information technology is only an approximate engagement because it appears that the 24-hour interval on the tag was actually when the vehicle was existence scheduled to exist congenital. The actual start of production could vary by a few days.

The code began with letter "A" on the first 24-hour interval of the month of the Fisher production agenda, incremented at the showtime of each boosted product day to the next alphabetic letter, and was reset to letter "A" at the showtime of the next production calendar month. (Annotation that the Fisher production calendar is known to differ from the calendar month, and nosotros also do not know exactly how the Fisher production calendar related to the Chevrolet monthly product reporting calendar.)

The 1-to-three digit sequence number that follows the letter was reset to 1 at the showtime of each day and more often than not incremented serially with each body built past the factory as the day progressed. Due to scheduling requirements, this progression was not absolute and vehicles chould be built out of tag sequence. Data analysis indicates that the sequence number at the LOS plant was assigned regardless of model or body type. Past this we mean that Camaros and full-size passenger cars both incremented the aforementioned sequence counter. The unit counter was reset to 1 the next mean solar day as the twenty-four hour period-of-the-calendar month code letter incremented to the next alphabetic character. In the example, F103 would indicate approximately the sixth solar day of production for a given month and almost the 103rd body on that 6th 24-hour interval of production.

NOR - (1967 simply) NOR interior pigment lawmaking

The NOR (Norwood) interior paint code, used simply during 1967, is a single letter of the alphabet and is the same graphic symbol equally used on the Protect-o-Plate (POP). See the Pop decoding section for other details on the Norwood interior pigment code.

  Field c - body style lawmaking 12xx7 (Run across also this caption of why the Fisher style and VIN prefix differed.)

The ii digit year ("67," "68," or "69") was followed past a five-digit "ST" trunk style code, eastward.g. 12437. The kickoff ii digits of the style code are the model code ("12") and the last two digits are body code ("37" for coupe and "67" convertible).
While the Fisher manner code is oft confused with the first five digits of the VIN, the two codes are dissimilar because of the dissimilar meaning of the tertiary digit. In 1967, the tertiary digit of the style code was set to "4" for standard interior or "half dozen" for custom interior (due east.g. a style code for a 67 convertible with custom interior would be 12667). In 1968-69, the tertiary digit was stock-still at "4" for all models (L6 and V8) and had no meaning.

  Field d - associates plant code

The next three letters represent the assembly plant ("NOR" for the Norwood, Ohio manufacturing plant and "LOS" for the Los Angeles (Van Nuys), California mill. In mid-December 1968, the "LOS" was changed to "VN."
The digits that follow, upward to half-dozen, represent the Fisher body number. Details on the body number can be constitute in the Trunk Number article. The body number is not the aforementioned every bit the VIN sequence. In 67-68, the body number was approximately sequential, increasing every bit more than cars were built during the model year. In 69, the torso number was assigned when the society was accepted, not when the body when congenital. Body numbers from cars that were built at the same time can vary significantly, depending on how quickly the order was fulfilled.

  Field e - interior trim code

The beginning three digits of the trim ("TR") lawmaking are a unique (for each year) interior color and blazon code that betoken the color and standard or custom interior.
1967 tags also have a hyphenated suffix that point seat and headrest type:
Z - standard A50 Strato Saucepan seats (no headrest)
Y - RPO AS2 headrest added to the A50 saucepan seats
H - RPO AL4 Stato Bench seats (no headrest)
T - RPO AS2 headrests added to the AL4 bench seats

  Field f - exterior paint code

The "PAINT" or "PNT" fields show the torso paint colour and the top color, including vinyl or convertible top, if so equipped. For cars without a vinyl or convertible height, the body paint colour was stamped on the tag twice, e.thou. East-East or 69-69.
Paint codes were alphabetic in 1967-68, and numeric in 1969. Vinyl and convertible meridian codes were numeric in 1967-68, and alphabetic in 1969. Two-tone paint was offered only with the 1969 models. Special pigment cars were marked with special codes, equally noted in the special paint section.

  Field yard - torso-related option codes (run into the 1967 Fisher Option Codes and the 1969 Norwood X codes)

In 1967 this was a list of numbered selection groups where each graphic symbol represented a body-related option that required some action on the office of Fisher Body to alter the "baseline" configuration.
This information was eliminated in 1968, but in mid-year 1969, the Norwood Fisher Trunk plant began using a new body pigment/trim coding scheme - the famous X codes and other codes including D80, Z10, and Z11.

1967 "armada and special order" (F&So) codes were also stamped in this area of the tag by both factories to indicate special vehicle order(s). For example, i of the groups of 1967 Norwood-congenital Indy Step Automobile replicas used the "-061A" F&So code.

 

Exterior Color Codes

Below are the CRG tables, with footnotes, for exterior paint and vinyl and convertible top colors, and the relationships between them. Related topics that are also covered below include:

• Special Pigment Designation
• Window Sticker Paint Codes

Cowl tags and POP tags in 1967 and 1968 used a letter lawmaking for body paint and a numeric lawmaking for the vinyl/convertible top. Cowl tags changed in 1969 to use of a numeric code for the body paint (with two-tone paint at present a Camaro option) and a letter code for the vinyl/convertible top colour. For cars without a vinyl or convertible top, the body paint color was stamped on the tag twice, e.m. Due east-Due east or 69-69. To see examples of the colors, the 69pace.com website has photos of 67-69 Camaros in the various manufactory colors.

The 1969 colors are presented in the same row as the two-letter RPO suffix that was added to the 1969 window sticker. For example, 1969 Dover White, code "50", is shown in the Outside Paints Table in row "C". This ways that the cowl tag would take shown "50-50" and the window sticker, as shown in the Exterior Paint RPO Codes Tabular array, would have had "5911CC DOVER WHITE" printed on information technology (where the initial "v" is the Chevrolet prefix indicating Camaro).

Non-standard paint color and striping color could be special ordered, and such cars were specially marked. Meet the Special Paint section for more details.

Stripe colors (white or blackness, with red added in 1969, and pace cars being a special exception) were selected based on body colour. In 1967-68, at that place were three color combination exceptions where top color overrode that selection. In 1969, stripe color selection became more complicated as Chevy decided to brand the stripe color vary depending on the top color. 1967-68 stripe colors are shown in the tabular array below. The 1969 Stripe Color table shows the 1969 stripe color (W=White, B=Black, R=Ruby) every bit a function of tiptop colour and type; the legend for the peak colour codes are shown in the Convertible Meridian Colors and Vinyl Height Colors tables.

Stripe colors were painted as follows: White stripes were painted with Ermine White or Dover White, black stripes with a black that was different than Tuxedo Black, crimson stripes with Monza Red, and 69 pacer stripes with Hugger Orange. The diverse stripe designs and usage are shown in the Exterior section.

1967-1969 Camaro Exterior Paint Color Codes

1967 1968 1969 Code Body Color / Stripe Code Body Colour / Stripe Lawmaking Torso Color (3) ---- ------------------ ---- ------------------- ---- --------------- A Tuxedo Blackness / W A Tuxedo Black(del) / West 10 Tuxedo Blackness B -- -- 69 Cortez Silver C Ermine White / B C Ermine White / B 50 Dover White D Nantucket Blue / W D Grotto Blue / W 53 Glacier Blue E Deepwater Bluish / West E Fathom Blue(del) / Due west 51 Dusk Blue F Marina Blue / Due west (1) F Island Teal / W 71 LeMans Blue One thousand Granada Gold / B Thousand Ash Gold / B 65 Olympic Gold H Mountain Light-green / B H Grecian Green(del) / B -- -- J -- J Rallye Green(add) / Due west 79 Rallye Green K Emerald Turquoise / B 1000 Tripoli Turquoise / B 55 Azure Turquoise Fifty Tahoe Turquoise / W L Teal Blue / W -- -- M Royal Plum / Westward -- 63 Champagne N Madeira Maroon / Due west N Cordovan Maroon / West 67 Burgundy O -- O Corvette Bronze(add) / B -- -- P -- P Seafrost Light-green / B 76 Daytona Yellow Q -- -- 72 Hugger Orange R Bolero Scarlet / West (ane) R Matador Red / W (2) 52 Garnet Red South Sierra Fawn / B Southward -- 61 Burnished Brownish T Capri Cream / B T Palomino Ivory(del) / B -- -- U -- U LeMans Blueish(add) / Due west -- -- V -- V Sequoia Green / W 57 Fathom Green W -- -- 59 Frost Green (4) Y Butternut Yellow / B Y Butternut Yellow / B 40 Butternut Yellow Z -- Z British Green(add) / Due west -- -- As of January 68, colors A, E, H, and T were deleted, and colors J, O, U, and Z were added. Stripe Color: W=White, B=Black   1969 2-Tone Coupe Colors DC -- -- 53-50 Glacier Blue/Dover White KC -- -- 55-l Azure Turquoise/Dover White DE -- -- 53-51 Glacier Blue/Dusk Blueish ED -- -- 51-53 Dusk Blue/Glacier Blueish GC -- -- 65-fifty Olympic Gold/Dover White SM -- -- 61-63 Burnished Brown/Champagne

Table Footnotes:

1. 1967: Marina Blue and Bolero Red accept Black stripes with Black vinyl/convertible tops.
2. 1968: Matador Red have Black stripe with Black vinyl/convertible top.
3. 1969: Colors x, 67, 40, 61, 51, 53/51, 51/53, and 61/63 were initially special lodge from LOS/VN. 40, 63, 61/63 were initially special order from NOR. The special order restriction was lifted circa Jan 1969. Notation that "special gild" is different from "special pigment."
4. 1969: 59 Frost Green was also called Frost Lime in some references.

 

1969 Camaro Stripe Colour vs Top Color

Vinyl Convertible 1969 Body Color top code top code Lawmaking Body Colour (no top) B E F C S B A ---- --------------- ----- --------- ------ x Tuxedo Black W(i) W W - - W W Due west 40 Butternut Yellow B B B B - - B B l Dover White B(two) B B - B B B B 51 Dusk Blue W W W - W - Due west W 52 Garnet Red B B W - - - B West 53 Glacier Blue B B W - B - B Westward 55 Azure Turquoise B B W - - - B W 57 Fathom Light-green W W Due west - - Due west W W 59 Frost Green B B Westward - - B B W 61 Burnished Brown Due west W W Due west - - W W 63 Champagne B B W B - - B W 65 Olympic Gold B B W B - - B Due west 67 Burgundy R(iii) R West - - - R West 69 Cortez Silver B(2) B West - B - B W 71 LeMans Blue W(four) B W - - - B Westward 72 Hugger Orangish W B W - - - B W 76 Daytona Yellow B B B - - - B B 79 Rallye Green Due west B W - - B(v) B W Stripe Color: Westward=White, B=Black, R=Red

Tabular array Footnotes:

1. 1969: Tuxedo Blackness coupes with Blackness interior and D90, DX1, or D96 stripe (not Z28) and without* vinyl top received a Red stripe. (* Annotation: Original paint black cars with black vinyl tops have a scarlet stripe, and so GM documentation appears to be in error on this particular).
2. 1969: Cortez Silverish and Dover White coupes with Red interior and D90, DX1, or D96 stripe (not Z28) and without vinyl pinnacle received a Red stripe.
3. 1969: The default stripe color for Burgundy was reddish. However, the "Camaro Striping Color Application Chart" dated 4/1/69 documents the Burgundy models that received white stripes: Z/28 or non-Z/28 with either Parchment vinyl top or white convertible top.
4. 1969: While the dealer literature reports that a black stripe is the default color with LeMans Blueish, but white stripes take been observed in practice, except for special orders.
5. 1969: 79 Rallye Dark-green was added equally allowable color for the Midnight Dark-green Vinyl Roof circa January 1969.

1967-1969 Camaro Convertible Top Colors and Quantities

1967 1968 1969 Code Color Qty Code Color Qty Code Color Qty# ---- ---------- ----- ---- -------- ---- ---- ------- ---- one White 9290 1 White 6825 A White 8126 ii Black 14505 ii Black 12356 B Black 8970 four Med Blue 1346 4 Blue 1259 * The default convertible top was white. Blackness or blue (67-68) had to be specially designated. # 1969 totals are through Sept 69 - missing the concluding 5 weeks of product (477 more convertibles).

1967-1969 Camaro Vinyl Acme Colors

1967 1968 1969 Code Top Code Top Code Top 1969 Body Colors * ---- ------ ---- ------ ---- ----------- ---------------- two Black 2 Black B Black All colors -- -- C Nighttime Blue l, 51, 53, 69 6 Beige / vi White E Parchment All colors Lite Fawn F Nighttime Brown 40, 61, 63, 65 (off-white) South Midnight Green 10, 50, 57, 59, 79(Jan) * Other 1969 torso colors could be ordered with the non-Black and non-Parchment elevation colors, only would crave confirmation (via ZP2 colour override) before the order would be accepted into the system.

SPECIAL Paint DESIGNATION

Special paint cars were identified with a unique paint code on the cowl tag and were ordered via the Fleet and Special Order (F&SO) system. Special paint was any non-standard Camaro color; information technology could be a GM color or any other color. (The Cadillac Firemist colors were the just colors not available. Since they had such a coarse metallic, the Firemist colors needed to be sprayed through a special paint gun.)

In 1968-69, either deletion of a stripe or utilise of a non-standard stripe colour was besides considered to be special paint.

In 68, if any of the four colors (A, E, H, T) that were deleted mid-yr (see notation in the Exterior Color table) were ordered in the latter part of the twelvemonth, the cowl tag was coded as special paint on Norwood cars (though Los Angeles cars normally used the cancelled color lawmaking).

On the window sticker and on broadcast copy sheets, "1001AA" and "1001HA" have been observed as designating special paint cars. Annotation that all cars were painted, no Camaros were shipped from the assembly plant in primer.

Cowl Tag Coding
1967 special paint cars used the letter "O" instead of the normal color code. For early model yr 1968, the designation for special paint cars changed to the letter "Z". However, the new mid-twelvemonth colors were assigned codes and starting January 1968, the alphabetic character "Z" pigment lawmaking was used to announce the new Camaro color called British Light-green, and simultaneously the notation of special order paint was changed to a dash "-". The "-" special paint lawmaking connected for the remainder of the 1968 model yr every bit well equally for the unabridged 1969 model year. Due to changes and differences in how the factories marked the paint codes (especially differences in 1968 factory formats), the special paint formats are easier to illustrate in the examples in the Special Paint Tabular array below than to depict in words.

Cowl Tag Examples for Special Paint

Paint Vinyl Tiptop/Convertible ----- --------------------- 1967 NOR/LOS O-O O-2 1968 early NOR Z Z Z 2 LOS Z-Z Z-2 1968 late NOR - - - ii LOS --- --ii 1969 NOR/LOS - - - B ------------------------------------------- (1) Note that black tops are shown in all the examples. (2) CRG isn't clear at this time how a 1967 "stripe delete" car was marked. Stripe delete was considered "special pigment" in 1968-69. (3) In 1967 only, a dash can follow the standard option codes at the lesser of the cowl tag. This dash may appear by itself or it may precede the Fleet & Special Lodge (F&SO) code. This dash has been observed on all known special paint cars. This dash indicated that there were special instructions (the F&And then paperwork) for the vehicle. The nuance would also be on vehicles ordered as part of a armada.

WINDOW STICKER Pigment CODES

Related to the cowl tag and Pop paint codes was the production component lawmaking for body pigment that appeared on the window sticker was similar for all three years. Even in 1969, when the numeric codes were used for paint on the cowl tag, the window sticker production lawmaking notwithstanding included an alphabetic product component code suffix similar to those used in 1967 and 1968. For example, Tuxedo Blackness (coded as A in 67 and 68, and 10 in 1969) appeared this mode on window stickers:

1967: 5900AA TUXEDO Black 1968: 5900AA TUXEDO Black 1969: 5910AA TUXEDO BLACK      

While the "900 code" in 1969 was 910, and the cowl tag code was also a x, this appears to have been coincidence, or at best, an isolated equivalence. Equally you can see from the table below, no other colors had this equivalence in 1969.

1967-1969 Camaro Exterior Colour
Window Sticker RPO Codes

Window Sticker RPO Code ----------------------- Torso Colour 1967 1968 1969 ---------- ------ ------ ------ A or 10 5900AA 5900AA 5910AA B or 69 -- -- 5912BB C or fifty 5900CC 5900CC 5911CC D or 53 5900DD 5900DD 5922DD Due east or 51 5900EE 5900EE 5923EE F or 71 5900FF 5900FF 5924FF Thou or 65 5900GG 5900GG 5915GG H 5900HH 5900HH -- J or 79 -- 5900JJ 5925JJ K or 55 5900KK 5900KK 5921KK L 5900LL 5900LL -- M or 63 5900MM -- 5917MM Due north or 67 5900NN 5900NN 5914NN O -- 5900OO -- P or 76 -- 5900PP 5926PP Q or 72 -- -- 5927QQ R or 52 5900RR 5900RR 5913RR South or 61 5900SS -- 5918SS T 5900TT 5900TT -- U -- 5900UU -- Five or 57 -- 5900VV 5920VV W or 59 -- -- 5919WW Y or 40 5900YY 5900YY 5916YY Z -- 5900ZZ -- 53/50 -- -- 5954DC 53/51 -- -- 5955DE 51/53 -- -- 5956ED 65/l -- -- 5957GC 55/l -- -- 5958KC 61/63 -- -- 5959SM

Interior Trim Codes

The 1967-1969 first-generation Camaro interior trim codes are summarized in the tables below. Notation that the first cavalcade is the interior paint code that was used on the 67-68 Protect-o-Plate and the 1967 Norwood cowl tag.
 

1967 Camaro Interior Trim Codes

Int. Paint Interior Standard Standard Custom Custom Code Color Bucket Demote(1) Saucepan Bench(1) ----- ----------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- East Black 760 756 765 767 B Blueish 717 739 D Red 741 742 K Gold 709 796 711 712 M Parchment/Black(two) 797 R Bright Blue 732 716 T Turquoise 779 Y Yellow 707 Y Yellow/Black (3) 706 ------------------- (ane) Demote seat non bachelor in convertible. (2) Carpet, instrument panel, and steering wheel are blackness. (3) Alternate yellowish/black custom interior offered tardily in the model year. Virtually 706 lower interior parts were black instead of the gold in a 707 interior: carpet, lower doors, kicking panels, dash, etc.

1967 interior codes also take a hyphenated suffix that point seat and headrest type:
"Z" indicated standard A50 Strato Bucket seats (no headrest)
"Y" indicated RPO AS2 headrest added to the A50 bucket seats
"H" indicated RPO AL4 Stato Demote seats (no headrest)
"T" indicated RPO AS2 headrests added to the AL4 bench seats.

1968 Camaro Interior Trim Codes

Int. Paint Interior Standard Standard Custom Custom Lawmaking Color Bucket Demote(1) Bucket Bench(one) ----- ----------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- Due east Black 712 713 714 715 B Bluish 717 718 719 720 D Red 724 725 Thousand Gold 722 723 721 K Parchment/Blackness (3) 730 K Ivory/Black (3) 711 Q Black Houndstooth (two) 749 V Ivory Houndstooth (2,3,4) 716 T Turquoise 726 727 ------------------- (1) Bench seat not available in convertible. (two) Houndstooth not available in convertible. (3) Carpet, musical instrument panel, and steering wheel are blackness. 730 Parchment was early and was a different color from the Ivory. 711/716 were later production (afterwards March) and both used the same Ivory color. (iv) 716 was as well referred to equally "Dalmation White Trim" on documentation for tardily 68 NOR cars.

1969 Camaro Interior Trim Codes

Interior Standard Custom Color Bucket Saucepan ---------------------- -------- -------- Black 711 712 Nighttime Blue 715 716 Medium Red 718 719 Medium Green 721 722 Midnight Green 723 725 Ivory/Blackness 727 Blackness Houndstooth (ane) 713 Ivory Houndstooth (1) 729 Orange Houndstooth (1,2) 720 Yellow Houndstooth (1,2) 714 ------------------- (1) Houndstooth not available for convertible except for RPO Z11 step cars/replicas. (2) 720 Orange Houndstooth unremarkably available only with 72 Hugger Orange. 714 Yellow Houndstooth normally available only with 76 Daytona Yellow. Other outside colors, such as ten Tuxedo Black and 50 Dover White, take been observed with both interiors, but in limited quantities. At this time, information technology isn't clear if these color combinations required a special order, or were routinely available.

 

1967 Cowl Tag - Fisher Body Codes

(Note: Encounter the Cowl Tag section for other details on the cowl tag.)

A table of the known 1967 Camaro Fisher Trunk option codes is beneath. Fisher factory documentation for these codes is non bachelor. Nevertheless, a large number of the code meanings have been confirmed via a Fisher production form called the Uniform Option Identification Tag (UOIT) that was sometimes (fortunately for us) left in the car during build - ofttimes nether the carpeting or inside the headliner. Those codes that have been confirmed via bachelor UOITs are and so noted - and the exact wording of the UOIT description is shown in capital letters. The remaining codes accept been decoded via statistical analysis, and are therefore not known exactly, but by inference. The CRG would appreciate a contact from anyone that has plant an original UOIT form so that different versions (even of codes nosotros already know) can be compared, and inferred codes determined exactly.

At the LOS factory, the 2M code was used for either the Powerglide or the TH400 automatic transmission, i.e. the 2Z lawmaking was not used at LOS. Early TH400 cars didn't have the 2M on the tag until mid-March.
At the NOR manufactory, the 2M lawmaking and the 2Z code only applied to automatic transmissions that were in combination with the D55 console (2G). Early cars with TH400's and consoles don't take 2Z notated on the tag until mid-April.

The 4P code was not used at the get-go of product at either the Van Nuys plant or the Norwood constitute.
Van Nuys started using the 4P code on the SS350 cars in September, just Norwood didn't start using the 4P code until October. Early Van Nuys SS350 cars and Norwood SS350 cars built before Oct will not take the 4P code to verify that they are SS's.
The 4P lawmaking tin point either a SS350 or a L30/M20. Usage of the 4P code with the L30/M20 is believed to accept started in the tardily December 1966 / January 1967 timeframe.

The very first 1967 Z28's and L78's were likewise coded 4P; the 4L and 4K codes were and so used on the remainder of 1967 Z28 and L78 production.

The lack of a 4P, 4L, 4N, or 4K code indicates the car originally had a 327 (assuming the car had a V8, equally indicated by the VIN). The only exception is the early SS350's noted higher up.

Fleet and Special Club (F&So) codes (due east.g. L181A) were as well stamped in this area of the tag past both factories to signal a special vehicle order. In most cases, these special orders were special paint instructions.

This tag decodes equally having the following options:
756-H = (AL4) Strato Back Demote Seat -
black standard interior
1E = (A01) Tinted All Glass
1X = (A31) Power Windows
1L = (A67) Fold-down rear seat
2E = (C60) Air Conditioner
2M = (M35) Powerglide Transmission
4F = (D33) Mirror Remote Control
5C = (AS1) Shoulder harness - regular

1967 Cowl Tag Fisher Option Codes

Group Number	Code	RPO Equivalent	UOIT	Description *
Interior Suffix Codes	H	AL4		Strato Back (bench seat) without headrests
	T	AL4 & AS2		Strato Back (demote seat) with headrests
	Z	A50	yes	STRATO BUCKETS (without headrests) (The A50 Strato-bucket without headrest was the default seat and was not specifically noted on an order.)
	Y	A50 & AS2	yes	BUCKETS & HEAD Rest Strato-bucket seats with optional headrests.
(one) unsaid, the "one" is not on the tag	E	A01	yes	TINTED ALL GLASS
	Due west	A02	yes	TINTED Due west/South Only
	Ten	A31	yep	Ability WINDOWS
	L	A67	yes	FOLDING REAR SEAT
	D	C06	yes	POWER Peak CONVERT
2	Thou	D55	yes	CONSOLE FRT COMPT
	M	M35	yeah	PWR GLIDE Automated (NOR - only used in combination with D55 console) (LOS - Powerglide or TH400)
	Z	M40		TH400 3-speed automatic transmission (NOR merely, with D55 console)
	Fifty	M20 (or M21)	yeah	4-SPEED FLR SHIFT
	B	M11		3-speed flooring shifter for M15 or M13
	H	C48	yes	HEATER *DELETE*
	E	C60	yes	AIR COND
	U	U57	aye	TAPE Actor
	S	U73	yep	ANTENNA Transmission-RR
	R	U80	aye	SPEAKER REAR
3	L	Z22	yes	RALLY SPORT PKG
	D	U29	yes	LAMP COURTESY (coupe-only underdash lights)
	B	C50	yes	DEFOGGER REAR WDO
	Due south	Z23	yeah	INTERIOR DECOR GRP
	Yard	Z21	yes	EXT MOLDG GROUP
four	P	L48 or L30/M20	yes	ENGINE REINF ASY SS350 or L30/M20 - Not-SS396/Z28 paint with radius rod (Encounter note above on early Norwood employ.)
	N	L35	aye	ENGINE REINF ASY SS396/325hp - Black tailpan with radius rod
	K	L78	yes	ENGINE REINF ASY SS396/375hp - Blackness tailpan with radius rod
	Fifty	Z28	yep	ENGINE REINF ASY Z28 - Rally stripes with radius rod
	F	D33	yes	MIRROR REM CONT
5	C	AS1	yes	SHOULDER HARN-REG
	Y	A39	yeah	BELTS ALL Deluxe
	B	V32	yes	BUMPER GUARDS R(ear)
	Z	A85	yeah	SHOULDER HARN-DELX
	O	A48		Seatbelt delete Used on consign models for countries for which U.S. belts were not compliant with local requirements (compliant belts were added after importation).
* Fisher option codes that have been confirmed (via UOIT'southward) are shown with their UOIT descriptions in capital courier font letters.

 

The "5O" lawmaking has been observed a number of times. Thanks to Ove Sjoholm of Camaro Club Sweden, we have plant that this code appears on all Swedish consign Camaros (it has since been observed on most Camaros exported to other countries), suggesting that it is related to the export conversion of a Fisher installed component. Ove has noted that Sweden had more than restrictive belt/harness requirements and it is known that Swedish Camaros had Swedish-compliant belts added locally. We take besides received corroborating evidence of this code being a seat belt delete on Corvair from the 65-67 Corvair tag lawmaking inquiry of Kent Sullivan and coiffure.

Note: the "2K" code for the N33 tilt wheel had previously been reported in the Camaro press, but it has non been observed on any vehicle, including 67's with a documented N33 option installation. A Fisher Torso lawmaking would not be expected for this selection because the tilt wheel was installed in the vehicle during the Chevrolet portion of the assembly procedure, not during the Fisher portion.  

1969 Cowl Tag - 10 Codes

The Xnn codes were a mid-1969 model addition to the Fisher Body cowl tags of Norwood-congenital Camaros, starting with the 12B (second week of December) build week. (CRG has found 12B cars both with and without these codes. Our data for all cars in prior weeks is absent-minded this code, and our data for all cars in weeks following contain this code.) These codes were an aid for Fisher body assembly workers to identify body trim and pigment changes required for dissimilar Camaro models. The codes are divided into 2 groups: those with the Z21 style trim option and those without the Z21 mode trim option.

The Z21 Style Trim grouping was office of the Z22 Rally Sport option, so RS cars are part of the grouping with the Z21 style trim option. Thus RS cars can only be X11, X22, or X33.
X11, X22, or X33 cars have to have style trim, merely from the code y'all tin't tell if the car also had RS.
X44, X55, X66, and X77 cars cannot have the Rally Sport (or style trim) option.

1969 Norwood Camaro Fisher Code Estimation

with Z21 Fashion Trim without Z21 Fashion Trim (or Z22 Rally Sport) (or Z22 Rally Sport) ----------------------- ---------------------- X11* non-SS396, non-Z28, X44* non-SS, not-Z28 includes SS350 X55 SS350 X22 SS396 X66 SS396 X33 Z28 X77 Z28 * COPO Camaros were an exception, as almost COPOs were built out of bodies coded with X11 or X44. Some early COPOs had X22 or X66-coded bodies. Additional 1969 Norwood Fisher codes that were used instead of the 10-codes include: Z10 - Indy Step Car replica coupe Z11 - Indy Pace Auto replica convertible Additional 1969 Norwood Fisher codes that could be combined with the 10-codes include: D80 - signifies the motorcar was equipped with D80 spoilers, but the lawmaking was non always used. A - signifies the car was equipped with power windows, only the code was not always used.

A few mid-year 69'southward, mostly convertibles, did not have X-codes stamped on the cowl tag. It is unknown why the code was non stamped on the tag.

Notation that X11 and X44 codes also included L26 230ci/130HP and L22 250ci/155HP 6-cylinder engine cars, also as models equipped with the LF7 327ci/210HP, L14 307ci/200HP, L65 350ci/250HP, or LM1 350ci/255HP engines.

So, how many cars were coded X11?
Some quick math yields that 77% of 1969 Camaros were non-SS and non-Z28. Afterward Dec 68, these cars would be coded X11 and X44. Multiplying the that pct with the percentage of cars that had style trim or RS (58%) yields a picayune more than than 44% of 10-coded 69's were not-SS X11'south. A similar calculation on the SS350 (9% of 69's) production quantity yield that less than half would be X55, the balance would be X11, nearly v%. Adding these totals together shows the full of X11-coded cars to be approximately l% of all 1969 X-codes. The corollary is that but about ane in 10 of X11-coded cars are actually SS350'southward.

X-code explanation

The following will help explain why the X-codes were bundled that way and their specific purpose. The need for this organisation revolves around the elements of the Z21 Style Trim option in 1969, which included the following items:

• Bright vertical confined in taillamp lenses
• Bright driprail moldings (except convertible)
• Blackness body sill (except certain colors)
• Bright bicycle opening moldings
• Bike opening paint pinstripes (n/a with D90 stripe)
• Bright rear quarter fake louver moldings
• Bright headlamp bezel face moldings

And so what specific features did the 10-codes imply; what did the codes mean to the workers on the Fisher associates line? The X22, X33, X66, and X77 code differences are easily explained by paint differences (Z28 stripe and 396 tailpan), and so it is the X11, X44, and X55 codes that require greater analysis. To further confuse matters, the non-Z21/Z22 1969 SS cars did incorporate a subset of Z21. To empathize the differences betwixt the X11, X44, and X55 codes, examine the comparative table beneath:

X11, X44, and X55 Body Trim and Paint Features

Non-SS SS ----------------- ------------------ Code X44 X11 X11 X11 X11 X55 no Z21 no Z21 Choice no Z22 Z21 Z22 Z21 Z22 no Z22 ------ --- --- --- --- ------ Black body sill no yes yes yes yes yes Rear quarter moldings no yes yes yeah yes yes Driprail molding no aye yep yes yes no Wheel opening moldings no yes yeah yep yeah no Wheel opening pinstripes no yeah yes no no no Bright taillamp trim no yeah no yep no aye Vivid headlamp bezel trim no yep no yes no yes Z21 = Style Trim Z22 = Rally Sport

As can exist seen from the table to a higher place, the X11 code always includes the first four features: the use of blackness trunk sill paint and the use of the trim moldings (rear quarter louver, driprail, and wheel opening). The difference betwixt X11 and X55 is that X55 does not apply the driprail and wheel opening moldings.

From this table, nosotros tin can deduce that the wheel opening stripes, headlamp bezels, and taillamp lenses were not a cistron in the X-codes. The table also prove that the addition of Z22 (which eliminates the bright taillamp and headlamp trim, since the Rally Sport lamps are unlike) has the same event on the X-codes as Z21.

Going back to the X22, X33, X66, and X77 codes, their meanings are now clear. X22 and X33 codes have the aforementioned meaning every bit the related X11 code, but with an added blacked-out tailpan for X22, and with an added Z28 stripe for X33. The X66 code has the aforementioned meaning as X55, but with a blacked-out tailpan. The X77 lawmaking has the same meaning as X44, merely with a Z28 stripe. Including these meanings in a tabular array covering virtually of the major trim features for all of the X-codes, and adding in the related Z10 & Z11 codes, we become the post-obit result:

Body Trim and Pigment Features of the 1969 X & Z Codes

with Z21 or Z22 without Z21 or Z22 ----------------------------- ------------------------ non-SS396/Z SS396 Z28 not-SS/Z SS350 SS396 Z28 Features X11 X22 X33 Z10 Z11 X44 X55 X66 X77 ------------------- --------- ----- --- --- --- ------- ----- ----- --- blackness body sill yes yes yes no no no yeah yes no rear qtr moldings yes aye yes yes yep no yeah yes no driprail molding yes aye aye yes no no no no no wheel open up moldings aye yep yes yes yeah no no no no blacked-out tailpan no yes no no no no no yes no Z28 rally stripe no no yeah yes yes no no no aye

 

Protect-o-Plate Decode

The Protect-o-Plate (Pop) is a small stamped metal plate that was provided with each vehicle past the factory as part of the warranty and service packet. It was atttached to the vehicle'due south warranty booklet. When the vehicle was sold, the dealer added the client'due south information proper name and address to the metal plate via Dymo-type stamped plastic adhesive labeling. Note that the data is stamped on the Pop as a mirror epitome, so that the imprint from Pop was correctly oriented.

The Pop contains basic ID data about the powertrain components (engine and carburetor, transmission, and rear axle) as well as selected factory installed options, and the calendar month of manufacture. 1967-68 POPs likewise showed the exterior colors from the cowl tag as well as the interior paint color (the interior paint color is besides shown on the 1967 Norwood cowl tag, but not on the Los Angeles cowl tag).

POP data were stamped on a 8 row by xxx column filigree at predefined coordinates. Instructions for stamping the Popular data were contained in the assembly manual for each twelvemonth, and decoding instructions were included in parts manuals and service manuals and bulletins. There are nine basic fields - illustrated in the POP transcription beneath and summarized field by field in the following listing. For each data item, the row/cavalcade positions of the starting and ending cells on the plate are noted, with rows existence labeled A thru H, and columns as one thru xxx.

In the simulated 1968 Pop (below left), each of the bold-faced monospace characters in the field of the plate is selectable and leads to a more detailed description of that field, which, in turn, often has a link to even more detail. The case describes a 1968 Camaro with a aureate interior and British Green body with a white vinyl height. After the VIN is the code for a Carter carburetor. The engine is a L30 327ci/275HP for a manual transmission, the axle a 3.07:ane ratio 12-commodities, the vehicle was assembled in January, and the transmission is a Saginaw 4-speed. The details of the specific component decodes tin be found in the links to the Drivetrain Decoding folio in the descriptions that follow.

The 1969 Pop pictured (beneath right) decodes every bit a Norwood-built car that was assembled in March with a Bay City carburetor, 307/200hp engine, Powerglide transmission, 2.73 10-bolt axle, and a radio (via the 3 option code nether the axle lawmaking).

1967-1969 Camaro Protect-o-Plate Format Columns i 1 ane 1 ane 1 i ane 1 1 2 2 two ii 2 two 2 2 2 2 3 i 2 three 4 v 6 7 8 9 0 1 ii iii 4 v 6 vii 8 9 0 one 2 three 4 5 6 seven 8 9 0 R o due west s A G Z vi 1 2 4 3 7 8 L 3 1 2 3 four 5 C B T 0 1 0 3 E A B 50 1 2 ii 3 Thou 1 C R 8 S 2 1 3 four 5 1 i ♦ D E (this area for use by the dealer for F adding the owner'due south proper noun and address G   via Dymo embossed agglutinative tape characterization) H

1969 Protect-o-Plate

The option field in the 68 POP example to a higher place decodes equally follows. The first option position at C-fifteen, the "3", indicates power steering (N40) and ability brakes (J50). The second option position at C-16 was unused in 1968. The tertiary position at C-17 indicates AM radio (U63) with rear speaker (U80). The fourth position at C-eighteen indicates F41 suspension with disc brakes (J52). The 5th position at C-19 indicates ac (C60). And the option code in the sixth position at C-20 shows electrical windows (A31).

The coordinates and details of each of the nine fields follow:

1. A-one    Interior Pigment (1967-68 only)
   One-graphic symbol code that is also used on the 1967 Norwood Cowl Tag, and is described in detail in the Interior Colors section.
2. A-5 to A-six    Exterior Paint (1967-68 just)
   Two-grapheme lawmaking that is as well used on the Cowl Tag, and is described in detail in the Exterior Colors section. The first graphic symbol describes the lower torso color and the 2nd grapheme describes the upper torso color. For 1967-68 the upper trunk color was always the aforementioned as the lower body unless a vinyl elevation was installed or the machine was a convertible.
3. A-15 to A-27    Vehicle ID Number
   The 13-character lawmaking that is the same as is used on the vehicle VIN plate.
4. A-29    Carburetor Code
   One-character code that describes the source for the carburetor.

               B = Bay City (1 bbl/ii bbl)      C = Carter (2d source for Rochester)      R = Rochester (2bbl/4bbl Quadra-Jet)      H = Holley (4bbl)          

5. B-1 to B-7    Engine Assembly/Application Code
   Seven-grapheme code that begins with the engine factory code letter and is followed by the associates date as a 2-digit month and a ii-digit day of calendar month, and so ends in a 2-letter of the alphabet application code. This entire code is the same lawmaking stamped on the front of the engine block.
6. B-15 to B-21    Rear Axle Assembly Lawmaking
   Seven-graphic symbol code that begins with the 2-letter beam factory application lawmaking, is followed by the assembly engagement as a 2-digit month and a ii-digit day of month, and ends in a one-letter factory code. This entire code is the same code stamped on the axle, except for the absence on the POP of any shift suffix or positraction code. Note that when faced with an beam of uncertain vintage, the yr of manufacture must exist derived from the axle center department calendar year casting appointment.
7. B-29    Vehicle Build Month
   One-character lawmaking from the following table.

               Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec January February Mar Apr May Jun Jul       1967  5   L   R   Chiliad   Z   S   P   W   N   Y   T   10       1968  8   nine   O   N   D   1   two   3   iv   v   half-dozen   7       1969  8   nine   O   Northward   D   one   2   3   4   v   6   vii  belatedly 1969  8   9   O   N          

8. C-i to C-5    Transmission Assembly Lawmaking
   This five-character (typically) code begins with the transmission factory code letter and is followed by the concluding digit of the model year (not the calendar year) and the assembly engagement as a i-character month and a 2-digit day of month. This code is the aforementioned code stamped on the transmission (on the trans pad, flange, pan, and/or tag). The shift lawmaking is stamped on some manual models and often is included on the POP. But the 69 Muncie model suffix was not stamped on the Popular.
   The TH400 uses a dissimilar code format - meet the tranmission decode folio.
9. C-xv to C-21    POP Option Codes
   The first digit of the POP pick codes starts immediately under the first digit of the axle code. The digits are position-significant and interpretation also changes every bit a function of model year. Note that some 1968 codes were used for vehicles built late in the 1967 model year.

   In the table beneath, the locations are noted as positions a through g. The meaning of the RPO codes (such as J50 and J63) listed are available in the downloadable option spreadsheet. As well, see the further explanatory notes below the table.

10. C-29    Chevrolet Symbol - vertically oriented
    

 

1967 Camaro POP Selection Fields POP Position and Pregnant Pop Popular Twelvemonth Value a b c d e f 1000 ---- ----- ------ ------- ------- ------ --- ------ --- 1967 ane N40 U35/U63* U80 --- C60 A31 --- 2 J50 --- --- F41 --- --- A67 3 N40/J50 --- U63 J52 --- --- --- 4 --- --- U63/U80 --- C48 B93 --- 5 --- --- U69 J52/F41 --- A31/B93 --- six --- --- U69/U80 --- --- --- --- 7 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 8 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 9 --- --- --- J52/J56 --- --- --- _______________________________________________________________ * aka Radio/Clock Grouping

1968 Camaro POP Option Fields POP Position and Meaning POP Popular Year Value a b c d e f g ---- ----- ------ ------- ------- ------ --- ------ --- 1968 1 N40 B37# U80 F40 C60 A31 --- two J50 --- U79 F41 --- --- A67 3 N40/J50 U35# U63 J52 --- --- --- four --- B37/U35# U63/U80 J52/F40 C48 N65 --- 5 --- --- U69 J52/F41 --- A31/N65 --- six --- --- U69/U80 % --- --- --- 7 --- --- U69/U79 % --- --- --- eight --- --- --- % --- --- --- nine --- --- --- --- --- --- --- _______________________________________________________________ # LOS use only, previously undocumented. It appears that simply B37 is indicated in this field, though B93 is oft ordered with B37. % Documented equally J56 Camaro codes Camaro in CDSIB 68-1-1, only non applicable to Camaro. See comments below.

1969 Camaro POP Option Fields

POP Position and Meaning Pop Pop Year Value a b c d e f thou ---- ----- ------ ------- ------- ------ --- ------ --- 1969 1 N40 J50 --- --- C60 --- --- 2 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- iii --- --- (whatever radio) J52 C75 A31 --- 4 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Over again, the option field (i.east. three 4511) under the axle code in the 68 POP example shown at the top of this department translates every bit follows:
The first pick position at C-15, the "3", indicates ability steering (N40) and power brakes (J50). The second pick position at C-16 was unused in 1968. The third position at C-17 indicates AM radio (U63) with rear speaker (U80). The quaternary position at C-18 indicates F41 suspension with disc brakes (J52). The fifth position at C-19 indicates air-conditioning (C60). And the option lawmaking in the 6th position at C-20 shows electric windows (A31).

The option field in the 69 POP example shown above indicates the machine had a radio (3rd character over under the beam code).

Options were tracked more than fully in 1967 and 1968 than in 1969. In 1967-68, codes were generally selected such that option combinations, in keeping with efficient computer coding practices of the twenty-four hours, could be obtained by adding together the codes of each single option. Several options and their permutations could be recorded with a single digit. For example, in position d for 1968, J52=3 and F41=2, so the combination of J52/F41 was assigned the value of 2+3=5. From this practice we can infer the existence of codes that do non actually appear in the Chevrolet Service News Bulletins. For example, in earlier CRG research, the 1967 code for B93 Door Edge Guards was inferred to be 4 in position f, since A31 was known to exist ane and the A31/B93 combination was known to be 5. The inferred value for B93 without A31 was afterwards confirmed by other GM records, which also confirmed the previously inferred A67 code in field "yard" for 1967.

  In that location are a few items of note about position d (Restriction / Intermission) in the selection field:

• While the F40 heavy-duty suspension is non listed as a 1968 Camaro RPO in the US, it was supposedly bachelor to Canadians. While CRG has not yet seen a 68 Camaro with this RPO (F40 was an bachelor RPO in 1969), information technology is included in the POP option codes for completeness.
• With regard to RPO J56, the "Heavy Duty Restriction" option, GM has noted this equally a 1968 POP code, despite J56 beingness a 1967-only pick. We list it in the above table every bit a 1967 code, since information technology is non applicative to 68 models.
• For position d in 1968, CRG believes that values six, 7, and viii refer to the Corvette J56 four-bicycle disc (4WD) brake setup. This brake system was bachelor for the 68 Camaro just as an over-the-counter Service Package. The 4WD setup is referred to in the 68 Camaro Assembly Transmission initially as J56 but is changed to JL8 circa February/Mar 68. The four-wheel disc restriction system was never installed in a 68 Camaro past the factory, and nosotros have never seen the 6, vii, and 8 codes on a Pop. These codes appear to have been included for 1968 either in grooming for a proposed option release that never occurred, or as part of a subterfuge for convincing racing authorities that the 4WD brakes were a factory choice and thus should be homologated for SCCA racing use. The 68 4WD Service Package was modified and finally fabricated bachelor in 1969 as a true factory pick, RPO JL8.

1969 Warranty Protect-o-Plate

    Warranty and Canadian Protect-o-plates

Replacement POP's obtained when the warranty was tranferred to an new owner did not contain whatever drivetrain information. Warranty Pop's contain very express data, mainly just the VIN, the new owner's name, and on the bottom line: the warranty menstruation (commonly v/50, 5 years/50,000 miles), the vehicle mileage (written in 100's, so add 2 zeros), and the warranty start date.

Canadian-sold vehicles were provided with unique Canadian warranty booklets. 1967 Canadian vehicles have a plastic protect-o-plate that is only stamped with minimal information similar the VIN, the buyer's name, and the zone and dealer'south number.  

GM Engagement Code Formats

The internal GM convention for date-coding parts used two formats for the calendar month. Both started with the letter "A" for January and progressed through the alphabet ("B" for Feb, "C" for March, etc.). The ii formats differed in the usage of the letter of the alphabet "I".

For cast-in date codes on GM-produced iron and aluminum castings (engine blocks, heads, intakes, water pumps, etc.), the letter of the alphabet "I" was used for September, and the final calendar month of the calendar year (December) was the letter "L". For stamped-in date codes on GM-produced components (alternators, distributors, starters, etc.), the letter "I" was not used - "I" was skipped, and "J" became September, with December being "M".

(Meet the Casting codes commodity for more than information on casting dates and codes.)

To summarize: For GM-produced parts, the calendar month code for agenda year dates that are bandage into parts runs from "A" through "L" (including the letter of the alphabet "I"), while the month lawmaking for calendar twelvemonth dates that are stamped onto parts runs from "A" through "M" (skipping the letter "I").

Jan February Mar April May Jun Jul Aug Sep October Nov December --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Cast Date A B C D Due east F G H I J Thou L Stamped Appointment A B C D E F M H J K L M

A common stamped date code format is (year)(month)(mean solar day). 8C26 would decode as 8=1968, C=March, and 26=26th day.

A mutual cast date code format is (month)(day)(year). B129 would decode every bit B=February, 12=twelfth day, 9=1969.

"One thousand"-Coded Blocks
There is one exception to this convention that has been observed: some blocks have been seen with "Grand" cast codes. Research past the Saginaw Metal Casting Operations of GM Powertrain Division has institute that these "M" codes are not date codes, but actually a foundry code used to indentify parts that were fabricated to evaluate a casting process alter. Subsequently evaluating the parts, the blocks would either exist destroyed or released into production. There is no fashion to determine the date an "1000"-coded block was poured.  

Sheetmetal Engagement Codes

Sheetmetal was stamped with a Fisher Body "run number" by the stamping establish that produced the part. The run numbers were inserts in the draw die to place the plant and the week of product and also served as proof marks to verify full die travel to closure. Nigh every console on the body will accept a run number. The start letter (occasionally 2 letters) of the run number identifies the stamping plant and the number is the week (due east.1000. 40th week) of the calendar year when the console was stamped.

Chevrolet-stamped parts (hoods, fenders, header panels, etc) only have the production calendar week stamped on them.

Julian Calendar Generator

GM dated some components using a Julian type of calendar, where the days are counted continuously, starting on January 1st. For instance, February 1st would be day 32. The figurer below will generate the Julian calendar for the 1966 through 1969 agenda years.

Numbers Trivia

Some GM documentation indicates that the first-generation Camaro GM serial designation, at some point, had a somewhat dissimilar meaning than what was finally executed on the VIN plate and cowl tag. This "original" meaning involved the third digit of the VIN, and the choices were given as:

        iii or 4 for standard Camaro   5 or vi for deluxe Camaro      

The actual forms, as executed on the VIN plate and cowl tag, were subvariants of this more complete version. On the VIN plate, iii and 4 were used on the VIN to bespeak the number of engine cylinders - with no indication of interior. In 1967, the starting time twelvemonth, Fisher Body used 4 and 6 on the cowl tag to denote standard or deluxe interior. The original program in its entirety was probably the post-obit (though we have only incomplete documentation of this terminal version):

        iii = L6 standard   4 = V8 standard   5 = L6 deluxe   6 = V8 deluxe      

For whatever reason, this format was not followed in full in the U.Due south. But some of the foreign assembled Camaros did utilize this format.

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