I recently saw this vin and trim tag on a 69 off ebay:

VIN: 124379N547990

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This is my Vin And Trim tag of my 69:

VIN: 124379N547638

http://hobbystage.net/camaro/1969ssrs/1108613394-005590.jpg


The question is our VIN #'s are really close...

But the Body #'s are so far apart?

Arent the body #'s supposed to be closer?

Josh

First Tags


1 = Chevrolet
2 = Camaro
4 = 8-cylinder engine
37 = coupe body
9 = 1969 model year
N = Norwood, OH assembly plant
547990 = vehicle serial number sequence

Decode for body number: 139361

11D = Built the Fourth week of November.
69-12437 = Coupe.
NOR = Built in Norwood Ohio.
718 = Standard Medium Red Bucket Seats.
52-B = Lower Color is Garnet Red and the Vinyl Top Color is Black.


Your tags

1 = Chevrolet
2 = Camaro
4 = 8-cylinder engine
37 = coupe body
9 = 1969 model year
N = Norwood, OH assembly plant
547638 = vehicle serial number sequence

Decode for body number: 188671

11D = Built the Fourth week of November.
69-12437 = Coupe.
NOR = Built in Norwood Ohio.
711 = Standard Black Bucket Seats.
52-B = Lower Color is Garnet Red and the Vinyl Top Color is Black.


I would bet it has something to do with yours being a L78 Car. glad to see it made it. Any chance to check it out tommorrow?

Body numbers can be off by quite a bit. That is pretty normal to see the above in certain months. Body numbers were assigned by fisher to dealer orders. Options or color could have slowed or sped up when it was finally assigned a VIN.

Ok makes sense I guess? hehe

Camaro is not there yet... Hope It gets there in one piece, I had to stuff all my parts in the interior and trunk, no door locks, just tape!

I have shipped a 64 vette from maui to oahu filled with parts... Only to have some disappear!
Young Brothers basically said "oh well"...

Crossing my fingers.

Josh

Its likely that car and yours were built on the same shift, they are same color and the batched bodies by color. 57 cars/hour, 6 lines in the body bank for staging. The VIN was not asssigned until the car was received into the body bank at the Chevy plant and it was pulled for release to the Chevy line. Until then, it had no VIN.


57 cars per hour = 456
differnce in VIN = 352

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Fisher Body Numbers
Comparison of body data and correlation of this with window stickers and other background data shows that the 1969 system used a central office order confirmation number as the body number. This is the same number used on body broadcast sheets in the IDENT number field, and as sent to the dealer as the order confirmation, and as appear on the Window Sticker/Shipper. These numbers were unique for both Norwood (NOR) and Van Nuys (LOS or VN) in 1969 since they were assigned to the plants from a common pool of numbers (for example, 220340 may have been built at NOR and 220341 may have been built at VN).

[ 02-19-2005, 06:05 AM: Message edited by: elcamino ]