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View Full Version : Cowel tag/vin number Dan Palchanes Feb 24th, 02, 06:47 AM I've always wondered about the correlation between the last 6 numbers on the vin number and the sequence numbers on the cowel tag after the letter NOR 124379N5XXXXX Vin # ST 69 12437NOR2XXXXX Cowel tag So the numbers that are X how do they correlate. Thanks Dan 76Maro Feb 24th, 02, 08:40 AM There is really no correlation between them...the VIN sequence is the number of the Camaro down the assembly line, and the cowl number is the body sequence from the Fisher Body plant. ------------------ 1973 Type LT Camaro (http://www.mncc.cc/rides/brown73.htm) ...the daily driver 1968 2 door sport coupe (http://www.mncc.cc/rides/brown68.htm)...the toy! 1970 Chevelle SS396 (L34)...numbers matching, all original! American Muscle Cars (http://www.americanmusclecars.net)...as seen in Super Chevy Magazine, THE Camaro/Chevelle/El Camino we do other stuff too!) resto shop in SoCal The Monday Nite Car Club! (http://www.mncc.cc)...our car club Dan Palchanes Feb 24th, 02, 09:03 AM Body sequence,explain?? Number of cars built that day,shift or week? Hey I often wonder how a particuler Dealership who ordered a certain car kept track of it,was the vin number and cowel tag assigned at the same time???? Thanks JohnZ Feb 27th, 02, 03:22 PM Dealers tracked ordered cars initially by an "ident" number that was assigned to the order when it was submitted and cleared by their zone office; when the order was accepted at Chevrolet Central Office and scheduled for production at the plant, the VIN number (the one on the hinge pillar or instrument panel) was assigned, and that number was used to report and track its status through the various stages from paper order to finished car. ------------------ JohnZ CRG '69 Z28 Fathom Green Dan Palchanes Feb 27th, 02, 04:55 PM Thanks John. Hey I notice in a book that Jerry McNeish wrote that he shows original window stickers on some very special Camaro's.Up in the right hand corner is the number 286031,to the left of this is the Dealership name and address and to the left of this is the number 09 239.Vin # on this car is 124379N638868. Is this 286031 the original number assigned by the zone office when the order was placed by the Dealership,"ident" number??? Dan JohnZ Mar 2nd, 02, 05:21 PM Yes - the number at the upper right corner of an original window sticker is the "Ident number", which was indirectly related to the dealer order number. The "09 239" is the zone and dealer number. ------------------ JohnZ CRG '69 Z28 Fathom Green Dan Palchanes Mar 2nd, 02, 06:18 PM Thanks John. One last thing,could the ident number 286031 be found to match the sequence number on the cowel tag?? Dan |