Here are a few numbers from the engine, transmission, rear end and Vin #

Engine block - 3932386

Tranny - P1E04C - 3978764GM - 3925661

Rear End - 3894860NF - BU0407G2

Vin # 12437VN319447

Cowl # 124379L529358 PNT 51-51
715 J368
4C

This sure looks like an original Z28. Car has a 8000 max tach. Nice car though. Thanks

Gregg

3932386= 302ci 1967 1969 Z-28 Camaro
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I think yu have the VIN and the COWL tag 12437 numbers turned around.

1 = Chevrolet
2 = Camaro
4 = 8-cylinder engine
37 = coupe body
9 = 1969 model year
L = Los Angeles, CA assembly plant (Van Nuys)
529358 = vehicle serial number sequence

Decode for body number: 319447

04C = Built the Third week of April.
69-12437 = Coupe.
VN = Built in Van Nuys California.
715 = Standard Dark Blue Bucket Seats.
51-51 = Car Color is Dusk Blue
J368 = internal plant scheduling code.
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3932386....302.....69....4...Z-28 Camaro
3932386....327.....69....2
3932386....350.....69....4
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P1E04C = Muncie 4 speed built 1971, April 4th

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BU0407G2 = 3:73:1 (BU) posi rear end built April 7th at Detroit Gear and Axle on the 2nd shift.

whats he engine codes on the front pad or the pad down near the oil filter?

Chevy by the numbers concurs that the 3932386 block was used in many different engines from the 327 to the 350 to the 302. Also the 3932388 was used in the same engines at times.
The ...386 block is pretty common actually. I hope it turns out to be a Z but what about a build sheet on top of the gas tank???
Its an LA built car so be sure to check for it, that would be your only 100% sure way to know what the car was built as originally.
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Get the engine stamping and partial VIN stamping from the pad on the block.

http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml#EngineNumbers

The engine stamp in the front was real hard to read. I could see that the last 2 numbers or letters that I could read was DZ. The build sheet is on top of the tank but is covered with undercoating and is very difficult if not impossible to read. I know I can get the undercoating off bot how to get it readable is another question.

DZ = 69 302 engine
is there also a partial VIN stamped nearby or down by the oil filter. It should be 19L529358

be real carefull if you try to take the build sheet off the trunk. If it can be read without and after the undercoating is removed take a pic and send a copy my way will you please.

CSI where are you? That will be a neat project getting your build sheet off the tank covered with undercoating and try to read it. PROTECT is carefully as that piece of paper can mean the difference in thousands of dollars in value to your car. As Jeff suggested be carefull with it. If you can scrape the whole sheet off in one piece with the coating, then put in a large plastic baggie zip lock it and then scan it so we can see what it looks like, then folks can offer suggestions on how to clean it up.
This will be a very interesting project and lesson.
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You'll need to clean the pad and see what it says. That's an important #.
If the pad has been decked, this will help show the #'s, http://www.camaros.org/public/acidetch.txt.

Be careful with that sheet!

HawaiianCamaro,

Thanks for the information. Finally got the # by the oil filter. It has 3 sets of numbers with 3 on each line on top of each other. It reads: 64N386371. Another # by the oil filter is 3932386. The numbers on the pad are all most impossible to read, Engine could have been decked. We got the buildsheet off using un-du Adhesive Remover. It is a great remover of tar etc as well as adhesives. Got a lot of numbers of the sheet and where readable we have atleast 8 different matches for a Z28. The only 2 numbers we could read on the serial number were the last 2. Both of those numbers matched the last 2 of the VIN#. Also the body identity numbers match the cowl tag numbers.

The 386 block is probably not the original block. You car is built too late for the time period that block was used.

Since it mat not be the original 302, how would this affect the purchasing price. The tranny is not original but we do have some of the buildsheet that states the car is a real Z28. Sure was hoping the engine was original.

Do you guys see any possibility of the 302 motor being the original 302? Besides the stamping on the engine is there anywhere else a date could be?

The date the block was cast is on the passenger side of the block on the bellhousing flange area, opposite of where the block casting number is on the driver's side. graemlins/thumbsup.gif