I have a 05A X77 Lemans blue 69 Z28 with original drive train and pop. My Vin is 12437N6408xx. I am missing a few bolt ons such as DZ carb, 480 Dist.,837 ALT, 772 FAN, AND YH wheels. Can anyone give me some accurate date codes for these or does anyone have a Z28 that is close to my vin to compare to? Any help would be great,THANKS

Someone might correct me here and hopefully so if this is not right. From what I have gathered from talking to a few people is the dates should fall from about 2 weeks to 3 months prior to build date.

One of the exceptions to this is the 480 distributor, which Jerry MacNeish told me had a long lead time. He didn't say how long but he said my 4th week of Dec. '68 distributor was fine for my 05E car.

Maybe one of the Guru's here can get more precise on this!

Sid you may be correct but I did document a 05d car with a 9-b-11 480 dist.I have a 9-c-4 dist. I guess I am looking for an original car that has not been messed with to be sure. thanks for your imp :thumbsup: ut

I'm certian your 9c4 dist. will work great for your car. I think a person would have to take an "average" of many cars to get an accurate base line of the leadtime on various parts.

Hopefully someone who's been doing the numbers matching for many years will chime in and give a good range of time. I'd like to know for sure, myself.

As I recall Z28DOUG has an 02C car with a very early distributor. He may chime in. I know it is not an 05D, but the lead time may be apparent.

Yes, both my dist. and alt. are early.

Alt. is stamped 8 L 23 (Nov. 23rd, '68)

Dist. is stamped 8 K 30 (Oct. 30th, '68)

I think everything else on the car is stamped Jan. or Feb. with the exception of my brake booster. It is stamped 356 (356th day of '68)


Hope that helps,
Doug

Doug ,If your car is 02C this is odd . My friend has an all original 01B X33 with a 8M19 dist. and a 8L27 alt. You would think yours would be the same or later dates

Lukes 69 z28,

Don't know what to say. Maybe it has something to do with the difference between a Norwood car and a Van Nuys car.

A couple of years ago I was looking for the correct date carb. for my car. It was one of the few things that was not original. I was lucky enough to find a guy in So. Cal. that had an 02C Van Nuys Z that was in need of restoration. The car had been sitting since 1972 and it showed 36K. He had the chassis broadcast copy and knew everything on the car was original.

Our VIN's were very close, we figured our cars were probably built the same day. I had some numbers/date code questions for him and one of the answers was his dist., stamped 8 K 30, exactly the same as mine.

His alt. was missing so I couldn't cross reference that one.
His original carb. was date coded 912 so that's what I went looking for. It wasn't easy but I finally found one.

Doug

My untouched Norwood 02D Z/28 has its original 480 distributor, dated 9B11; virtually everything on the car is dated between mid-January and mid-February.
:beers:

Doug ,I did not notice your car was a Van Nuys car that would explane everything . Mine and my friends car are norwood cars. Thanks for the help

On my 05A Z I have a 941 Carb, 9D3 Alternator, and a 9D2 Distributor. Oddly enough, I have a November 772 fan......likely a service item.
Chuck D.

On my 05A Z I have a 941 Carb, 9D3 Alternator, and a 9D2 Distributor. Oddly enough, I have a November 772 fan......likely a service item.
Chuck D.
Thanks Chuck you are the second person to confirm the dates they must be correct. I would think an april 772 fan would be correct . Any ideas on wheel dates ,exhaust manifolds and jack. Thanks you have been great help Luke

Luke....I'm pretty sure my exhaust manifolds are not original, although correct. I can check the wheel dates, as I think they are original.......we'll find out together! Not sure about the jack....I can check that too. Stay tuned....

> Thanks Chuck you are the second person to confirm the dates they must be correct.

Luke,
I'm not sure I'd come to that conclusion with that data. :) There's a difference between having a May car with April components and a May car with Feb and March parts. They don't tell the same story.

Your dist date would be OK. Alt and fan should be closer to May.....

> Thanks Chuck you are the second person to confirm the dates they must be correct.

Luke,
I'm not sure I'd come to that conclusion with that data. :) There's a difference between having a May car with April components and a May car with Feb and March parts. They don't tell the same story.

Your dist date would be OK. Alt and fan should be closer to May.....
If I find two original 05A z28s norwood built that are vined before and after mine and their components date the same,can I assume my dates would match theirs?

Chuck,is your vin before or after mine ? Mine is12437N6408xx thanks Luke

Mine is 6387xx

If I find two original 05A z28s norwood built that are vined before and after mine and their components date the same,can I assume my dates would match theirs?

But those component dates are not the same.

You posted: I have a 9-c-4 dist

ChuckD posted: On my 05A Z I have a 941 Carb, 9D3 Alternator, and a 9D2 Distributor.

I'm confused. Noone has posted any dates that are the same in this thread.

Given what I have read here, it seems that an early May car would most likely have April hardware. Certainly there are exceptions.....maybe more guys can jump in here. I think Luke is just looking for a trend here to validate what may or may not be the correctly dated parts.

But those component dates are not the same.

You posted: I have a 9-c-4 dist

ChuckD posted: On my 05A Z I have a 941 Carb, 9D3 Alternator, and a 9D2 Distributor.

I'm confused. Noone has posted any dates that are the same in this thread.
Kurt,when I said had an 09C distributor I did not mean it came with my 05A Z28 I bought it seperatly.I was just wondering if it was close enough to be correct .Then Chuck D posted his date codes and another member sent me a private message and gave me his dates on his 05A z28 which matched Chucks.So I feel these dates should be correct for my car.I hope this clears things up . thanks for the help Luke

You saw this?
Your dist date would be OK. Alt and fan should be closer to May.....

You saw this?
Im confused maybe someone else will click in with more date codes

I'm looking at the CRG database which has more info in it.

Kurt thanks for helping out with these date codes ,let me know what youfind out .

Kurt thanks for helping out with these date codes ,let me know what youfind out .

I did! Please read my posts above.