I have just purchased a 1968 Camaro. It is badged as a 327 SS. I have found some info on the VIN and the Body tag. I saw THIS (http://www.camaros.net/forums/showpost.php?p=675157&postcount=9) post on your board and was hoping that someone might be able to offer some simulair info on my car. I have not found anywhere to decode the fisher body number.

Also according to my numbers below the interior should be red, and the interior paint is code 4. What color is code 4? I have not found anywhere that had this info either. Also, if the interior is listed as red, would that be red carpet, door cards, dash pad and headliner? Or would some of these things remain black? Also it currently has the white stripe around the nose and down the side. Is there a way to tell if this is the correct stripe?

Here are the VIN and Fisher tag numbers, along with the information I can find on them. If someone could please review what I have and correct any errors I might have made, and include any other info you have, that would be very much appreciated.

VIN # 124378N301606

1 - Chevrolet
2 - Camaro
4 - 8 Cylinder
37 - Coupe
8 - 68 Model Year
N - Norwood, Ohio
3 - Serial Begining for all 68
01606 - SerialBody Tag


08D
ST 68-12437 NOR 1740 BODY
TR 724 RR PAINT

08D

08 - August
D - 3rd Week68-12437

68 - Model Year
12 - Camaro
4 - Nothing
37 - CoupeNOR

NOR - Norwood, Ohio1740

1740 - Fisher Body Number724

724 - Interior Standard Bucket, Red. Interior Paint Color Code - DRR

R - Matador Red, White Stripe (exterior)
R - Matador Red (top)

08D is 4th week August...
It is an early car with a Low serial number and low body number.
Other than that you can't tell anything about the car besides the paint and interior.

If it is a 327 and it is the original engine, it is not an SS. SS cars were 350 or 396.

Lots of reading here www.camaros.org .

Not sure where you got your decode info. 724 interior code is a red, standard bucket seat interior. No interior paint code info on a 68 tag. Everything in a red 68 standard interior was red; carpet, dash, dash pad, console, etc.

08D is 4th week August...
It is an early car with a Low serial number and low body number.
Other than that you can't tell anything about the car besides the paint and interior.
That being the case then how was the person in the post I linked to able to give that person all that info on his car with nothing more then the VIN and body tag?
If it is a 327 and it is the original engine, it is not an SS. SS cars were 350 or 396.

Lots of reading here www.camaros.org (http://www.camaros.org) .

Not sure where you got your decode info. 724 interior code is a red, standard bucket seat interior. No interior paint code info on a 68 tag. Everything in a red 68 standard interior was red; carpet, dash, dash pad, console, etc.
That is where I got my info on the codes. As far as the Interior paint code. Look HERE (http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml#InteriorColors) (2nd grey box) and you will see the first column is called "Interior Paint Code" and the one in the line for my interior code is D. So would you be able to explain this? Also how can I tell what is supposed to be there, SS or the 327? Right now it has a 350 in it (I have not pulled numbers from the block as of yet, it has the m35 2 speed powerglide), but it has 327 badges on the front QP as well as SS badges. I assumed that it was supposed to be a 327, but have not been able to find any info on a ss 327 nor do I recall them being produced. I had assumed in the past that the ones I would occationally see we clones, but then I have seen alot on egay and google searches. So I thought maybe I had missed something or whatever.

The link you put up is a decode on a 67 car, they had a LOT more info on the cowl tags than other firstgen's. some 69's have some criptic x-codes, and 68's have nothing at all.

As Eric said, SS camaro's were 350's or 396's, period end of discussion.

It seems unlikely that someone would put 327 emblems on an SS, certainly less likely than that someone would put SS badges on a non SS car, still strange things happen. More reading at camaros.org will give you all the clues to look for, power front disk brakes, 12 bolt rear, hanger for dual exhaust, etc.

That being the case then how was the person in the post I linked to able to give that person all that info on his car with nothing more then the VIN and body tag?

Because the link you posted is of a 1967 Camaro. Lots more information on a 67 Trim Tag. 68 has very little information on it.

As far as the "D" in your 724 interior code, I don't see it in your "Body Tag" drawing. Just where are you seeing this "D" at?

If you have both "SS" and "327" emblems on the car, more than likely the "SS" emblems were added at some point. I see no reason for someone to add "327" emblems to a true SS!

EDIT: Jeez Jim. You beat me to the punch again!! But it's amazing, we both said almost the same thing in EXACTLY the same terminology!!

Ed

The link you put up is a decode on a 67 car, they had a LOT more info on the cowl tags than other firstgen's. some 69's have some criptic x-codes, and 68's have nothing at all.

As Eric said, SS camaro's were 350's or 396's, period end of discussion.

It seems unlikely that someone would put 327 emblems on an SS, certainly less likely than that someone would put SS badges on a non SS car, still strange things happen. More reading at camaros.org will give you all the clues to look for, power front disk brakes, 12 bolt rear, hanger for dual exhaust, etc.
As I said in the link I gave. The second grey box. The first is a for the 67 the second is for the 68. The car has Front disc, dual exhaust and I have to look at the rear end. I am not sure if it is 12 bolt.
Because the link you posted is of a 1967 Camaro. Lots more information on a 67 Trim Tag. 68 has very little information on it.

As far as the "D" in your 724 interior code, I don't see it in your "Body Tag" drawing. Just where are you seeing this "D" at?

If you have both "SS" and "327" emblems on the car, more than likely the "SS" emblems were added at some point. I see no reason for someone to add "327" emblems to a true SS!

EDIT: Jeez Jim. You beat me to the punch again!! But it's amazing, we both said almost the same thing in EXACTLY the same terminology!!

Ed
As stated above, please look at the link again. It is the second grey box. The first is 67 yes, but as I said in the previous post, refer to the second grey box. As far as the Interior paint code. Look HERE (http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml#InteriorColors) (2nd grey box) and you will see the first column is called "Interior Paint Code" and the one in the line for my interior code is D.

No, I understand what the CRG states, but what I'm asking is where is the "D" stamped on the Trim tag on YOUR car? In the drawing you posted above it doesn't show a "D" next to the 724. Here's what you've posted:

Body Tag

Code:

08D
ST 68-12437 NOR 1740 BODY
TR 724 RR PAINT

I don't see a "D" listed next to your 724. Can you perhaps post a picture of your Trim Tag?

Ed

You also said the interior code is 4. Where did that come from?

The D code was used by the plant and only shows up on the broadcast sheet and on the POP. It just means red (assembly plants could have dozens of interior codes and all that really mattered for int paint was what color it was).

I have included a picture of the page with an arrow pointed to what I am refering to to clear the confusion.

Highlighted in the red box is the woords "Interior Paint Code" and the arrow points to the code "D" from the line my interior trim is on. Nowhere on my trim tag on the car does it have a d. I am getting the d from the attached picture. If this is meaningless coding then why would they call it "Interior Paint Code" and then have a different letter for different interior colors? Also, I assume the headliner and visors would still be black though, am I correct on this?

As far as saying my interior was a code 4, I have no idea where that came from. I do not see it in any of my posts. My interior code is 724, and when you refer to the attached picture you see where the D comes from.

http://www.acidstudioz.com/lakeoffire/Images/tag.jpg

Did you read what I posted??

Canadian 68's I believe are the only 68 Camaros you can get info on otherwise you are SOL. Like some said previously if it is the original motor 327 it is not an SS.

Lakeoffire,

I think you may be getting a little confused with all the numbers. Let me see if I can clear things up for you a bit.

You got most of your original post correct. Your car is indeed a 1968 Camaro Sport Coupe with an exterior paint color of Matador Red and a standard red interior.

You most likely do not have an SS since no one in their right mind would put 327 emblems on an original SS car, however, you'll have to check for other things like a date matching 12 bolt rear end, original engine or transmission, etc... to be absolutely sure.

I also think you're getting confused on the interior paint code. This WON'T be found on your Camaro Trim Tag, although it WAS used on other years and models, like my 69 Corvair. (See the attached picture. Note the "12AD". In this case my 69 was assembled the first week of December, 1968 - "12A", and the interior paint code was blue -"D".) Like Kurt stated above, the Camaro interior color code was only listed on the Broadcast Sheet and the POP.

You also stated in your original post (second paragraph, first three lines) that your "interior paint is code 4". This is probably a typo on your part since there is no code "4" for an interior paint code. Perhaps you meant a "D" instead of a "4"?

Here's a picture of my 1969 Corvair Convertible Trim Tag WITH the extra interior paint code ("D")

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h52/bertfam/corvairtag.jpg