1969 Assembly Line Question
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1969 Assembly Line Question
In February I bought a matching mumber '69 L36 and began researching it's history. The VIN is approximately 200 from the end of production and there is another one locally that is within 72 of my #. As 69s were produced until the end of December 69 ours were on opposite ends of the line at the same time (how cool is that??) 
His car is reported to have a 12/23/69 birth ... which would place mine in that same timeframe.
Question is ... when was the holiday shutdown and were ALL 1969s actually delivered in 1969 ... or did the last ones trickle out in January 70????
It is also interesting to see if any 70 parts were used on our cars ... I'm sure they ran out of something that late in the production run.
His car is reported to have a 12/23/69 birth ... which would place mine in that same timeframe. Question is ... when was the holiday shutdown and were ALL 1969s actually delivered in 1969 ... or did the last ones trickle out in January 70????
It is also interesting to see if any 70 parts were used on our cars ... I'm sure they ran out of something that late in the production run.
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Tough questions. The "other" Corvette board might have the answer regarding what parts were used. I had a simmilar question regarding mine as it was built during the last 3 weeks of production and has a next year part on it. Nobody knew the answer definatively but I would bet this was very possible.
Funny thing - if you have a wrong year part on your car that was put on at the factory but have insuficient documentation that it was originaly equipped that way, you WILL loose points on the NCRS judging system. Your car must conform to "Normative Practice". Parts from other years are not "normal" and get a deduct, even if original to the car.
-Mark.
Funny thing - if you have a wrong year part on your car that was put on at the factory but have insuficient documentation that it was originaly equipped that way, you WILL loose points on the NCRS judging system. Your car must conform to "Normative Practice". Parts from other years are not "normal" and get a deduct, even if original to the car.
-Mark.
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Hi Mark ... interesting you have a similar issue with yours. I have seen it with classic Chevys (1955 - 57) where a 55 came with a 56-specific item due to late production run.
While my 'numbers' match (date code and VIN derivative) the tank sticker is long gone to verify actual options. Apparently it was a cheap 'go-fast' car with L36, M21, sidepipes, and power windows (weird combo ... no creature comforts except power windows ... but at end of run anything is possible!).
While my 'numbers' match (date code and VIN derivative) the tank sticker is long gone to verify actual options. Apparently it was a cheap 'go-fast' car with L36, M21, sidepipes, and power windows (weird combo ... no creature comforts except power windows ... but at end of run anything is possible!).
