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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 11:31 PM
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I purchased my car from a dealer in indiana and Im in Ny I have about 5 years of paperwork. What would I look for or who could I contact to document this car. I don't know if tank-sticker is in place. It is a 1969 tri-power L-68 Everything with the dates on this car look right.
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 10:41 AM
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1. Did you get any documentation from the dealer you bought from, like POP or previous owner(s)?

2. Can you determine what state the vehicle was most recently registered in?

3. Take a flashlight and bend the rubber boot to the side so you look at the driver's side top of the fuel tank, hope you find a tank sticker.

4. Emissions/tune up label on firewall near brake master cylinder can be an excellent clue (two-digit code indicates engine).

5. Can you post a picture of your pad stamp?

There is no single source to do this work for you, it is time-consuming and often frustrating.

Steve
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 11:14 AM
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Id drop the tank and find the sticker...
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by halfmoontrail
1. Did you get any documentation from the dealer you bought from, like POP or previous owner(s)?

2. Can you determine what state the vehicle was most recently registered in?

3. Take a flashlight and bend the rubber boot to the side so you look at the driver's side top of the fuel tank, hope you find a tank sticker.

4. Emissions/tune up label on firewall near brake master cylinder can be an excellent clue (two-digit code indicates engine).

5. Can you post a picture of your pad stamp?

There is no single source to do this work for you, it is time-consuming and often frustrating.

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3. Will do that sunday
4. what code is for L-68 427 tri-power
5. will do that sunday
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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I believe the code should be CJ for early 69 and CK for 69s built after MAY.
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 06:13 PM
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you might run into some problems tracing the origen nowadays because of the privicy laws.Are you going to captree Sunday?
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 06:28 PM
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Only thing you can do is call the owner the dealer bought it from, and work backwards. I only made it to the previous 5 owners, which I was only able to speak to 4. Haven't been able to reach the 5th one yet.
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 08:07 PM
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you might run into some problems tracing the origen nowadays because of the privicy laws.Are you going to captree Sunday?
No But I will be there one weekend. My plate is 400Hp427 If you see me one weekend.
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Originally Posted by halfmoontrail
1. Did you get any documentation from the dealer you bought from, like POP or previous owner(s)?

2. Can you determine what state the vehicle was most recently registered in?

3. Take a flashlight and bend the rubber boot to the side so you look at the driver's side top of the fuel tank, hope you find a tank sticker.

4. Emissions/tune up label on firewall near brake master cylinder can be an excellent clue (two-digit code indicates engine).

5. Can you post a picture of your pad stamp?

There is no single source to do this work for you, it is time-consuming and often frustrating.

Steve
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3. Looks like it might be there.
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I know I should clean it off.
Numbers on rear of block are I 9 9 and trim tag is N22 trans numbers are p9a24b
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My 69 L68 4 speed has an LQ code and I think the autos are LN. I don't remember any engine that had a C code in 69. I have some vague recollection of C codes starting in 70 but the numbers people should know better.
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My 69 L68 4 speed has an LQ code and I think the autos are LN. I don't remember any engine that had a C code in 69. I have some vague recollection of C codes starting in 70 but the numbers people should know better.
Its sticker right behind the master cylinder. The block is stamped LQ
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here is the label with the 2 number c code

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