Go Back   The Supercar Registry > General Discussion > Technical & Restoration


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #11  
Old 04-11-2018, 02:29 AM
6667ss138 6667ss138 is offline
Yenko Contributing Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 184
Thanks: 16
Thanked 49 Times in 26 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Krateness View Post
In all honesty the car is more than just a COPO but is actually the fathom green Yenko found in Indiana last year. I’m helping in trying to track down what pieces the car is missing. NCRS documents showed an official production date of 7/10/69 before being shipped off to Yenko.

I have a friend who has a 944 (April/ 4th Week / 1969) 4346 carb and before setting out and buying one, if this one would technically be correct for the date code I’d just roll with it.
Your COPO official production date has the same exact date as my X77 HO Z/28 (07A July 10th) according to my NCRS report. I have a lot of original born with assembly line parts still on the car and many are dated May. My 302 engine assembly date, heads, distributor, alternator, and carb for example are all May. The Muncie and BU rear are June. I think April would not be out of the question as they were about to wind down for the one month shutdown and were using up all available left over inventory. July 11th was the last day of production before the one month shutdown. I hope this helps.

Last edited by 6667ss138; 04-11-2018 at 02:36 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 04-11-2018, 04:14 PM
Kurt S Kurt S is offline
Yenko Contributing Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Posts: 2,963
Thanks: 2
Thanked 601 Times in 296 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by m22mike View Post
Being a COPO It may have spent time in the body bank waiting to be scheduled. That could make the assy weeks ? Later than the TT date.
That's not how the body bank worked. All 6 of the lines in the body bank were always feeding the main line. A given car left the bank within minutes, not hours, of arriving.
http://www.camaros.org/assemblyprocess.shtml#chev
"There were usually six lines in the schedule bank - one for RS, one for A/C, one for SS and Z/28, and three for high-volume standard cars, so cars could be scheduled without having situations like three A/C's in a row, three consoles in a row, three RS's in a row, etc., as these had higher work content vs. the standard cars and scheduling two or three of them in a row would over-cycle certain line operations."
__________________
Kurt S - CRG
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Kurt S For This Useful Post:
m22mike (04-11-2018)
  #13  
Old 04-11-2018, 04:25 PM
Kurt S Kurt S is offline
Yenko Contributing Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Posts: 2,963
Thanks: 2
Thanked 601 Times in 296 Posts
Default

April is too far out, IMO. Could happen but most parts are mid to end of May or later.
Your alt was 9E23, right?
__________________
Kurt S - CRG
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 04-11-2018, 04:48 PM
Krateness Krateness is offline
Yenko Contributing Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 44
Thanks: 0
Thanked 11 Times in 5 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kurt S View Post
April is too far out, IMO. Could happen but most parts are mid to end of May or later.
Your alt was 9E23, right?
Yes it is.

The other option for a date code I found is the 3rd week of June. Would that be too close to build date?

Last edited by Krateness; 04-11-2018 at 05:32 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 04-11-2018, 07:14 PM
bbbentley's Avatar
bbbentley bbbentley is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Close to the old Norwood plant in Ohio
Posts: 2,264
Thanks: 452
Thanked 490 Times in 237 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Krateness View Post
Yes it is.

The other option for a date code I found is the 3rd week of June. Would that be too close to build date?
No
__________________

69 SS/RS 396 M20 X22 Nor 12B,72B,712 bought 1979
FULL OWNER HISTORY
69 Dick Harrell tribute Day II 427 M20 4.10 X11 76 orig pnt, 711
67 Super Stock 302 Camaro re-creation
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 04-12-2018, 10:31 PM
Krateness Krateness is offline
Yenko Contributing Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 44
Thanks: 0
Thanked 11 Times in 5 Posts
Default

Thanks everyone for the help. These are the parts I’m trying to track for the restoration are these

4346 Carburetor
1111499 Distributor - heard these weren’t made pass the 28th of April in 69?
178 / 879 Smog Exhaust Manifolds
CX TH400 - this is proving difficult to locate to say the least
Smog System

Been able to find most of everything but just want to make sure it works with the date codes. Don’t mean to be too much of a newb to all this so I appreciate all the info you guys have shared.

Last edited by Krateness; 04-12-2018 at 10:36 PM.
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Krateness For This Useful Post:
m22mike (04-12-2018)
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 01:15 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.

O Garage vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.