Acceptable Date Code for Starters

[lpar1969]

If the build date of a car is 10D and the motor build date is October 08th, would a starter with Oct 30th be acceptable for restoration

[X66 714]

What is the assm date of the car? 10D was the projected date. Usually Delco fell a month or so behind. What other known correct Delco items do you have on the car? Alternator, Voltage Regulator, Ignition switch or Distutor even though it was installed during engine assm, could give you clues as to where Delco was at....Joe

[lpar1969]

Joe

I will check the voltage regulator or ignition switch but outside of that no distributor. The booster is 267 day of 1969 and master cylinder in 262 day of 1969

Lou

[Mr70]

What car?,what year?,what assembly plant?, because they all matter in determining this.

[Bill Pritchard]

I think I'd be looking for a starter with a late September - mid October date.

[lpar1969]

1969 Z/28 Build Date 10D out of Norwood Plant

[Mr70]

Starters were installed after the engine stamped date.Delco-Remy had an ornament plant less than 4hours away from your Assembly plant,so I too would look for a sooner date than Oct.30.,being as it was in the 5th week of Oct.
Having one from late Aug.1969,up to around October 24th,and not going over that would be more realistic to me.

[William]

Starters were installed at Norwood during final assembly. Here's what I have:

9N697xxx Z28 910A 9K6
9N703xxx Z28 910D 9K8
9N705xxx Z28 910E 9K22
9N708xxx Z28 910E 9J16
9N711xxx Z28 911A 9K8

[lpar1969]

Found a 9K16, so I think from what feedback I got that would be fine

[daveg]

Might just be a Camaro dunce but I have questions.
Pics are Delco stuff on a third week Feb 69 Baltimore Chevelle.
Delco is still Delco right?

9K I would think is for a 1970?
Am I missing something here?
Were 1969 Z28 cars being built in Oct 69? I would think Oct 68 makes more sense?

[lpar1969]

Dave

1969 Camaros were built from August of 68 through November of 1969. A strike delayed the 1970 Model. I would say they were still building cars in Oct of 1969

[Mr70]

The 1969 Camaro production was extended due to a union strike,delaying the start of the 1970 model year.Meaning the 1969 Camaro was built for an extended period lasting from August 1968 through November 1969.As the strike significantly impacted the production timeline,essentially adding several months to the production run of the 1969 model.

[daveg]

Just discovered I am a Camaro Dunce.
Will go lay by my dish for penance:confused2:

[William]

That has been repeated so often it seems to have become fact.

There was NO strike at Norwood. The 1970 Camaro/Firebird launch was delayed due to the failure of the quarter panel tooling. All of it was scrapped and new tooling built.

This per John Z, who was there at the time.

1969 Camaro production resumed August 11, 1969 and ended November 7, 1969.

[Mr70]

Thanks for the correction William.I knew about the 1/4 panel delay,and there was a strike in 69' too.I always believed that same strike is what caused the delay of the 1/4 panels.
I now read the strike happened ONLY @ the Van Nuys assembly plant,and ONLY from mid April to mid June.
So it had nothing to do with the newly designed 1970 Camaro 1/4 panel delay @ all.

[Kurt S]

Correct. There were only two strikes during first gen production.
Jan-Feb 67 at NOR and May-June 69 at LOS.

The 1/4 dies cause a wrinkle in the 1/4 and Fisher tried multiple times to repair it. Eventually they made a whole new die - major launch disaster and lots of scrambling to keep the 69 in production (cause suppliers were winding down).