dates on a 4 speed shifter out of a 69 camaro

[LITTLE TOMMIE]

can anyone tell me how to read the dates on a 4 speed shifter out of a 69 camaro

[SuperNovaSS]

I don't think there are dates.

[LITTLE TOMMIE]

what do numbers like these stand for 29D34E

[HiHorse]

shifers don't have date stamps.

[RPOL88]

Some speculation is they may be assembly line routing numbers.Definitely not date codes.

[NCGuy68]

They may be Die numbers for quality control checks.

[JoeC]

FEB 1969

[NCGuy68]

Is the shifter a factory Hurst, Muncie or Saginaw?

[LITTLE TOMMIE]

this shifter was on ebay at the time, just used it as an example

[JoeC]

I been collecting numbers off the 69 Camaro OEM Hurst and that number fits a pattern with 75% of them.
the sec. no. is a 9 and 1st no is 1-9 on most of them.
19D35E, 19D53D,are Jan,1969 some are 118B13H Nov 1968, some have a different no that I think are Firebird shifters as the no is consistant with GTO round handels, some have a long no. with no letters which I think are rebuilts or service parts counter shifters.

[NCGuy68]

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this shifter was on ebay at the time, just used it as an example

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Not to be condescendding, but I don't trust anything from Ebay. Too many Fakes, Clones, Photoshops and down right BS ! Perhaps in the future, true musclecar folks will decode the shifter numbers if they mean anything at all.

[HiHorse]

we don't have the facts on what the numbers mean/ how to decode. I'm surprised there continues to be this mystery around shifters that no one has figured out.