69 Z on e-bay

[Steve Shauger]

The latch assembly and striker are installed prior to painting, and therefore should be body color.

[olredalert]

-----Steve, Thanks for the quick comeback! I was thinking door-handles for some reason........Bill S

[Steve Shauger]

I would like to qualify what I stated regarding the painted latches and strikers. The Norwood built camaros were painted (which this car is), however I believe LA built camaros were not.
Lynn:
Not sure about the POP (I would need some better pictures), but the guy in Canada selling fake documents on ebay know how to age W/S and Buildsheets and POP's, which now makes me skeptical when I see them.

[Rick H]

Steve,
I think you have it backwards unless it was different in 1969. My 67 Norwood Camaro does not have painted latch screws or strikers and I have pictures of an original paint LA built Camaro that Kevin Kolenbach bought that shows painted screws. I'll attach a pic of the LA door. The car was so original I took a lot of pictures.

My car was original paint when I bought it.

As for the POP shown in the auction, it looks suspicious to me. I have seen a lot of these lately were all the stains or rust are located on the numbers and letters. I have an original POP with my car and it is has absolutely no stains what so ever.

Rick H.

[Charley Lillard]

My late 69 Norwood L89 with orig paint in the door jambs.

[Rick H]

Interesting.
Attached is 67 Norwood car.

Rick H.

[Steve Shauger]

Attached are a couple pics of my 1969 L34 survivor built 9B of 68 at the norwood plant. I have never seen norwood built 69 camaro with unpainted door latches and strikers. The La plant assembly process differed slightly from that at norwood. Also year to year there were variations.

[Tommy_Mathison]

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-----Steve, Thanks for the quick comeback! I was thinking door-handles for some reason........Bill S

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It would not surprise me if the door handles were also the incorrect (NOS) version.

Tommy Mathison

[CamarosRus]

Regarding painted door latches.....I'm in the process of replacing a reskinned door with a good Original on my 69. I had the original, media blasted after removing ALL the guts. What would the professional restorers apply to the zinc plated latch assembly in the way of grease/cosmoline to replicate what the factory evidently did.
On any of the Original paint cars, you can almost always see where paint has been worn/washed away as it was over the factory coating of ????????
Any body care to share there thoughts ???????

[firstgenaddict]

This was discussed very recently on either the CRG site or Camaros.net and it was stated that the Norwood body shells had deck lids with strikers and latch assembly & doors with latch assembly and door strikers installed before paint.
Van Nuys was different because the bodies were built up in the Chevrolet Assembly plant not a Fisher Body plant as was the case in Norwood.