69 Chevelle SS 396/375

[jfkheat]

I got the cowl tag info for this car. Now I need help decoding it.

ST 69 13637 ATL209472
TR 756 53 LB
01D

Engine code is TO312ID, Not 100% sure about the last 2 letters, but looks like ID. I could read the rest of the numbers on the pad. It is supposed to be a numbers matching car.

The car has lots of rust under the vinyl top especially between the trunk and back glass. The body work looks bad. The interior is in good condition. Trunk and floor pans look solid. I didn't find out which 4 speed the car has. The engine compartment looks pretty good. Looks like it would make a nice car to restore. What should a car like this sell for?
James

[jfkheat]

Here are some pictures #1

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#2

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#3

[Mr70]

Oh My God its Glacier Blue!
I Love Glacier Blue on a 69 Chevelle.
When the Car is restored to the nines,nothing can touch it,IMO.
ST 69=Year
13637=Malibu Body Style
Atl=Atlanta Lakewood Plant
209472=Body Number
TR 756=Black Vinyl Bucket seats
53=Glacier Blue Paint
LB=Lakewood internal code
01D=assembled Jan.4th week
T=Tonawanda
0312=March 12/1969 when engine was a running unit.
JD=L78 396/375HP (It should be a J,not the letter I)
Look for the last 6 digits of the Chevelles VIN# to be after the JD code on the engine block.This would normally mean a Numbers matching engine.Give or take.
Your Pictures do not show much,again without knowing more,$20-$25K max in current condition.
Is there a Buildsheet,Protecto-Plate,Window sticker,dealer invoice?

James
If you are not interestd in this Chevelle,I am....
Rick

[Unreal]

How could a March engine be numbers matching in a January car? What am I missing?

[Mr70]

It doesn't sound like it is the Original engine,but waiting to hear what James or the Dealers explanation for this is.
Check for a VIN# possibly down by the Oil filter too,for whatever car this is out of.

[jfkheat]

The dealer doesn't have any documentation on the car. I couldn't read the rest of the numbers on the engine pad. The car is about 300 miles from where I live. I will be back in the area next week and plan to check the car a little closer. Other than checking to see if the numbers on the engine pad match the vin number, what else should I look for? I just recently got back into the muscle car scene. I was into Chevelles back in the 70s and early 80s. Back then everyone didn't worry about numbers matching.
James

[elcamino]

fyi

The suffix ID is from an Impala

ID was used for 427-425 hp L72 in the big Impala's from 1966 to 1968. All had manual trans