Engine stamping...comments ?

**Lynn** · #1 03-03-2006, 06:33 AM

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The cars vin is 124379L526897

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Well at least the drunk guy on the line got the last 5 digits correct.

Pretty interesting, and just goes to show there are exceptions out there. Back in the 80's when they were making Chevettes and Pontiac T100s (talk about your pieces of crap) at the OKC plant, they had a car come off the line with Chevette emblems on one side, and Pontiac emblems on the other.

Lynn

**1969L78Nova** · #2 03-03-2006, 02:53 PM

Must have been a MONDAY car. Remember the days when they gave you the build date of the car when it was ordered. You dreaded that it wasn't a Monday car.

**PeteLeathersac** · #3 03-03-2006, 06:12 PM

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Must have been a MONDAY car. Remember the days when they gave you the build date of the car when it was ordered. You dreaded that it wasn't a Monday car.

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- I always thought it was the FRIDAY cars that were supposed to be the worst....everyone half in the bag w/ the weekend starting early? ~ Pete

**olredalert** · #4 03-03-2006, 06:42 PM

-------Funny you mention that, Lynn. My wife once went to pick up her new company car and recieved a half Horizon half Omni, but split front (Hotizon) to rear (Omni). We always called that car the Horomni. It may have had a dual personality but it actually was a good little car.........Bill S

camaromb · #5 03-03-2006, 07:09 PM

Just like the orange ZL1 that was pin striped black on one side and white on the other! It was the 1,300 mile car, 4 speed with chambered. Look at the mis-matched decklid to tulip panel stripes on the 26 mile LS6 and the upside down SS emblem in the grille! Same mistakes on my original LS6. Not much quality control back then.
Mark

**Mr70** · #6 03-03-2006, 08:02 PM

You're right Mark,quality control needed to have someone looking over their shoulder as well,..there's no "CHEVELLE" grille emblem on the 26 mile LS-6 either.
Exterior ornaments are one thing,but you would hope they would've crossed their T's & dotted their I's when it came to brass tax items like the CON VIN stampings.

Mark_C · #7 03-04-2006, 03:13 AM

It was actually a Thursday car, It should be an 03B car and probably has an LA W/O number somewhere near I520. Started down the line on 3/13/69 late afternoon, probably hit the GM assembly area (where the VIN would have been stamped on the body on Monday 3/17) and the engine area (body drop) on Tuesday 3/18. So the engine and transmission would have been stamped either late Monday or sometime Tuesday.

**Charley Lillard** · #8 03-04-2006, 04:25 AM

03B car. Block is cast B 18 9

DZ Fool · #9 03-04-2006, 05:17 AM

Mark what do you meen Buy a workorder Number [ QUOTE ]
It was actually a Thursday car, It should be an 03B car and probably has an LA W/O number somewhere near I520. Started down the line on 3/13/69 late afternoon, probably hit the GM assembly area (where the VIN would have been stamped on the body on Monday 3/17) and the engine area (body drop) on Tuesday 3/18. So the engine and transmission would have been stamped either late Monday or sometime Tuesday.

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Mark_C · #10 03-04-2006, 05:06 PM

LA built cars have a w/o number stamped on the lower right corner of the trim tag that consists of a letter and three digits like I520. It is how LA kept track of car bodies inside the plant. The letter is equivalent to the bay the body was scheduled to be built and roughly corresponds to the day of the month in this case I = the 9th working day of the month, and the digits equal the 520th body scheduled to be built on that day. Note that the build day letter does not always correspond with the calendar day, ie the A build day is not always the first working day of the month.

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