1969 F40 F41

[Keith Tedford]

The shocks on the front of the COPO car are 3192135.

[427king]

Thanks for the replies. Is there a way to tell on a build sheet if a car had f40 or f41 if the option list portion of the sheet is missing? i have a f41 69 chevelle and another with a factory sway bar but the buildsheet is incomplete where the rpo code would be. im sure a spring box ? or something might show f41??

[Keith Tedford]

Boxes 15 and 16 specify the front and rear shocks. TC front and LU rear for at least one COPO and one L78 Chevelle that I have information on. This seems to be the standard shock. Build sheets would probably show the code for F40 and F41 shocks but I don't have any.

[Woj]

My 69 Malibu with F40 has the TC fronts shocks and LU rear shocks on the build sheet. I don't know of another way to determine the suspension option with that portion of the build sheet missing. My 69 SS (all original) 396/325hp does not have a build sheet, but the shock numbers correspond to the TC and LU shocks. I'm wondering if F40 was the default suspension on the SS?

Phil Woj.

[Keith Tedford]

TC and LU may be the standard SS396 shock but might just be an upgrade on the standard small block Malibu shock. Just a thought. If F40 was the standard SS suspension, I don't believe that it would have shown up as an option on our car. With enough information, we can surely clear this up.

[427king]

I do know that ive had framingham cars[all 396 cars] that had F40 F41 and one without anything on the buildsheet. That to me means even f40 was an option on an SS. ??

[Keith Tedford]

That's what I always figured. The microfiche on our COPO car doesn't show F40 and wasn't on the bill of sale either. I think that you are probably right.