1969 F40 F41

[Chevy454]

I've got the buildsheet from my old F41 '69 Chevelle around here somewhere, lemme dig it up and see...I always believe the F40 was standard prior to '70, then in '70 the F41 came in the SS package. F41 is a rare, rare deal on the '69 Chevelle/El Camino/Wagon line, seems like I remember only 600+ across all 3 models?

[Stefano]

Rob,
Can you post a pic of that build sheet and did your F41 have the rear sway bar? Also, wasn't F41 availability based on production dates?

[Chevy454]

I'll try and grab it tomorrow, Stef...

[Chevy454]

Ok, I *finally* dug up the buildsheet on my old F41 L78 Chevelle...I had 2 partials, but this is the only copy I can find, for now...anyway, it shows the F41 in box 107 (rpo's). Car was beautiful...Cortez silver with blue vinyl top, blue guts, L78/auto/4.10, 35k miles...sold out of Hasay Chevrolet out of Shickshinny, PA. Anyway, enough of my crying, looks like the F40/F41 difference is gonna be determined by Boxes 13 & 14 (FRT SPRING and REAR SPRING)...my F41 front spring appears to be "GB or G8".

[Chevy454]

Ok, found the better copy...too bad it *just misses* the rear spring box...

[mockingbird812]

betcha it was a "G" factory made Chevelle.

[rockn69]

I tend to agree with Rob. I have an SS L35 April 4th week with F40 original suspension. Talking with Dan V., I thought the F41 would have only been available on later production cars but not sure when. I betcha there are a lot more on the road claiming the F41 then were built.

[Keith Tedford]

The F41 rear control arms and bar are such an easy switch that you are probably right about a lot of extras out there. I added them to our '72 Lemans Sport and also to our '69 el Camino. Someone had add the rear setup to our '69 SS396 before we got it and I added the bar to our COPO car as well away back in the day. That's four cars done by one person.