dates on a 4 speed shifter out of a 69 camaro

HiHorse · #1 11-07-2007, 01:20 AM

shifers don't have date stamps.

**RPOL88** · #2 11-07-2007, 01:44 AM

Some speculation is they may be assembly line routing numbers.Definitely not date codes.

NCGuy68 · #3 11-07-2007, 05:18 AM

They may be Die numbers for quality control checks.

JoeC · #4 11-07-2007, 03:02 PM

FEB 1969

NCGuy68 · #5 11-09-2007, 05:44 AM

Is the shifter a factory Hurst, Muncie or Saginaw?

**LITTLE TOMMIE** · #6 11-10-2007, 01:22 AM

this shifter was on ebay at the time, just used it as an example

JoeC · #7 11-10-2007, 01:56 AM

I been collecting numbers off the 69 Camaro OEM Hurst and that number fits a pattern with 75% of them.
the sec. no. is a 9 and 1st no is 1-9 on most of them.
19D35E, 19D53D,are Jan,1969 some are 118B13H Nov 1968, some have a different no that I think are Firebird shifters as the no is consistant with GTO round handels, some have a long no. with no letters which I think are rebuilts or service parts counter shifters.

NCGuy68 · #8 11-10-2007, 06:54 AM

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this shifter was on ebay at the time, just used it as an example

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Not to be condescendding, but I don't trust anything from Ebay. Too many Fakes, Clones, Photoshops and down right BS ! Perhaps in the future, true musclecar folks will decode the shifter numbers if they mean anything at all.

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