tmhutch

Can anyone tell me the build month? I've checked the online VIN decoders and they dont seem to be very accurate and I cant get to the build plate on the door jamb

Not certain if correct but I found first month of production for 69's was September and the model year ran for 16 months.

Appreciate any help.

VETTEVIC

That is number 1,710 of how ever many were made that year. If you register your car with the C3 registry (c3registry.org) it will give you the birth date (approx) coenciding with your vin#.

chevylit

My restoration book shows cars up to serial #03041 were built in
Sept. 68.

I'm Batman

Is your trim tag still there? The build date should be stamped on it.

LGHTSPD

My 69 VIN ends with 11385 and was built 20 Dec 68. There were 9675 cars between ours. Using the weekly production figures quoted in Rick Bizzoco's book, page 3, your Corvette was built between Mon 16 Sep 68 and Fri 20 Sep 68. The exact date will only be available from your trim tag. Hope this helps your search.

Mike

MidShark

The "Birthday Book" places your car as rolling off the line on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Odds are your trim tag will show a body build date of A16 or A17.

Rich

Easy Mike

1710 is a low number and would have been a little past halfway through September 1968 production (3041 total). The plant would have been closed for Labor Day. Your Time/Build date should be very close, but indicates only the date the tag was attached to the body on the assembly line. She may or may not have been completed on that day depending upon the time she reached the point on the line where the tag was attached.

MCMLXIX

How do you tell what is an early or late production 69? My car has a mixture of early and late parts. Do you just try to replace what it came with, match new parts to old? My vin ends 11022 the trim tag is E17 is it early or late production?

tmhutch

Wow you guys. Thanks so much for all the great info!! Sorry it took me so long to check back.

I got the drivers door open and the plate says "B16". Could that be right?

StickShiftCorvette

Production for '69s started in August 1968. My build date was August 23 and the sequential part of my VIN is 00035. I believe my convertible was built on the first day of production. The production rate was 8 cars per hour per period reports that I recall.

Coincidentally, I ran into 1969 SN 00071 being sold less than 20 miles from me.

LGHTSPD

Based on your VIN, thats probably right. B is the designator for Sep 68.

Mike

tmhutch

Cool. Thanks.

MidShark

Doh! Must have had a senior moment! Since production started in August, I should have replied that your trim tag would read B16 or B17 for a September car. As it turns out, it was B16.

Rich

tmhutch

Yeh, I figure that's what you meant. Right on the money!

Thanks