1969 ss 396
#11
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Your best proof is a numbers matching engine and the fire wall/heater box will be setup for a big block. All big blocks are SS's. Its still hard to prove a X body car was a SS.
The bad parts is there is no way to be 100% sure it was an SS from the factory, everything is available to make an original inline 6 into a SS. Even down to the aged counterfeit documents proving its an SS. You just need the correct casting number for the block and it can be "re-stamped" even cowl tags can be made.
The bad parts is there is no way to be 100% sure it was an SS from the factory, everything is available to make an original inline 6 into a SS. Even down to the aged counterfeit documents proving its an SS. You just need the correct casting number for the block and it can be "re-stamped" even cowl tags can be made.
#12
Your best proof is a numbers matching engine and the fire wall/heater box will be setup for a big block. All big blocks are SS's. Its still hard to prove a X body car was a SS.
The bad parts is there is no way to be 100% sure it was an SS from the factory, everything is available to make an original inline 6 into a SS. Even down to the aged counterfeit documents proving its an SS. You just need the correct casting number for the block and it can be "re-stamped" even cowl tags can be made.
The bad parts is there is no way to be 100% sure it was an SS from the factory, everything is available to make an original inline 6 into a SS. Even down to the aged counterfeit documents proving its an SS. You just need the correct casting number for the block and it can be "re-stamped" even cowl tags can be made.
As for determining the build date, I would think the Fisher body number could help to figure out if date is the fall of 68 or fall of 69.
#13
Your best proof is a numbers matching engine and the fire wall/heater box will be setup for a big block. All big blocks are SS's. Its still hard to prove a X body car was a SS.
The bad parts is there is no way to be 100% sure it was an SS from the factory, everything is available to make an original inline 6 into a SS. Even down to the aged counterfeit documents proving its an SS. You just need the correct casting number for the block and it can be "re-stamped" even cowl tags can be made.
The bad parts is there is no way to be 100% sure it was an SS from the factory, everything is available to make an original inline 6 into a SS. Even down to the aged counterfeit documents proving its an SS. You just need the correct casting number for the block and it can be "re-stamped" even cowl tags can be made.
#14
Since the trim tag Fisher body number was reset to 100000 in August 1969, your VIN will be more helpful for determining whether you have an early or late model. 1969 VIN's started at 500001, and there were 243,085 1969's built. Also, the Fisher body number on the trim tag is unrelated to the VIN.
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