I have a 1969 Hardtop Coupe. I’ve visited just about every vin decoder on the web, but I am stuck decoding the 6th position which is usally the production year.

Mine is as follows: 12437JC(xxxxxx) I left the numerical number of the vehicle out on purpose.

What does the JC stand for?

Thank you in advance!!!!!

 

It may refer to a Fisher Body code but I am not seeing what other than "C" is Rallye Green color....can't find anything for the J that proceeds the C

 

I know, it’s crazy. Never seen a letter where the year is and it’s the same sequence on the Cowl.
Could this be an experimental or Special Order vehicle. Nothing jives with any vin decoder. The sixth digit has to be a year 7,8 or 9???????

 

Ok

 

J is the 10th letter in alphabet...maybe it is a oct 69 build...

 

Just found this info on the Camaros net forum.
Caracas, Venezuela
This South American plant was located at La Yaguara in Caracas, Venezuela and started production in 1948. They produced Camaros and Novas in 1968 and 1969 and also produced Malibus (starting about 1969), full-size cars, and pickups. From the VIN's observed, it appears that the total plant production was between 10,000 and 13,000 annually. There is no breakdown of how many Camaros were built.
The 68 Camaros used the L30 (327/275hp) engine while the 69's use the LM1 350 which was replaced by the L65 350 during the model year. The cars were pretty well optioned with Rally Sport, power steering, power brakes, console, clock, and HD radiator. There was a choice between automatic and 4-speed manual transmissions. It's believed the cars with automatics also had AC and power windows. Color combinations were apparently somewhat limited - dark blue with blue standard interior and white with red standard interior were the most common ones.
The VIN was stamped on a plate attached to the dash in the normal location. The format used the U.S. VIN format but with the year indicated by a letter: H = 1968, J=1969. The plant code was C for Caracas (note that C was also used for the Southgate, CA assembly plant).
Late-69 Caracas Camaros have been found with a K (K = 1970) VIN. This would indicate that the plant was notified that the 1969 body style was going to be used for 1970. That plan changed, 1969 production was instead extended for 4 months, but the plant, for whatever reason, kept with the original plan.
The firewall tag used a U.S. trim tag. In 68, the tag was the earlier "Magic Mirror" design (also used on 68 export cars) that did not have the U.S. conformance statement on it. In 69, the tag was the normal 69 tag, but without the U.S. conformance statement stamped on it. The firewall tag was stamped with the VIN (unlike U.S. cars) and the interior and exterior color codes. Whereas the interior codes used the normal U.S. format, the exterior color codes used several different formats with six, eight, or nine digits. Some resemble DuPont paint codes, but only one observed code matches a known DuPont code.

 

Wow I didn't know some were built south of the border,very interesting.

 

Here's some more historical info on non U.S. assembled Camaros, 5 foreign countries in all: Camaro Foreign Assembly Plants

 

Thank you for that information. So glad someone took the time to compile all that information. That is all I have to prove the Car is a legit Camaro, not one with a fake tag