Hey all, I just brought home a 1968 Camaro yesterday! I'm sure I'll be posting questions about how to fix little things here and there, but I'll be sure to use the search features first haha. I grew up working on MOPARs with my Dad. My first car was a 1969 Dodge Dart. This is my second muscle car, mainly because I'm sick of dealing with California SMOG rules.

It's supposedly got a 350 from another vehicle in it. The casting number on the block reads 3970010. It's an original V8 car, but I don't know which engine. It's got a TH350 trans and a 10 bolt rear end.

It was repainted some time in 2016. They didn't do a concours job or anything, but I bought this thing to be a driver. I don't know what the color is yet, which sucks because I need to get a little touch up paint haha.

I live about 30 minutes East of Sacramento if anyone has Vendor or Shop recommendations for things. I'm fairly new to the area, and I don't know many people here yet. Same with any clubs or other cool stuff I probably don't know about.

 

Welcome to C.F., nice car! Your car's original color was island teal. Good body shops have a spectrophotometer, which scans the car color, and gives them a formula to match your car as close as possible.
For the engine, the telltale numbers are (should be) on a pad in front of the passenger side head: Camaro Decoding help on Chevy-Camaro.com

 

I think it says MF19800. I was told on a Facebook group that those numbers don't mean anything. The block casting number in the original post was what they wanted, but it's a pretty generic code?

 

Nice ride,she probably started life with a 327.
There's certainly some nice drives in the mountains close by you .
Lake Tahoe only a couple hours,Yosemite not much further.
If you get on the East side highway 395 is nice driving,I've done the whole highway from up here in WA at it's Northernmost point all the way to it's Southern end in CA.
You're also close enough to spend a weekend in the Redwoods say up around Garberville and hit the coast too.
Hwy 1 North of Ft. Bragg is suprisingly uncrowded.
Where are you from? I tour a lot on my Harley so I've been about everywhere in the Western half of the USA at one time or another.

 

I'm in Rocklin now. I lived in the Bay Area the last 15 years.

I'm super happy being able to get a car like her in my price range. Very minimal surface rust if any at all. Under the car looks really great. When they did the repaint, they didn't seam seal the drip rails. Now there's a little bubbling in there.

 

If that is MF on the pad, that code is a 1967 Camaro 327 2 barrel with powerglide and smog pump.
Your cars production date looks like 12/18/67.

 

From Camaro VIN, Cowl Tag, and other Numbers Decoding

The body was built in Month 12 Week 4. It clearly says 68-12437 for a 1968.
The body was built in Los Angeles.
717 Interior Code for Standard Blue Bucket Seats
1968 F-Code Paint is Island Teal.

Engine Casting Number 3970010 is where I'm having some trouble. Most websites list it as multiple possibilities. It could be anything from a 302 to a 350.

 

The MF stamping on the pad is a 67 327 Camaro engine from another car. A 68 Camaro 327 2brl is ME. Do you know what the "R377" means on the cowl tag?

 

No. It has something to do with the build scheduling or something.

Edit: Any way to tell what version of 327 it is?

 

Welcome to the club Correct year and indeed a nice ride. Enjoy her.
The casting number shown was used on many engines, so it will show up on a 327, 350, & 302.