how do i tell if the car that i bought as a Z-28 is actually a Z-28? i decoded the vin. all it tells me is it came with a 350 and was built in van nuys. any help would be greatly appreciated. it is a 1979. thanks.

2nd diget of your vin number should be 'Q' if its a Z28, also should say Z28 on trim/cowl tag.


http://www.nastyz28.com/camaro/camaro79.php#trim

The information is on your trim tag.
http://www.nastyz28.com/2gcog/stegmiller/cowl_tags.htm#la79
A Z28 will have an "8" stamped in position #13.

2nd diget of your vin number should be 'Q' if its a Z28, also should say Z28 on trim/cowl tag.


http://www.nastyz28.com/camaro/camaro79.php#trim

According to the link you gave, the "Q" means it could be a sport coupe, Z28, or Rally Sport.

Also, it won't say Z28 on the cowl tag if your car was built at Van Nuys. Only Norwood Z28s had it stamped on the cowl tag. Look for the 8 as Gary said.

thanks guys, i appreciate the help.

Let us know what you find out. From your other thread, it sounds like your car has all the right parts to be a true Z28!

Something else-you might want to look under the front seats, up in the springs to see if your car has a build sheet. Another common place to find one that's easy to get to is behind your rear seat back, which you can access through the trunk. You'll some openings in the rear seat support. Take a peak and see if there's anything there. Build sheets are known to be more common in Van Nuys cars for some reason. Good luck!

Build sheets are known to be more common in Van Nuys cars for some reason. Good luck!

Norwood was a very old plant that was typical of the old standard model for Fisher Body/Chevrolet assembly facilities; the Fisher Body plant and the Chevrolet assembly plant were on the same piece of property, but were operated by two separate GM Divisions. Fisher Body built the body shell from the firewall back, and shipped it through a hole in their common wall to the Chevrolet plant, fully painted and trimmed, including the interior, minus the instrument panel, dash and floor-mounted components, and front carpets. Chevrolet then assembled all the rest of the trim, chassis, and final assembly components, including all the front end sheet metal, and shipped the finished cars to the dealers. Fisher Body had a huge Paint Shop for the body, and Chevrolet had their own separate Paint Shop for all the front end sheet metal. Norwood ran two shifts, and produced 57 cars per hour, or 912 per day, and produced only the Camaro until mid-April, 1969, when the Firebird (previously built at Lordstown) was added to their mix.

Van Nuys had been a traditional separate Fisher Body/Chevrolet assembly operation for many years, similar to Norwood, but was one of the first Fisher/Chevrolet plants to be consolidated under GMAD (GM Assembly Division) management in 1967-68, replacing the formerly separate Fisher Body and Chevrolet managements with a single GM Division in charge of the entire operation. By 1969 the former Fisher Body Paint Shop had been expanded so it also accommodated the Chevrolet front end sheet metal, and the former Chevrolet Paint Shop was abandoned. Trim Shop operations were also consolidated, with some formerly separate Fisher Body and Chevrolet Trim operations combined on the existing trim lines. Van Nuys also ran two shifts, and produced 35 cars per hour, or 560 per day, but only half of those were Camaros in 1969 - the other half of their schedule was full-size Chevrolet Impala and Caprice models.

source: crg

I was wondering about this also. From the link Trev posted is this always on the trim tag for Z/28?
1FQ87 Camaro Z28 Sport Coupe

I thought that the 5th digit in the VIN being a T means it is a Z28.

the "T" in the vin i is a 73 74 thing . the 5th designation(D F H K or T) wasn't a code for z28, it was the motor code. with the z28 being the only car that you could get the "T" motor, 245 hp 350 ci hence the proof that the T in the vin is a z28. between 70 and 74 the z28 was an option with a rpo code. in 77 i believe with the reintroduction of the z28 it became it own model with a designation in the vin like the type lt. 72 you can also identify a z 28 by the vin through the motor code of L

the "T" in the vin i is a 73 74 thing . the 5th designation(D F H K or T) wasn't a code for z28, it was the motor code. with the z28 being the only car that you could get the "T" motor, 245 hp 350 ci hence the proof that the T in the vin is a z28. between 70 and 74 the z28 was an option with a rpo code. in 77 i believe with the reintroduction of the z28 it became it own model with a designation in the vin like the type lt. 72 you can also identify a z 28 by the vin through the motor code of L
Ok I see

well it seems I'm incorrect again! most of the stuff is correct but the z28 was never identifiable by the vin other than the engine code for all years. but i was its own model with the designation 1fq87/z28 in 77 http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh155/stinsonz/77z-dlrog.jpg

twozs,

Even in 1977 the 1FQ87 designation was shared with the Sport Qoupe, so it can't be used to identify it as a Z28. Use the trim tag info to be sure.

John

what im saying was it was no longer a rpo . you now ordered a Z28, not a sport coupe with the rpo Z28 option