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Most 1967-1969 Camaros were built in one of two assembly plants in the US About 79 US -assembled cars were built at the factory Norwood, Ohio, near Cincinnati and about 20 came from Van Nuys, California assembly plant near Los Angeles unbenownst but most people there were at least five other Camaro assembly plants located on different continents These assembly plants were built in the country which required local assembly and content either as outright qu'exigences or due to high duties.
Camaros were assembled five plants abroad Yutivo the factory in Manila, Philippines subject to MAF research article; GM Continental in Antwerp, Belgium; GM Switzerland Bienne, Switzerland; GM Venezolana in Caracas, Venezuela; and GM of Peru in Lima, Peru were other GM plants in various markets around the world who also built us Engineered vehicles, including Australia and Argentina, but they didn t build Camaros All these non-U S plants and export activities were managed by GMOO GM overseas operations and GMODC GM overseas distribution Corporation would be interested to talk to all those who worked for one of these groups or GM who owns a car or assembly approve abroad please contact us by e-mail or via a message on the forum MAF.
The totals published Camaro Production differ from total production of Norwood plants and Los Angeles The distance is 1200 units in 1967 and 1,248 units in 1968. The 1969 totals are is not known if unrecognized cars in production totals were the production of foreign plants, but the numbers appear to be close to the estimated production of foreign plants in 67 and 68 It is clear that, for at least 69, it is not true that for known foreign production added to of total known domestic production is the total production of 1969 units issued 243.085.
All non-U S Camaros assemblies plants completely overturned CKD parts and subassemblies for export CKD units were shipped to a central collection point called a boxing plant, grouped in kits and packed in containers for shipment overseas to the small town of -venture GM and assembly operations operated by the contractor factory Boxing was located in Bloomfield, NJ and has been managed by GM overseas operations twenty-four cars in the typical car export XCO and usually six CKD to a container, which meant four containers were required by XCO.
As its name suggests, the cars had CKD body which must be assembled from each stamped sheet subsets body Major floor trough, side panels LHRH, front and rear have been constructed by the mill, then were finally united in a master jig engines, transmissions and axles were shipped from the United States or Canada as complete sets tires, glass, batteries and interior parts were often produced locally a more complete description of the process CKD assembly is in the Yutivo report.
Driving light added to a 1967 Camaro prior to the sale in France.
The Norwood plant builds all assembled Camaros, known as the Single-Unit Pack or SUPs, which were exported SUP s These models were sent to countries which did not have an assembly plant or models that factories local assembly did not build, for example, convertibles or SS models exports to Canada went by train and truck non-Canadian export railway units were shipped to the warehouse Mortensen Chevrolet contractor at the port of Baltimore, which dealt with preparations for the export of wax and oil spraying, etc., and is loaded on ships When the cars were exported as SUP s they had the United States VINs and trim labels when importing into the country of destination, the cars were then modified to meet local needs that the necessary safety belts, for example, beam, mirrors Etc. and often have a certification label attached to the firewall.
Some CKD cars were exported to contries nearby - for example, Antwerp sent cars in Germany, but most without imported over all CKD factory countries their Camaros of the US International GM in Copenhagen cars imported into Denmark Despite CKD plant in a neighboring country, Chile and France imported US cars Over 200 cars were imported into Sweden while some were imported in imported cars from Japan GM limited to the UK market but it's not known if they were only in the United States or Antwerp There was not exported by 67-69 Camaros GM in Australia because of driving requirements right, but some were imported and converted by private companies.
A total of 4991 Camaros were exported to countries other than Canada in 67 Unfortunately, there is no total export to 68 or 69.
A Camaro export can normally be identified by the packing label - Many 1835 of 4991 1967 s that were exported will have a 5O stamped in the option field on the bottom of the trim tag, denoting remove belts belts meet local safety requirements have been installed when homologated cars - 1968 cars for export used first magic Mirror style trim label see below tag Caracas 1968 - 1969 export cars used a standard tag of 1969 trim, but without the declaration of conformity affixed to the bottom of the label see label Caracas 1969 below.
The Yutivo factory in Manila, the Philippines was a franchised assembler GM vehicles since 1953. Unlike other activities abroad, the factory has not been a subsidiary of GM - GM did not own or operate the plant Camaros there were assembled from 1967 to 1969 All Yutivo cars had L22 155 hp 6-cylinder engines and the choice of manual 3-speed or automatic transmission 2 speed They also tinted glass, clocks and consoles cars we thought had power steering and Rally Sport had, but several were found with manual steering and several have 67 s style trim but not other options were RS are available through the dealer installation quantities of accurate production are not known, but from information provided by management confirmed VIN found to date, production was 100 300 cars a year, probably closer to the lower number érieur for more information on installation, see the article in the Yutivo plant.
Yutivo used an attached identification tag to the passenger side cover containing the VIN and the inner and outer color VIN format is a VIN -format US amended with 14 numbers instead of the normal 13-digit looking at the example below, 12337 is the style of code for a Chevrolet Camaro coupe 6 cylinder 9 following represents the model year 1969, the factory code is Y for Yutivo noted that Y was also used by GM for the assembly plant in Wilmington, dE next 6 184019 numbers have been exporting car order number followed by a letter XCO XCO figures began in 150000 67 120000 184000 at 68 and 69 in the letters a to Z except I and O said the unit number in the XCO so there would be a 123379N184019A and 123379N184019B etc. Note that other than pugs Yutivo also made use numbers XCO XCO ie 184018 is probably a non-XCO Camaro.
The paint code format varies from year to year the 67-digit codes were 5-6, but their significance is unknown The 68 paint codes seem to be a DuPont paint formula, but they were not against to-referenceable a paint color painting the 69-digit codes were three Certain codes may correspond to the window sticker US RPO color codes, for example 917, but the meaning of the other codes, for example 906, is unknown.
The interior trim codes were the same as the internal codes of the U, except that in 67 years, it does not include the suffix for the type of seat headrest.
The production in Antwerp has a long history, dating back to 1925 when he Chevrolets assembled mainly in Belgium, the Netherlands and the German markets under the name of General Motors Continental plant was destroyed in World War II facilities and new were built in 1953 and enlarged in 1967 the plant assembled 1967 and 1968 Camaros Chevrolet total CKD CKD production in 1497 and 1139 was 67 in 68 Unfortunately, the production quantities are not broken down by model, number of Camaros in this total are unknown at the end of the 1968 model year, the Chevrolet ceased production in Antwerp and 69 s were imported.
The engine options on cars built Antwerp included either the L6 L26 engine 140 hp or a 327 engine - it seems that the 67 cars used the LF7 327 engine 210 hp and 68 used cars L30 327 engine 275 hp were Tranmissions or Powerglide automatic or manual transmission, 4-speed cars were often included and an option on power disc brakes, power steering, console, rear defroster, folding rear seats, gauges, and luxury interior .
The plant General Motors Suisse SA is located in Biel Bienne the city is called in French and Biel in German speaking Switzerland he produced Chevrolets, Opels and Vauxhalls The plant also approved SUP s It ceased production Camaros and other Chevrolet models after 1968 Chevrolet Total production was 511 in 1967 and 343 in 1968, mainly for the Swiss market Unfortunately, the production quantities are not broken down by model, but the VIN observed so far it there were just over 67 200 Camaros fact, we don not have much data on 68 Swiss Camaros, but there were at least 80 products.
Cars that have been assembled by the factory Biel received a unique emblem on the grid representing the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau and bearing the words General Motors Assembly Switzerland - Switzerland CONCEPT Mounting Made In Switzerland Emblems homologated cars had General Motors Suisse SA Biel on since weren t cars manufactured in Switzerland.
Swiss Camaros were unique in that they were the only application in the production of 283 cu in V8 engine in a Camaro This was done for tax reasons the tax was based on the engine capacity The 230 cu in L6 and 283 V8 was used in 1967 models used the 1968 s 327 engine 210 hp and SS350 model with the L48 engine was also available Presumably L6 engine was used too, but not in 1968 L6 Swiss cars have been found so far the choice of transmission is an automatic or Powerglide 4- most cars speed manual have several options such as electric windows, rear defroster, console, electric disc brakes, power steering, and the interior of luxury.
The Swiss factory has the most freedom of any plant with the VIN format was S9-YY5xxx where YY is the year 67 or 68 5 was the Camaro code also used on US xxx window stickers was number of consecutive series VIN on the below is the VIN S9-675199 tag was attached to the dashboard and was also stamped on the cover label.
The cover tag line four lines of information and documents 1 Brand Road homologation The approval document called a by the Swiss type certificate confirms that the model complies with the laws of Switzerland circulation This document will be on file with the Swiss authorities and an example shown straight 2 model and model number, version number, such as Antwerp cars is an internal tracking number seems to be the XCO number and the unit number in the XCO line 3 engine code and the outer color engine code is the engine suffix stamped on the engine block exterior colors of codes use an X and a 3-digit number the direction of the color code is not determined line 4 VIN chassis number and inserts the interior trim code also uses an unknown code format is the form of XJ and a 3-digit number.
This South American plant was in The Yaguara in Caracas, Venezuela, and began production in 1948. They produced Camaros and Novas in 1968 and 1969 and also produced Malibus from approximately 1969 cars and micro-size since the VIN observed, it seems that the total factory output was between 10 000 and 13 000 years is no breakdown of how Camaros were built.
The 68 Camaros used motor 327 275hp L30 while the 69 s using the LM1 350 or L65 350 cars have been pretty well optioned with Rally Sport, power steering, power brakes, console, clock, and HD radiator There was a choice between automatic and manual transmission, 4-speed It's believed the car with as automatics have AC and color combinations power windows were apparently somewhat limited - dark blue with standard blue and white interior with standard red interior were the most common .
The VIN is engraved on a plaque on the dashboard in the normal position The format format VIN US, but with the year indicated by letter H 1968 J 1969 The factory code is C rating for Caracas C has also been used for Southgate, assembly plant CA.
A car at the end of 69 Caracas was found with a VIN 1970 KK This would indicate that the plant was informed that the body style in 1969 would be used for 1970, but that plan changed 1969 production has been rather prolonged by 4 month.
The firewall tag used a US label TRIM In 68, the label was the Magic Mirror design also used earlier of 68 cars for export which did not have the statement of the United States about compliance in 69, the label was the beacon normal 69, but the US declaration of conformity stamped on the firewall label was stamped with the VIN unlike American cars and indoor and outdoor color codes While domestic codes used the normal size of the United States, external color codes used several different formats with six, eight or nine digits Some look like DuPont paint codes, but only observed code matches a known DuPont code .
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