{"id":40,"date":"2018-08-18T03:56:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T03:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/?p=40"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:24:44","slug":"decoding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/08\/18\/decoding\/","title":{"rendered":"Decoding"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lot can happen in 50 years, so there was some investigation to do to see what the car really was<\/p>\n

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the build date is 06A, first week of June (1968) which would make it relatively late in the production run.\u00a0 It has a NOR designation, so it came from the Norwood, OH plant.<\/p>\n

68-12427 translates to 1968 Camaro V8 coupe.<\/p>\n

The paint code is UU, which translates to blue.\u00a0 The butternut yellow was not the original color.\u00a0 The 712 interior code checks out as a black standard interior though.<\/p>\n

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The transmission pan gives it away to be a TH350, not the original powerglide transmission.<\/p>\n

The block application code is CKL, which decodes to it originally being a 1973 350 from a California application.\u00a0 Not a particularly rare or high perf model, probably 175hp originally.<\/p>\n

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The heads are 3998920 castings, low performance smog heads<\/p>\n

The Carb is a Holley list 80457, generic 600cfm vac sec with electric choke.<\/p>\n

The intake is an Edelbrock Performer, with a 1″ carb spacer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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