early or late 240

[26th-Z]

A couple of comments and then some stuff from this morning's e-mail.

The VIN # on the door post would match all the rest of the VIN #s on the car - dash, firewall, shock tower. The production date only appears on the door jamb. The value is simply a conversation piece and a unique quality - it is subjective.

Differentials are notorious for rumble and clunk. It is entirely possible that the differential has been changed.

Finally, this latest accounting ot the early import cars from Carl Beck:

Here is a copy of my current listing of 69's.. Note that 789 is also

a 12/69 date of production. We found 501 in a junk yard in Canada -

it has an 01/70 production date.

124 1969's Found So Far: as of 17 Jan. 2004

00006, 00007, 00008, 00016, 00017, 29 of the first 100

00019, 00020, 00022, 00026, 00029,

00030, 00032, 00033. 00036, 00037,

00040, 00042, 00048, 00051, 00052,

00056, 00057, 00069, 00075, 00077,

00079, 00087, 00089, 00091

00101, 00105, 00114, 00126, 00127, 17 of the second 100

00128, 00129, 00140, 00147, 00152,

00157, 00158, 00182, 00193, 00194,

00195, 00198

00201, 00202, 00207, 00212, 00215, 26 of the third 100

00216, 00222, 00224, 00230, 00238,

00239, 00240, 00244, 00247, 00248,

00249, 00253, 00258, 00261, 00265,

00267, 00268, 00277, 00279, 00286,

00299

00300, 00302, 00303, 00305, 00308 25 of the fourth 100

00311, 00318, 00319, 00331, 00332,

00333, 00346, 00348, 00357, 00361,

00368, 00374, 00378, 00383, 00384,

00387, 00391, 00390, 00392, 00399

00402, 00405, 00415, 00426, 00429, 22 of the fifth 100

00432, 00439, 00448, 00450, 00453,

00456, 00459, 00461, 00464, 00471,

00473 00476, 00479, 00486, 00490,

00496, 00498

119 of first 500 69

Production

00502 has a production date of 11/69

00512 has a production date of 12/69

00504 has a production date of 11/69

00506 has a production date of 11/69

00789 has a production date of 12/69 +5 of 1969 Production

124 Total of 69 Production Year

00048 has a production date of 02/70

00300 has a production date of 02/70 - 3 (that were not 69's)

00474 has a production date of 01/70