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RE: Any ideas as to what this means?


It would appear Pontiac made the Ch**y frames then.

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yes, and some CHEVROLET ones as well...wink

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I looked on a Beaumont frame today and found the "hidden VIN" we always hear about. It was on the passenger rail just behind the trunk floor body mount (second mount from the back)

I had never actually seen one before. The whole VIN was not there, only partial. Interesting to see though.

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does pon mean pontiac michigan plant?
the rest is definitly a date code not a vin code

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I talked to a guy at the CanAm Chevelle show in Grand Island Now York a few months ago about his 67 Beaumont SD. He is the original owner. When he did the restoration he found the same PON stamped on his frame.
James

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I am pretty convinced there must have been a frame plant in Pontiac.

Seems to me the GTO restoration guide list 2 locations that A body frames were made.

Somehow I think one was in the midwest (not PON)

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I found an update to this in the GTO restoration guide today.



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very good  reading.gif  I wondered that  lol

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one for the other side

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I know this is a old post but Just looked at my 69 Beaumont frame and has the following ;

Part # 3943331

5-1-69-2  

There is no PON But there is  the letters  (  Yes ) looks like it was stamped over  one of the factory holes in the frame so blocks out the other letters.Y could be a V not sure. You can just see remnants of two other letters.  mabe Hayes.

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I assume the 5-1-69-2 is May first, 1969, shift #2.

YES is anybody's guess!

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looks like you have a late built car? second latest ive seen other than clints,june car

what date does your cowl tag say?

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Lower left hand corner of cowl tag  is  5C   would that mean third week of may ? If so would be correct for the frame made three week before.

Ian

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looks like yours was made 2 weeks before clints



-- Edited by 68sd at 19:21, 2009-02-01

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Would be interesting to know when the last Beaumont rolled of the assy line and if its still around. 

Ian 

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