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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body">400 Chevelle L-89 equipped Coupes,Convertibles &amp; Elcaminos were assembled in 1969. </div></div>

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Just curious, where does that 400 # come from ?

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Tonawanda records.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body">400 Chevelle L-89 equipped Coupes,Convertibles &amp; Elcaminos were assembled in 1969. </div></div>

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Just curious, where does that 400 # come from ?

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Tonawanda records.
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Rick, I believe the Tonawanda records show units &quot;shipped&quot;, and not necessarily to assembly plants for production installation. Example. Tonawanda records show over 15,000 '62 409s shipped but only a little over 8,000 were installed in cars.

You would need to find Chevrolet records showing how many RPO L89 options were installed in '69 models.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body">400 Chevelle L-89 equipped Coupes,Convertibles &amp; Elcaminos were assembled in 1969. </div></div>

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Just curious, where does that 400 # come from ?

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Tonawanda records.
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Rick, I believe the Tonawanda records show units &quot;shipped&quot;, and not necessarily to assembly plants for production installation. Example. Tonawanda records show over 15,000 '62 409s shipped but only a little over 8,000 were installed in cars.

You would need to find Chevrolet records showing how many RPO L89 options were installed in '69 models.
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I have to dig for this, I remember the document showing units for installation and the number of service order engines.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rick, I believe the Tonawanda records show units &quot;shipped&quot;, and not necessarily to assembly plants for production installation. Example. Tonawanda records show over 15,000 '62 409s shipped but only a little over 8,000 were installed in cars.

You would need to find Chevrolet records showing how many RPO L89 options were installed in '69 models.
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Chevrolet reports,of the 412 L-89 optioned Chevelle engines received from Tonawanda in 1969:
333 were coded KG for M/T
12 more were coded CKG for M/T 402cid.

66 were coded KH for TH400
1 more was coded CKH for TH400 402cid.
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412 Total L-89 engines received
400 Total L-89 Chevelles assembled
12 extra engines were left for Service

97% of this Tonawanda engine production went into Chevrolet vehicles.
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The 400 L89 engines as mr70 explained were spread across five body styles.

Hard top
Convertible
El Camino
300 Deluxe Hard Top
300 Deluxe Post Sedan

This truck is a low mile survivor:-)

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ryan1969Chevelle</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The 400 L89 engines as mr70 explained were spread across five body styles.

Hard top
Convertible
El Camino
300 Deluxe Hard Top
300 Deluxe Post Sedan

This truck is a low mile survivor:-)

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There are at least two of each body style with the L89. Did Oldsmobile build L89's?

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The good ole days [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

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