Guest Lora S. Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Can any one tell me what my partial vin number means, I have a 1970 Camaro and I don't know for sure the size of my engine is or what year it is. The VIN # is 19J259853. The engine code is HV and the casting # is 18 GM 3970010. The only thing I know is that V0422 stands for V-Flint and 0422 stands for April 22, that is only information I know about.When I look up the vin number and the engine code it don't make any sence to me. It seems like conflicting information.Lora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Rohn Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) 19J is not a Camaro VIN, but an Impala VINJ stands for Janesville, WI and they did not build CamarosHV is a code for a 69 Impala ... 350 automatic, it is not the original engine your Camaro came with when it was "born"go here for 2nd gen Camaro info: NastyZ28 Second Generation Camaro Owners Groupfor 1970 Camaro info, go here:1970 Camaro Data Edited June 20, 2011 by Jim Rohn (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lora S. Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Thank you Jim Rohn for the information, I know that this engine did not come with my car, it is a Baldwin Motion recreation. The person who made this recreation bought the model first, then made the new recreation Baldwin Motion. It is a beautiful car, my husband and I are going to put a 454 in it. We are going to sell the engine to someone, but we want to be honest about the engine. I had a funny feeling that it was not a 327 corvette engine. To me the information I was getting that the engine was a 350, and a 1969 and not a 1965 as we were told to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 By the way, the vin that you show does not have enough digits in it to be a genuine GM vin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 By the way, the vin that you show does not have enough digits in it to be a genuine GM vin.That's because it's not the "VIN", it's the VIN derivative from the engine block. First character is the division (1 = Chevy)Second character is the model year (9 = 1969)Third character is the assembly plant (J = Janesville, WI)Final six characters are the build sequence number from the car this block was originally installed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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