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Old 01-29-2017, 02:17 PM
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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.
Verne </div></div>

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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