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myold88 · 09-25-2016, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by its a syn

Chicklets a dead give away. It is early.

Plus a CD player and door lock button on the dash.

paul84043 · 09-25-2016, 10:05 AM

"early" is a relative term. You have to remember that this car was in development and pre-production from at least 2006 where they made the Transformers debut of the conceptual design.
One reason the Camaro is so good, they worked on it for (relatively speaking) a very long time.

fhrex · 09-25-2016, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by its a syn

Chicklets a dead give away. It is early.

Chicklets?

PDXSSCE · 09-25-2016, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by fhrex

Chicklets?

You can't see it in the OP's picture. It's the small 'GM' badge on each of the lower fenders.
I circled it in the attached picture.

Low Saturn · 09-25-2016, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by fhrex

Chicklets?

myold88 · 09-25-2016, 03:32 PM

^^^^ A lot of guys have removed theirs. I never would. Badge of honor for
those of us that ordered early.

PDXSSCE · 09-25-2016, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by myold88

^^^^ A lot of guys have removed theirs. I never would. Badge of honor for
those of us that ordered early.

super60 · 09-26-2016, 06:13 PM

Start of production was March 16th 2009 , i would have personally worked on this 5thgen as it was indeed an early build.

If you open the hood and look down to your left between the rad cover and engine you'll see a white sticker , it will tell you the exact time and date the front suspension was shipped over to the main assembly plant . The time stamp is within a few hours of your car coming off the line , with a few exceptions like time of day , what day , also the fact we were only on one shift back then , so if it was towards the end of the day the time has to be adjusted for the start of next day production.

Hope this helps .

Mike Judge
Super60

*mlee* · 09-26-2016, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by super60

Start of production was March 16th 2009 , i would have personally worked on this 5thgen as it was indeed an early build.

If you open the hood and look down to your left between the rad cover and engine you'll see a white sticker , it will tell you the exact time and date the front suspension was shipped over to the main assembly plant . The time stamp is within a few hours of your car coming off the line , with a few exceptions like time of day , what day , also the fact we were only on one shift back then , so if it was towards the end of the day the time has to be adjusted for the start of next day production.

Hope this helps .

Mike Judge
Super60

super60 · 09-26-2016, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mlee

09-25-2016, 03:32 PM	#20
myold88 Drives: SUMMIT WHITE 2SS/RS CAMARO Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 2018: Lakewood Ranch, Fl. Posts: 8,112 View My Garage	^^^^ A lot of guys have removed theirs. I never would. Badge of honor for those of us that ordered early. Attached Images

09-26-2016, 06:13 PM	#22
super60 Built with Pride "Oshawa" Drives: 2011 Chev Silverado Z71 Crew Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Camaro Build Team , Oshawa Posts: 1,445	Start of production was March 16th 2009 , i would have personally worked on this 5thgen as it was indeed an early build. If you open the hood and look down to your left between the rad cover and engine you'll see a white sticker , it will tell you the exact time and date the front suspension was shipped over to the main assembly plant . The time stamp is within a few hours of your car coming off the line , with a few exceptions like time of day , what day , also the fact we were only on one shift back then , so if it was towards the end of the day the time has to be adjusted for the start of next day production. Hope this helps . Mike Judge Super60 __________________ In Memory of Dawson Ellert .

09-25-2016, 10:05 AM	#16
paul84043 Drives: 2015 Camaro 2SS RS 1LE Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lehi, Utah Posts: 1,349 View My Garage	"early" is a relative term. You have to remember that this car was in development and pre-production from at least 2006 where they made the Transformers debut of the conceptual design. One reason the Camaro is so good, they worked on it for (relatively speaking) a very long time.