Topic: 69 Shocks

[Brian Conway]

The build sheet for my car under SHOCKS, line E, calls out ORANGE.  Does that indicate KONI's or something else ?   Metuchen, Sept. 19,1968 and Mach 1.  Thanks, Brian

[Vcode]

The shocks were black with a spot of orange paint I think.
I think he orange spot was what the production line knew what shocks to use.

[Brian Conway]

Thank you Dale.  I thought the OE shocks were black.  Brian

[J_Speegle]

The buildsheet was the guide fro workers on the line to build the car. The items listed on the buildsheet were coded by letters, numbers, part numbers (shortened) and colors so that the worker could pick out the correct part for the particular car to speed up production. The codes, letters and numbers were labled on the bins for quick identification of those parts while the color coding made those parts (sometimes in racks or other holders) made that quicker

The Orange was just a simple somewhat small paint daub applied to the bottom end of the shock for that application. The rest of the shock would have been semi-gloss black as mentioned in many other threads here on the site

Guess your front shock on the buildsheet might be marked with white

[Brian Conway]

Si blanco.  Brian

[13Outlaw]

Would this be the same for a Jan 69 Dearborn built R car? Thanks

[J_Speegle]

Would this be the same for a Jan 69 Dearborn built R car? Thanks

Don''t know - would need to know what transmission your  car has.

Just as a suggestion you might want to include the basic info about your car in your signature (you'll see examples in other peoples postings) so that you don't have to type it each time you ask a question

[13Outlaw]

Ok will add in my Sig. It's a pretty low option 69 Mach R-Code. It is a 4-Speed car trans code 6 as I'm sure you know. It also shows it as an option which is strange to me...

[J_Speegle]

Ok will add in my Sig. It's a pretty low option 69 Mach R-Code. It is a 4-Speed car trans code 6 as I'm sure you know. It also shows it as an option which is strange to me...

Rear shock marking of orange would be correct/normal for a 1969  4 speed 428CJ equipped car.

[13Outlaw]

Thanks again!

[specialed]

close ratio 4-speed trans option isn't strange since 5 wide ratio is standard

[13Outlaw]

Ok cool, I just figured since it said the same thing in the boxes area above it was standard as well. Thanks for the info... Anyone have a close ratio late 68 year 4 speed for sell 

[mic-chris]

Rear shock marking of orange would be correct/normal for a 1969  4 speed 428CJ equipped car.

what about 69 428CJ automatic ?  white daub?

[J_Speegle]

what about 69 428CJ automatic ?  white daub?

No white would be front shocks. Rear for automatic marking was violet. For full year from what I can tell this moment but it would really help if I knew when your car was built

[mic-chris]

No white would be front shocks. Rear for automatic marking was violet. For full year from what I can tell this moment but it would really help if I knew when your car was built

thanks Jeff.  I put the build date in my signature:)